diff --git a/tools/perf/util/llvm-utils.c b/tools/perf/util/llvm-utils.c
index eae47c2509eb6fd6023855c816a1200723e97d56..b5af680fc667cc2ebbe5dc6447564cf90f15e7b7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/llvm-utils.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/llvm-utils.c
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ static const char *kinc_fetch_script =
 "obj-y := dummy.o\n"
 "\\$(obj)/%.o: \\$(src)/%.c\n"
 "\t@echo -n \"\\$(NOSTDINC_FLAGS) \\$(LINUXINCLUDE) \\$(EXTRA_CFLAGS)\"\n"
+"\t\\$(CC) -c -o \\$@ \\$<\n"
 "EOF\n"
 "touch $TMPDIR/dummy.c\n"
 "make -s -C $KBUILD_DIR M=$TMPDIR $KBUILD_OPTS dummy.o 2>/dev/null\n"