1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index e873ae2dd54c..0abfb18b911f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -503,6 +503,13 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct perf_record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
                         return err;
         }
 
+        if (!!rec->no_buildid
+            && !perf_header__has_feat(&session->header, HEADER_BUILD_ID)) {
+                pr_err("Couldn't generating buildids. "
+                       "Use --no-buildid to profile anyway.\n");
+                return -1;
+        }
+
         rec->post_processing_offset = lseek(output, 0, SEEK_CUR);
 
         machine = perf_session__find_host_machine(session);