1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/setup.py b/tools/perf/util/setup.py
index d48f9cd58964..aa344a163eaf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/setup.py
+++ b/tools/perf/util/setup.py
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ ext_sources = list(map(lambda x: '%s/%s' % (src_perf, x) , ext_sources))
 extra_libraries = []
 if '-DHAVE_LIBNUMA_SUPPORT' in cflags:
     extra_libraries = [ 'numa' ]
+if '-DHAVE_LIBCAP_SUPPORT' in cflags:
+    extra_libraries += [ 'cap' ]
 
 perf = Extension('perf',
                   sources = ext_sources,