diff --git a/tools/perf/config/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
index e80ffe8262b0d1246c77f99e872313a83efde789..3d656e3e6284ddf321480772f871f719ce96cbfb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
@@ -88,9 +88,14 @@ CFLAGS += -std=gnu99
 
 EXTLIBS = -lelf -lpthread -lrt -lm -ldl
 
+ifneq ($(OUTPUT),)
+  OUTPUT_FEATURES = $(OUTPUT)config/feature-checks/
+  $(shell mkdir -p $(OUTPUT_FEATURES))
+endif
+
 feature_check = $(eval $(feature_check_code))
 define feature_check_code
-  feature-$(1) := $(shell $(MAKE) -C config/feature-checks test-$1 >/dev/null 2>/dev/null && echo 1 || echo 0)
+  feature-$(1) := $(shell $(MAKE) OUTPUT=$(OUTPUT_FEATURES) -C config/feature-checks test-$1 >/dev/null 2>/dev/null && echo 1 || echo 0)
 endef
 
 feature_set = $(eval $(feature_set_code))
@@ -138,7 +143,7 @@ CORE_FEATURE_TESTS =			\
 # to skip the print-out of the long features list if the file
 # existed before and after it was built:
 #
-ifeq ($(wildcard config/feature-checks/test-all),)
+ifeq ($(wildcard $(OUTPUT)config/feature-checks/test-all),)
   test-all-failed := 1
 else
   test-all-failed := 0
@@ -168,7 +173,7 @@ ifeq ($(feature-all), 1)
   #
   $(foreach feat,$(CORE_FEATURE_TESTS),$(call feature_set,$(feat)))
 else
-  $(shell $(MAKE) -i -j -C config/feature-checks $(CORE_FEATURE_TESTS) >/dev/null 2>&1)
+  $(shell $(MAKE) OUTPUT=$(OUTPUT_FEATURES) -i -j -C config/feature-checks $(CORE_FEATURE_TESTS) >/dev/null 2>&1)
   $(foreach feat,$(CORE_FEATURE_TESTS),$(call feature_check,$(feat)))
 endif