diff --git a/tools/perf/config/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
index c8ac4df05db1ebdcd2449f6a9f78ccae8afe265b..44affb5477c5e36958742bf40e20d3fc0d3c7d06 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ FEATURE_TESTS =				\
 	libpython-version		\
 	strlcpy				\
 	libbfd				\
+	on-exit				\
 	libnuma
 
 $(foreach test,$(FEATURE_TESTS),$(call feature_check,$(test),$(test)))
@@ -441,7 +442,7 @@ ifndef NO_STRLCPY
 endif
 
 ifndef NO_ON_EXIT
-  ifeq ($(call try-cc,$(SOURCE_ON_EXIT),,-DHAVE_ON_EXIT_SUPPORT),y)
+  ifeq ($(feature-on-exit), 1)
     CFLAGS += -DHAVE_ON_EXIT_SUPPORT
   endif
 endif
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
index d348aa0ec181e5c6f4f8b8d9ea542b4ff7c0f609..20f1b8c0f865c9194342fd46d5e2935d08d51364 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ FILES=					\
 	test-libpython-version		\
 	test-strlcpy			\
 	test-libbfd			\
+	test-on-exit			\
 	test-libnuma
 
 CC := $(CC) -MD
@@ -120,6 +121,9 @@ test-strlcpy:
 test-libbfd:
 	$(BUILD) -DPACKAGE='perf' -DPACKAGE=perf -lbfd -ldl
 
+test-on-exit:
+	$(BUILD)
+
 -include *.d */*.d
 
 ###############################
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-on-exit.c b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-on-exit.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..473f1dea5316808b94eaa5a16fc23bee6389da49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-on-exit.c
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	return on_exit(NULL, NULL);
+}