diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
index eb6bd99be0bd0072008d8b253cfb46f752fe8510..f050f38d8fa3a3cf2d86610f8149101a26fe0ce2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(ARCH),s390)
   NO_PERF_REGS := 0
   NO_SYSCALL_TABLE := 0
-  CFLAGS += -I$(OUTPUT)arch/s390/include/generated
+  CFLAGS += -fPIC -I$(OUTPUT)arch/s390/include/generated
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(NO_PERF_REGS),0)