diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index bde8cbae7dd9..d0a2cb11296f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -254,7 +254,8 @@ PYTHON_EXT_SRCS := $(shell grep -v ^\# util/python-ext-sources)
 PYTHON_EXT_DEPS := util/python-ext-sources util/setup.py $(LIBTRACEEVENT) $(LIBAPI)
 
 $(OUTPUT)python/perf.so: $(PYTHON_EXT_SRCS) $(PYTHON_EXT_DEPS) $(LIBTRACEEVENT_DYNAMIC_LIST)
-	$(QUIET_GEN)CFLAGS='$(CFLAGS)' LDFLAGS='$(LDFLAGS) $(LIBTRACEEVENT_DYNAMIC_LIST_LDFLAGS)' \
+	$(QUIET_GEN)LDSHARED="$(CC) -pthread -shared" \
+        CFLAGS='$(CFLAGS)' LDFLAGS='$(LDFLAGS) $(LIBTRACEEVENT_DYNAMIC_LIST_LDFLAGS)' \
 	  $(PYTHON_WORD) util/setup.py \
 	  --quiet build_ext; \
 	mkdir -p $(OUTPUT)python && \