3 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/config/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
index 68654281b973..8cd0fd82967c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ FEATURE_TESTS =				\
         fortify-source                  \
         bionic                          \
         libelf                          \
+        glibc                           \
         libnuma
 
 $(foreach test,$(FEATURE_TESTS),$(call feature_check,$(test),$(test)))
@@ -166,8 +167,7 @@ ifdef NO_LIBELF
   NO_LIBUNWIND := 1
 else
   ifeq ($(feature-libelf), 0)
-    FLAGS_GLIBC=$(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
-    ifeq ($(call try-cc,$(SOURCE_GLIBC),$(FLAGS_GLIBC),glibc),y)
+    ifeq ($(feature-glibc), 1)
       LIBC_SUPPORT := 1
     endif
     ifeq ($(BIONIC),1)
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
index 789a38d21a34..c0569c7edb89 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ FILES=					\
         test-fortify-source             \
         test-bionic                     \
         test-libelf                     \
+        test-glibc                      \
         test-libnuma
 
 CC := $(CC) -MD
@@ -38,6 +39,9 @@ test-bionic:
 test-libelf:
         $(BUILD) -lelf
 
+test-glibc:
+        $(BUILD)
+
 test-libnuma:
         $(BUILD) -lnuma
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-glibc.c b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-glibc.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..13c66a58f2ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-glibc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#include <gnu/libc-version.h>
+
+int main(void)
+{
+        const char *version = gnu_get_libc_version();
+        return (long)version;
+}
+