diff -Nurp a/lib/eal/ppc/rte_cycles.c b/lib/eal/ppc/rte_cycles.c
--- a/lib/eal/ppc/rte_cycles.c	2024-07-31 16:48:32.000000000 +0000
+++ b/lib/eal/ppc/rte_cycles.c	2024-08-03 07:47:36.865844240 +0000
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #elif RTE_EXEC_ENV_LINUX
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #endif
 
 #include "eal_private.h"