diff --git a/package/linux-tools/Config.in b/package/linux-tools/Config.in
index 10b6538a59..253a8593b9 100644
--- a/package/linux-tools/Config.in
+++ b/package/linux-tools/Config.in
@@ -92,6 +92,13 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_TOOLS_PERF_TUI
 	  enables zooming into DSOs and threads as well as other
 	  features.
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_TOOLS_PERF_NEEDS_HOST_PYTHON3
+	bool "perf need python3 to build"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_PYTHON3
+	help
+	  Starting with linux 6.0, parts of the perf source code
+	  is generated by running a python3 script.
+
 endif
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_TOOLS_SELFTESTS
diff --git a/package/linux-tools/linux-tool-perf.mk.in b/package/linux-tools/linux-tool-perf.mk.in
index 057c6f80e7..dda63cccec 100644
--- a/package/linux-tools/linux-tool-perf.mk.in
+++ b/package/linux-tools/linux-tool-perf.mk.in
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ LINUX_TOOLS += perf
 
 PERF_DEPENDENCIES = host-flex host-bison
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_TOOLS_PERF_NEEDS_HOST_PYTHON3),y)
+PERF_DEPENDENCIES += host-python3
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(NORMALIZED_ARCH),x86_64)
 PERF_ARCH=x86
 else