diff --git a/tools/perf/util/setup.py b/tools/perf/util/setup.py
index c868098..61c98a9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/setup.py
+++ b/tools/perf/util/setup.py
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ cflags = getenv('CFLAGS', '').split()
 # switch off several checks (need to be at the end of cflags list)
 cflags += ['-fno-strict-aliasing', '-Wno-write-strings', '-Wno-unused-parameter' ]
 
+libs = getenv('LIBS', '').split()
+libs += ['dl']
+
 src_perf  = getenv('srctree') + '/tools/perf'
 build_lib = getenv('PYTHON_EXTBUILD_LIB')
 build_tmp = getenv('PYTHON_EXTBUILD_TMP')
@@ -39,6 +42,7 @@ perf = Extension('perf',
 		  include_dirs = ['util/include'],
 		  extra_compile_args = cflags,
 		  extra_objects = [libtraceevent, libapikfs],
+		  libraries = libs,
                  )
 
 setup(name='perf',