1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN b/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN
index 15a77b7c0e36..39f17507578d 100755
--- a/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ if test -d ../../.git -o -f ../../.git
 then
         TAG=$(git describe --abbrev=0 --match "v[0-9].[0-9]*" 2>/dev/null )
         CID=$(git log -1 --abbrev=4 --pretty=format:"%h" 2>/dev/null) && CID="-g$CID"
+elif test -f ../../PERF-VERSION-FILE
+then
+        TAG=$(cut -d' ' -f3 ../../PERF-VERSION-FILE | sed -e 's/\"//g')
 fi
 if test -z "$TAG"
 then
@@ -40,7 +43,7 @@ else
         VC=unset
 fi
 test "$VN" = "$VC" || {
-        echo >&2 "PERF_VERSION = $VN"
+        echo >&2 "  PERF_VERSION = $VN"
         echo "#define PERF_VERSION \"$VN\"" >$GVF
 }