diff --git a/tools/perf/util/setup.py b/tools/perf/util/setup.py
index d0f9f29cf181ad..09c3cea95d3bf7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/setup.py
+++ b/tools/perf/util/setup.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ def finalize_options(self):
 		  sources = ext_sources,
 		  include_dirs = ['util/include'],
 		  extra_compile_args = cflags,
+		  extra_objects = [build_tmp + '/../../libtraceevent.a'],
                  )
 
 setup(name='perf',