diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index 8e59a4d40b4eddf47448b13c71c73966160e1f75..f856bb5b8009cd8f9eeca677bcf54f7140addf36 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -530,23 +530,9 @@ ifndef NO_GTK2
 	LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)ui/gtk/annotate.o
 endif
 
-ifdef NO_LIBPERL
-	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_LIBPERL
-else
-       PERL_EMBED_LDOPTS = $(shell perl -MExtUtils::Embed -e ldopts 2>/dev/null)
-       PERL_EMBED_LDFLAGS = $(call strip-libs,$(PERL_EMBED_LDOPTS))
-       PERL_EMBED_LIBADD = $(call grep-libs,$(PERL_EMBED_LDOPTS))
-	PERL_EMBED_CCOPTS = `perl -MExtUtils::Embed -e ccopts 2>/dev/null`
-	FLAGS_PERL_EMBED=$(PERL_EMBED_CCOPTS) $(PERL_EMBED_LDOPTS)
-
-	ifneq ($(call try-cc,$(SOURCE_PERL_EMBED),$(FLAGS_PERL_EMBED),perl),y)
-		BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_LIBPERL
-	else
-               ALL_LDFLAGS += $(PERL_EMBED_LDFLAGS)
-               EXTLIBS += $(PERL_EMBED_LIBADD)
-		LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.o
-		LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)scripts/perl/Perf-Trace-Util/Context.o
-	endif
+ifndef NO_LIBPERL
+	LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.o
+	LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)scripts/perl/Perf-Trace-Util/Context.o
 endif
 
 disable-python = $(eval $(disable-python_code))
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
index 8cf0958c6daa4138e6e70c7ac89f8e15e506c42a..a42c7b8e071d53097fedbf7e3260f544557aeba6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
@@ -240,3 +240,24 @@ ifndef NO_GTK2
 		EXTLIBS += $(shell pkg-config --libs gtk+-2.0 2>/dev/null)
 	endif
 endif
+
+grep-libs  = $(filter -l%,$(1))
+strip-libs = $(filter-out -l%,$(1))
+
+ifdef NO_LIBPERL
+	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_LIBPERL
+else
+	PERL_EMBED_LDOPTS = $(shell perl -MExtUtils::Embed -e ldopts 2>/dev/null)
+	PERL_EMBED_LDFLAGS = $(call strip-libs,$(PERL_EMBED_LDOPTS))
+	PERL_EMBED_LIBADD = $(call grep-libs,$(PERL_EMBED_LDOPTS))
+	PERL_EMBED_CCOPTS = `perl -MExtUtils::Embed -e ccopts 2>/dev/null`
+	FLAGS_PERL_EMBED=$(PERL_EMBED_CCOPTS) $(PERL_EMBED_LDOPTS)
+
+	ifneq ($(call try-cc,$(SOURCE_PERL_EMBED),$(FLAGS_PERL_EMBED),perl),y)
+		BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_LIBPERL
+		NO_LIBPERL := 1
+	else
+		ALL_LDFLAGS += $(PERL_EMBED_LDFLAGS)
+		EXTLIBS += $(PERL_EMBED_LIBADD)
+	endif
+endif