diff --git a/tools/perf/config/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
index d3efeef58ded1690b03dfea20eff3933f3357194..aa2f0aa97e5e27e512c05f99569b6454893532b8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ else
   ifneq ($(feature-libperl), 1)
     CFLAGS += -DNO_LIBPERL
     NO_LIBPERL := 1
-    msg := $(warning Missing perl devel files. Disabling perl scripting support, consider installing perl-ExtUtils-Embed);
+    msg := $(warning Missing perl devel files. Disabling perl scripting support, please install perl-ExtUtils-Embed/libperl-dev);
   else
     LDFLAGS += $(PERL_EMBED_LDFLAGS)
     EXTLIBS += $(PERL_EMBED_LIBADD)