diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
index 16c7c11ad06eace78b25e899096073633c71f8b9..cf6a605a13e8ba4422e5937a885f1c7607ec4405 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
@@ -389,6 +389,9 @@ static int __cmd_inject(struct perf_inject *inject)
 	ret = perf_session__process_events(session, &inject->tool);
 
 	if (!file_out->is_pipe) {
+		if (inject->build_ids)
+			perf_header__set_feat(&session->header,
+					      HEADER_BUILD_ID);
 		session->header.data_size = inject->bytes_written;
 		perf_session__write_header(session, session->evlist, file_out->fd, true);
 	}