1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN b/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN
index ce7a804b2951..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