diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6e39ec701cbfd06565e765af97ca84bdba4f9809..0ab0c6f3248e493e88cf384527371e1bde1cf27c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ endif
 no-dot-config-targets := clean mrproper distclean \
 			 cscope TAGS tags help %docs check% \
 			 include/linux/version.h headers_% \
-			 kernelrelease kernelversion
+			 kernelrelease kernelversion %src-pkg
 
 config-targets := 0
 mixed-targets  := 0
diff --git a/scripts/package/Makefile b/scripts/package/Makefile
index 62fcc3a7f4d35f4ae29c959baac684f154c9aafd..18513b0191db2cfeb2e208e2ddf66c96af6089e1 100644
--- a/scripts/package/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/package/Makefile
@@ -111,13 +111,38 @@ tar%pkg: FORCE
 clean-dirs += $(objtree)/tar-install/
 
 
+# perf-pkg - generate a source tarball with perf source
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+perf-tar=perf-$(KERNELVERSION)
+
+quiet_cmd_perf_tar = TAR
+      cmd_perf_tar = \
+git archive --prefix=$(perf-tar)/ HEAD^{tree}                       \
+	$$(cat $(srctree)/tools/perf/MANIFEST) -o $(perf-tar).tar;  \
+mkdir -p $(perf-tar);                                               \
+git rev-parse HEAD > $(perf-tar)/HEAD;                              \
+tar rf $(perf-tar).tar $(perf-tar)/HEAD;                            \
+rm -r $(perf-tar);                                                  \
+$(if $(findstring tar-src,$@),,                                     \
+$(if $(findstring bz2,$@),bzip2,                                    \
+$(if $(findstring gz,$@),gzip,                                      \
+$(error unknown target $@)))                                       \
+	-f -9 $(perf-tar).tar)
+
+perf-%pkg: FORCE
+	$(call cmd,perf_tar)
+
 # Help text displayed when executing 'make help'
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 help: FORCE
-	@echo '  rpm-pkg         - Build both source and binary RPM kernel packages'
-	@echo '  binrpm-pkg      - Build only the binary kernel package'
-	@echo '  deb-pkg         - Build the kernel as an deb package'
-	@echo '  tar-pkg         - Build the kernel as an uncompressed tarball'
-	@echo '  targz-pkg       - Build the kernel as a gzip compressed tarball'
-	@echo '  tarbz2-pkg      - Build the kernel as a bzip2 compressed tarball'
+	@echo '  rpm-pkg             - Build both source and binary RPM kernel packages'
+	@echo '  binrpm-pkg          - Build only the binary kernel package'
+	@echo '  deb-pkg             - Build the kernel as an deb package'
+	@echo '  tar-pkg             - Build the kernel as an uncompressed tarball'
+	@echo '  targz-pkg           - Build the kernel as a gzip compressed tarball'
+	@echo '  tarbz2-pkg          - Build the kernel as a bzip2 compressed tarball'
+	@echo '  perf-tar-src-pkg    - Build $(perf-tar).tar source tarball'
+	@echo '  perf-targz-src-pkg  - Build $(perf-tar).tar.gz source tarball'
+	@echo '  perf-tarbz2-src-pkg - Build $(perf-tar).tar.bz2 source tarball'
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/MANIFEST b/tools/perf/MANIFEST
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8c7fc0c8f0b8cd0a77ddb58fb5b712379276ebc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/MANIFEST
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+tools/perf
+include/linux/perf_event.h
+include/linux/rbtree.h
+include/linux/list.h
+include/linux/hash.h
+include/linux/stringify.h
+lib/rbtree.c
+include/linux/swab.h
+arch/*/include/asm/unistd*.h
+include/linux/poison.h
+include/linux/magic.h
+include/linux/hw_breakpoint.h