diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index d80a333247852b4886f541f80c0766764d1f95e4..a7d8745e0ab2a039490838a39df05729a3097937 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -753,6 +753,12 @@ ifndef NO_STRLCPY
 	endif
 endif
 
+ifndef NO_ON_EXIT
+	ifeq ($(call try-cc,$(SOURCE_ON_EXIT),),y)
+		BASIC_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_ON_EXIT
+	endif
+endif
+
 ifndef NO_BACKTRACE
        ifeq ($(call try-cc,$(SOURCE_BACKTRACE),),y)
                BASIC_CFLAGS += -DBACKTRACE_SUPPORT
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index e9231659754d97ae25d0688c4144d19bffbb1bcd..73b5d7f9119482759be56761f17f01c21226e297 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -31,6 +31,38 @@
 #include <sched.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 
+#ifndef HAVE_ON_EXIT
+#ifndef ATEXIT_MAX
+#define ATEXIT_MAX 32
+#endif
+static int __on_exit_count = 0;
+typedef void (*on_exit_func_t) (int, void *);
+static on_exit_func_t __on_exit_funcs[ATEXIT_MAX];
+static void *__on_exit_args[ATEXIT_MAX];
+static int __exitcode = 0;
+static void __handle_on_exit_funcs(void);
+static int on_exit(on_exit_func_t function, void *arg);
+#define exit(x) (exit)(__exitcode = (x))
+
+static int on_exit(on_exit_func_t function, void *arg)
+{
+	if (__on_exit_count == ATEXIT_MAX)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	else if (__on_exit_count == 0)
+		atexit(__handle_on_exit_funcs);
+	__on_exit_funcs[__on_exit_count] = function;
+	__on_exit_args[__on_exit_count++] = arg;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void __handle_on_exit_funcs(void)
+{
+	int i;
+	for (i = 0; i < __on_exit_count; i++)
+		__on_exit_funcs[i] (__exitcode, __on_exit_args[i]);
+}
+#endif
+
 enum write_mode_t {
 	WRITE_FORCE,
 	WRITE_APPEND
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/feature-tests.mak b/tools/perf/config/feature-tests.mak
index 4add41bb0c7eeca264353ffa60603651c0051503..eaeb0fd6f395e2315f9d7f7e29b0156710524e10 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/feature-tests.mak
+++ b/tools/perf/config/feature-tests.mak
@@ -203,4 +203,13 @@ int main(void)
 	return audit_open();
 }
 endef
-endif
\ No newline at end of file
+endif
+
+define SOURCE_ON_EXIT
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	return on_exit(NULL, NULL);
+}
+endef