diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/sparc/Build b/tools/perf/arch/sparc/Build
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..54afe4a467e7d9a3f505cad40650378bdcd27296 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/sparc/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/sparc/Build
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libperf-y += util/
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/sparc/Makefile b/tools/perf/arch/sparc/Makefile
index 15130b50dfe3be2fea6a975a102283f6d33e4887..7fbca175099ec917ad69b8025c8249ee6c52a6a4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/sparc/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/sparc/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 ifndef NO_DWARF
 PERF_HAVE_DWARF_REGS := 1
-LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)arch/$(ARCH)/util/dwarf-regs.o
 endif
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/sparc/util/Build b/tools/perf/arch/sparc/util/Build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..954e287bbb8988c5094f01308f99fa0b7fb58152
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/sparc/util/Build
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libperf-$(CONFIG_DWARF) += dwarf-regs.o