diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index 6e7e7d44ffacb74446ef50467d581e5929789533..67512a12276bd30a1c8492d15d680d0ff09cfd77 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ LIBBPF = $(BPF_PATH)libbpf.a
 LIBSUBCMD = $(SUBCMD_PATH)libsubcmd.a
 
 LIBPERF = $(LIBPERF_PATH)libperf.a
+export LIBPERF
 
 # python extension build directories
 PYTHON_EXTBUILD     := $(OUTPUT)python_ext_build/
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/setup.py b/tools/perf/util/setup.py
index a1a68a2fa9177d6198ba71eddd5656632a7aafd0..d48f9cd58964fce4ea31f9f1d2183bb27e663e2a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/setup.py
+++ b/tools/perf/util/setup.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ build_lib = getenv('PYTHON_EXTBUILD_LIB')
 build_tmp = getenv('PYTHON_EXTBUILD_TMP')
 libtraceevent = getenv('LIBTRACEEVENT')
 libapikfs = getenv('LIBAPI')
+libperf = getenv('LIBPERF')
 
 ext_sources = [f.strip() for f in open('util/python-ext-sources')
 				if len(f.strip()) > 0 and f[0] != '#']
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ perf = Extension('perf',
 		  include_dirs = ['util/include'],
 		  libraries = extra_libraries,
 		  extra_compile_args = cflags,
-		  extra_objects = [libtraceevent, libapikfs],
+		  extra_objects = [libtraceevent, libapikfs, libperf],
                  )
 
 setup(name='perf',