diff --git a/tools/perf/util/setup.py b/tools/perf/util/setup.py
index 001be4f9d3b9..b49aa54baaad 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/setup.py
+++ b/tools/perf/util/setup.py
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ cflags += ['-fno-strict-aliasing', '-Wno-write-strings', '-Wno-unused-parameter'
 if cc != "clang":
     cflags += ['-Wno-cast-function-type' ]
 
+libs = getenv('LIBS', '').split()
+libs += ['dl']
+
 src_perf  = getenv('srctree') + '/tools/perf'
 build_lib = getenv('PYTHON_EXTBUILD_LIB')
 build_tmp = getenv('PYTHON_EXTBUILD_TMP')
@@ -48,6 +51,7 @@ perf = Extension('perf',
 		  include_dirs = ['util/include'],
 		  extra_compile_args = cflags,
 		  extra_objects = [libtraceevent, libapikfs],
+		  libraries = libs,
                  )
 
 setup(name='perf',