diff --git a/tools/build/Makefile.feature b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
index 2975632d51e2341e7e1a60286e0fa822cbec0279..970242098a7c99e1ac2200afbab26a3bacb10d93 100644
--- a/tools/build/Makefile.feature
+++ b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ FEATURE_TESTS ?=			\
 	libelf-getphdrnum		\
 	libelf-mmap			\
 	libnuma				\
+	numa_num_possible_cpus		\
 	libperl				\
 	libpython			\
 	libpython-version		\
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ FEATURE_DISPLAY ?=			\
 	libbfd				\
 	libelf				\
 	libnuma				\
+	numa_num_possible_cpus		\
 	libperl				\
 	libpython			\
 	libslang			\
diff --git a/tools/build/feature/Makefile b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
index 74ca42093d70d72fac5a4b1776237be9873f480a..e13a42bd02748b1f0a61a11e9d92607067b0fe00 100644
--- a/tools/build/feature/Makefile
+++ b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ FILES=					\
 	test-libelf-getphdrnum.bin	\
 	test-libelf-mmap.bin		\
 	test-libnuma.bin		\
+	test-numa_num_possible_cpus.bin	\
 	test-libperl.bin		\
 	test-libpython.bin		\
 	test-libpython-version.bin	\
@@ -87,6 +88,9 @@ test-libelf-getphdrnum.bin:
 test-libnuma.bin:
 	$(BUILD) -lnuma
 
+test-numa_num_possible_cpus.bin:
+	$(BUILD) -lnuma
+
 test-libunwind.bin:
 	$(BUILD) -lelf
 
diff --git a/tools/build/feature/test-all.c b/tools/build/feature/test-all.c
index 84689a67814a9a622bd3f12b69fe5a8f5733a499..7a8cdbad3e1bc0ea23f8d396c44ca072a3b3545a 100644
--- a/tools/build/feature/test-all.c
+++ b/tools/build/feature/test-all.c
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@
 # include "test-libnuma.c"
 #undef main
 
+#define main main_test_numa_num_possible_cpus
+# include "test-numa_num_possible_cpus.c"
+#undef main
+
 #define main main_test_timerfd
 # include "test-timerfd.c"
 #undef main
@@ -136,6 +140,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	main_test_libbfd();
 	main_test_backtrace();
 	main_test_libnuma();
+	main_test_numa_num_possible_cpus();
 	main_test_timerfd();
 	main_test_stackprotector_all();
 	main_test_libdw_dwarf_unwind();
diff --git a/tools/build/feature/test-numa_num_possible_cpus.c b/tools/build/feature/test-numa_num_possible_cpus.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2606e94b065988a838d3531b295e126b1dbfefbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/build/feature/test-numa_num_possible_cpus.c
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#include <numa.h>
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	return numa_num_possible_cpus();
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
index 827557fc751123bf030363d355b5b801911d6cb1..053e65b04dc3138836d9d963577be1fefc09028e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
@@ -573,9 +573,14 @@ ifndef NO_LIBNUMA
     msg := $(warning No numa.h found, disables 'perf bench numa mem' benchmark, please install numactl-devel/libnuma-devel/libnuma-dev);
     NO_LIBNUMA := 1
   else
-    CFLAGS += -DHAVE_LIBNUMA_SUPPORT
-    EXTLIBS += -lnuma
-    $(call detected,CONFIG_NUMA)
+    ifeq ($(feature-numa_num_possible_cpus), 0)
+      msg := $(warning Old numa library found, disables 'perf bench numa mem' benchmark, please install numactl-devel/libnuma-devel/libnuma-dev >= 2.0.8);
+      NO_LIBNUMA := 1
+    else
+      CFLAGS += -DHAVE_LIBNUMA_SUPPORT
+      EXTLIBS += -lnuma
+      $(call detected,CONFIG_NUMA)
+    endif
   endif
 endif