diff --git a/tools/build/Makefile.feature b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
index e7818b44b48e..c1daf4d57518 100644
--- a/tools/build/Makefile.feature
+++ b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ FEATURE_TESTS_EXTRA :=                  \
          llvm-version                   \
          clang                          \
          libbpf                         \
-         libpfm4
+         libpfm4                        \
+         libdebuginfod
 
 FEATURE_TESTS ?= $(FEATURE_TESTS_BASIC)
 
diff --git a/tools/build/feature/Makefile b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
index 846ee1341a5c..d220fe952747 100644
--- a/tools/build/feature/Makefile
+++ b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ FILES=                                          \
          test-libelf-gelf_getnote.bin           \
          test-libelf-getshdrstrndx.bin          \
          test-libelf-mmap.bin                   \
+         test-libdebuginfod.bin                 \
          test-libnuma.bin                       \
          test-numa_num_possible_cpus.bin        \
          test-libperl.bin                       \
@@ -157,6 +158,9 @@ $(OUTPUT)test-libelf-gelf_getnote.bin:
 $(OUTPUT)test-libelf-getshdrstrndx.bin:
 	$(BUILD) -lelf
 
+$(OUTPUT)test-libdebuginfod.bin:
+	$(BUILD) -ldebuginfod
+
 $(OUTPUT)test-libnuma.bin:
 	$(BUILD) -lnuma
 
diff --git a/tools/build/feature/test-libdebuginfod.c b/tools/build/feature/test-libdebuginfod.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..da22548b8413
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/build/feature/test-libdebuginfod.c
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <elfutils/debuginfod.h>
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	debuginfod_client* c = debuginfod_begin();
+	return (long)c;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
index 513633809c81..190be4fa5c21 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
@@ -501,6 +501,14 @@ ifndef NO_LIBELF
     CFLAGS += -DHAVE_ELF_GETSHDRSTRNDX_SUPPORT
   endif
 
+  ifndef NO_LIBDEBUGINFOD
+    $(call feature_check,libdebuginfod)
+    ifeq ($(feature-libdebuginfod), 1)
+      CFLAGS += -DHAVE_DEBUGINFOD_SUPPORT
+      EXTLIBS += -ldebuginfod
+    endif
+  endif
+
   ifndef NO_DWARF
     ifeq ($(origin PERF_HAVE_DWARF_REGS), undefined)
       msg := $(warning DWARF register mappings have not been defined for architecture $(SRCARCH), DWARF support disabled);
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index e339e225410c..6031167939ae 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ include ../scripts/utilities.mak
 #
 # Define LIBPFM4 to enable libpfm4 events extension.
 #
+# Define NO_LIBDEBUGINFOD if you do not want support debuginfod
+#
 
 # As per kernel Makefile, avoid funny character set dependencies
 unexport LC_ALL
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/build-id.c b/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
index c076fc7fe025..31207b6e2066 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@
 #include "probe-file.h"
 #include "strlist.h"
 
+#ifdef HAVE_DEBUGINFOD_SUPPORT
+#include <elfutils/debuginfod.h>
+#endif
+
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 #include <linux/zalloc.h>
 
@@ -636,6 +640,21 @@ static char *build_id_cache__find_debug(const char *sbuild_id,
 	if (realname && access(realname, R_OK))
 		zfree(&realname);
 	nsinfo__mountns_exit(&nsc);
+
+#ifdef HAVE_DEBUGINFOD_SUPPORT
+        if (realname == NULL) {
+                debuginfod_client* c = debuginfod_begin();
+                if (c != NULL) {
+                        int fd = debuginfod_find_debuginfo(c,
+                                                           (const unsigned char*)sbuild_id, 0,
+                                                           &realname);
+                        if (fd >= 0)
+                                close(fd); /* retaining reference by realname */
+                        debuginfod_end(c);
+                }
+        }
+#endif
+
 out:
 	free(debugfile);
 	return realname;