diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
index 37d203c4cd1f..bb4735b92ada 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
@@ -103,8 +103,12 @@ ifdef LIBDW_DIR
   LIBDW_CFLAGS  := -I$(LIBDW_DIR)/include
   LIBDW_LDFLAGS := -L$(LIBDW_DIR)/lib
 endif
+DWARFLIBS := -ldw
+ifeq ($(findstring -static,${LDFLAGS}),-static)
+  DWARFLIBS += -lelf -lebl -ldl -lz -llzma -lbz2
+endif
 FEATURE_CHECK_CFLAGS-libdw-dwarf-unwind := $(LIBDW_CFLAGS)
-FEATURE_CHECK_LDFLAGS-libdw-dwarf-unwind := $(LIBDW_LDFLAGS) -ldw
+FEATURE_CHECK_LDFLAGS-libdw-dwarf-unwind := $(LIBDW_LDFLAGS) $(DWARFLIBS)
 
 # for linking with debug library, run like:
 # make DEBUG=1 LIBBABELTRACE_DIR=/opt/libbabeltrace/
@@ -365,10 +369,6 @@ ifndef NO_LIBELF
     else
       CFLAGS += -DHAVE_DWARF_SUPPORT $(LIBDW_CFLAGS)
       LDFLAGS += $(LIBDW_LDFLAGS)
-      DWARFLIBS := -ldw
-      ifeq ($(findstring -static,${LDFLAGS}),-static)
-	DWARFLIBS += -lelf -lebl -lz -llzma -lbz2
-      endif
       EXTLIBS += ${DWARFLIBS}
       $(call detected,CONFIG_DWARF)
     endif # PERF_HAVE_DWARF_REGS