diff --git a/tools/perf/util/setup.py b/tools/perf/util/setup.py
index c8680984d2d6680f56a974a1b54056a5e74263e1..af415febbc46e65fd0bdda5cbf1c93f7fa3f9d76 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/setup.py
+++ b/tools/perf/util/setup.py
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python2
 
-from distutils.core import setup, Extension
 from os import getenv
 
+cc = getenv("CC")
+if cc == "clang":
+    from _sysconfigdata import build_time_vars
+    from re import sub
+    build_time_vars["CFLAGS"] = sub("-specs=[^ ]+", "", build_time_vars["CFLAGS"])
+
+from distutils.core import setup, Extension
+
 from distutils.command.build_ext   import build_ext   as _build_ext
 from distutils.command.install_lib import install_lib as _install_lib