diff --git a/package/linux-tools/linux-tool-perf.mk.in b/package/linux-tools/linux-tool-perf.mk.in
index 53b7c5b9cd..e54f019888 100644
--- a/package/linux-tools/linux-tool-perf.mk.in
+++ b/package/linux-tools/linux-tool-perf.mk.in
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ PERF_MAKE_FLAGS = \
 	DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) \
 	prefix=/usr \
 	WERROR=0 \
-	NO_LIBAUDIT=1 \
 	NO_GTK2=1 \
 	NO_LIBPERL=1 \
 	NO_LIBPYTHON=1 \
@@ -64,6 +63,12 @@ else
 PERF_MAKE_FLAGS += NO_NEWT=1 NO_SLANG=1
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_AUDIT),y)
+PERF_DEPENDENCIES += audit
+else
+PERF_MAKE_FLAGS += NO_LIBAUDIT=1
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBUNWIND),y)
 PERF_DEPENDENCIES += libunwind
 else