diff --git a/tools/perf/config/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
index c48d44958172b7dd8f75634ece4d909ae2d5b15b..0331ea2701a380c536facf82b8306729f23d9de3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ else
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(feature-libbfd), 1)
-  EXTLIBS += -lbfd
+  EXTLIBS += -lbfd -lz -liberty
 endif
 
 ifdef NO_DEMANGLE
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
index 12e551346fa6414d7b85c69fcee0b224283fdc0c..523b7bc1055321051d62562f1f490165ea2872b5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ test-libpython-version.bin:
 	$(BUILD) $(FLAGS_PYTHON_EMBED)
 
 test-libbfd.bin:
-	$(BUILD) -DPACKAGE='"perf"' -lbfd -ldl
+	$(BUILD) -DPACKAGE='"perf"' -lbfd -lz -liberty -ldl
 
 test-liberty.bin:
 	$(CC) -o $(OUTPUT)$@ test-libbfd.c -DPACKAGE='"perf"' -lbfd -ldl -liberty
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/include/linux/bitops.h b/tools/perf/util/include/linux/bitops.h
index 45cf10a562bd7958c9edd160ab20a0725ecb0385..dadfa7e54287b9aaa46da7227d4b0f275717ddb2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/include/linux/bitops.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/include/linux/bitops.h
@@ -87,13 +87,15 @@ static __always_inline unsigned long __ffs(unsigned long word)
 	return num;
 }
 
+typedef const unsigned long __attribute__((__may_alias__)) long_alias_t;
+
 /*
  * Find the first set bit in a memory region.
  */
 static inline unsigned long
 find_first_bit(const unsigned long *addr, unsigned long size)
 {
-	const unsigned long *p = addr;
+	long_alias_t *p = (long_alias_t *) addr;
 	unsigned long result = 0;
 	unsigned long tmp;