diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
index 99266f1da1b2c57dc0297609610a6302ee36e07b..1e77304d1b428aed4339392f5130e116e99071ac 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
@@ -261,6 +261,9 @@ ifdef PYTHON_CONFIG
   PYTHON_EMBED_LIBADD := $(call grep-libs,$(PYTHON_EMBED_LDOPTS)) -lutil
   PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS := $(shell $(PYTHON_CONFIG_SQ) --includes 2>/dev/null)
   FLAGS_PYTHON_EMBED := $(PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS) $(PYTHON_EMBED_LDOPTS)
+  ifeq ($(CC_NO_CLANG), 0)
+    PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS := $(filter-out -ffat-lto-objects, $(PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS))
+  endif
 endif
 
 FEATURE_CHECK_CFLAGS-libpython := $(PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/setup.py b/tools/perf/util/setup.py
index c5e3e9a68162d784287f8837c2c802808df517a0..78e8b31b365143959ac797c621921d6d252f1787 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/setup.py
+++ b/tools/perf/util/setup.py
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ if cc_is_clang:
             vars[var] = sub("-fstack-protector-strong", "", vars[var])
         if not clang_has_option("-fno-semantic-interposition"):
             vars[var] = sub("-fno-semantic-interposition", "", vars[var])
+        if not clang_has_option("-ffat-lto-objects"):
+            vars[var] = sub("-ffat-lto-objects", "", vars[var])
 
 from distutils.core import setup, Extension