diff --git a/package/linux-tools/linux-tool-perf.mk.in b/package/linux-tools/linux-tool-perf.mk.in
index 122c7cbbc4..ee308a85df 100644
--- a/package/linux-tools/linux-tool-perf.mk.in
+++ b/package/linux-tools/linux-tool-perf.mk.in
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ PERF_MAKE_FLAGS = \
 	NO_GTK2=1 \
 	NO_LIBPERL=1 \
 	NO_LIBPYTHON=1 \
-	NO_LIBBIONIC=1
+	NO_LIBBIONIC=1 \
+	NO_LIBTRACEEVENT=1
 
 # We need to pass an argument to ld for setting the emulation when
 # building for MIPS architecture, otherwise the default one will always