diff --git a/scripts/package/Makefile b/scripts/package/Makefile
index a4f31c900fa6a44ab75d1a4f3916d2bb1075c448..c5d473393816f971ec43135bd7dd3a27cc660beb 100644
--- a/scripts/package/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/package/Makefile
@@ -115,7 +115,9 @@ git --git-dir=$(srctree)/.git archive --prefix=$(perf-tar)/         \
 	-o $(perf-tar).tar;                                         \
 mkdir -p $(perf-tar);                                               \
 git --git-dir=$(srctree)/.git rev-parse HEAD > $(perf-tar)/HEAD;    \
-tar rf $(perf-tar).tar $(perf-tar)/HEAD;                            \
+(cd $(srctree)/tools/perf;                                          \
+util/PERF-VERSION-GEN ../../$(perf-tar)/ 2>/dev/null);              \
+tar rf $(perf-tar).tar $(perf-tar)/HEAD $(perf-tar)/PERF-VERSION-FILE; \
 rm -r $(perf-tar);                                                  \
 $(if $(findstring tar-src,$@),,                                     \
 $(if $(findstring bz2,$@),bzip2,                                    \
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN b/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN
index ce7a804b2951656b4cfb1946d5541f392123e7ea..39f17507578dae0c650dc91335e888d9a907ef4a 100755
--- a/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ if test -d ../../.git -o -f ../../.git
 then
 	TAG=$(git describe --abbrev=0 --match "v[0-9].[0-9]*" 2>/dev/null )
 	CID=$(git log -1 --abbrev=4 --pretty=format:"%h" 2>/dev/null) && CID="-g$CID"
+elif test -f ../../PERF-VERSION-FILE
+then
+	TAG=$(cut -d' ' -f3 ../../PERF-VERSION-FILE | sed -e 's/\"//g')
 fi
 if test -z "$TAG"
 then