diff --git a/tools/build/Makefile.feature b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
index 2975632..5ec6b37 100644
--- a/tools/build/Makefile.feature
+++ b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ FEATURE_TESTS ?=			\
 	timerfd				\
 	libdw-dwarf-unwind		\
 	zlib				\
-	lzma
+	lzma				\
+	bpf
 
 FEATURE_DISPLAY ?=			\
 	dwarf				\
@@ -67,7 +68,8 @@ FEATURE_DISPLAY ?=			\
 	libunwind			\
 	libdw-dwarf-unwind		\
 	zlib				\
-	lzma
+	lzma				\
+	bpf
 
 # Set FEATURE_CHECK_(C|LD)FLAGS-all for all FEATURE_TESTS features.
 # If in the future we need per-feature checks/flags for features not
diff --git a/tools/perf/MANIFEST b/tools/perf/MANIFEST
index 2a958a8..14e8b98 100644
--- a/tools/perf/MANIFEST
+++ b/tools/perf/MANIFEST
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ tools/build
 tools/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h
 tools/arch/x86/include/asm/rmwcc.h
 tools/lib/traceevent
+tools/lib/bpf
 tools/lib/api
 tools/lib/bpf
 tools/lib/hweight.c
@@ -68,6 +69,8 @@ arch/*/lib/memset*.S
 include/linux/poison.h
 include/linux/hw_breakpoint.h
 include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
+include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+include/uapi/linux/bpf_common.h
 include/uapi/linux/const.h
 include/uapi/linux/swab.h
 include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index d9863cb..a6a789e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ AWK     = awk
 
 LIB_DIR          = $(srctree)/tools/lib/api/
 TRACE_EVENT_DIR = $(srctree)/tools/lib/traceevent/
+BPF_DIR = $(srctree)/tools/lib/bpf/
 
 # include config/Makefile by default and rule out
 # non-config cases
@@ -180,6 +181,7 @@ strip-libs = $(filter-out -l%,$(1))
 
 ifneq ($(OUTPUT),)
   TE_PATH=$(OUTPUT)
+  BPF_PATH=$(OUTPUT)
 ifneq ($(subdir),)
   LIB_PATH=$(OUTPUT)/../lib/api/
 else
@@ -188,6 +190,7 @@ endif
 else
   TE_PATH=$(TRACE_EVENT_DIR)
   LIB_PATH=$(LIB_DIR)
+  BPF_PATH=$(BPF_DIR)
 endif
 
 LIBTRACEEVENT = $(TE_PATH)libtraceevent.a
@@ -199,6 +202,8 @@ LIBTRACEEVENT_DYNAMIC_LIST_LDFLAGS = -Xlinker --dynamic-list=$(LIBTRACEEVENT_DYN
 LIBAPI = $(LIB_PATH)libapi.a
 export LIBAPI
 
+LIBBPF = $(BPF_PATH)libbpf.a
+
 # python extension build directories
 PYTHON_EXTBUILD     := $(OUTPUT)python_ext_build/
 PYTHON_EXTBUILD_LIB := $(PYTHON_EXTBUILD)lib/
@@ -251,6 +256,9 @@ export PERL_PATH
 LIB_FILE=$(OUTPUT)libperf.a
 
 PERFLIBS = $(LIB_FILE) $(LIBAPI) $(LIBTRACEEVENT)
+ifndef NO_LIBBPF
+  PERFLIBS += $(LIBBPF)
+endif
 
 # We choose to avoid "if .. else if .. else .. endif endif"
 # because maintaining the nesting to match is a pain.  If
@@ -420,6 +428,13 @@ $(LIBAPI)-clean:
 	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, libapi)
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(LIB_DIR) O=$(OUTPUT) clean >/dev/null
 
+$(LIBBPF): FORCE
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(BPF_DIR) O=$(OUTPUT) $(OUTPUT)libbpf.a
+
+$(LIBBPF)-clean:
+	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, libbpf)
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(BPF_DIR) O=$(OUTPUT) clean >/dev/null
+
 help:
 	@echo 'Perf make targets:'
 	@echo '  doc		- make *all* documentation (see below)'
@@ -459,7 +474,7 @@ INSTALL_DOC_TARGETS += quick-install-doc quick-install-man quick-install-html
 $(DOC_TARGETS):
 	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)Documentation $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) $(@:doc=all)
 
-TAG_FOLDERS= . ../lib/traceevent ../lib/api ../lib/symbol
+TAG_FOLDERS= . ../lib/traceevent ../lib/api ../lib/symbol ../lib/bpf
 TAG_FILES= ../../include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
 
 TAGS:
@@ -567,7 +582,7 @@ config-clean:
 	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, config)
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(srctree)/tools/build/feature/ clean >/dev/null
 
-clean: $(LIBTRACEEVENT)-clean $(LIBAPI)-clean config-clean
+clean: $(LIBTRACEEVENT)-clean $(LIBAPI)-clean $(LIBBPF)-clean config-clean
 	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, core-objs)  $(RM) $(LIB_FILE) $(OUTPUT)perf-archive $(OUTPUT)perf-with-kcore $(LANG_BINDINGS)
 	$(Q)find . -name '*.o' -delete -o -name '\.*.cmd' -delete -o -name '\.*.d' -delete
 	$(Q)$(RM) $(OUTPUT).config-detected
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
index 827557f..38a4144 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ ifdef LIBBABELTRACE
   FEATURE_CHECK_LDFLAGS-libbabeltrace := $(LIBBABELTRACE_LDFLAGS) -lbabeltrace-ctf
 endif
 
+FEATURE_CHECK_CFLAGS-bpf = -I. -I$(srctree)/tools/include -I$(srctree)/arch/$(ARCH)/include/uapi -I$(srctree)/include/uapi
 # include ARCH specific config
 -include $(src-perf)/arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile
 
@@ -233,6 +234,7 @@ ifdef NO_LIBELF
   NO_DEMANGLE := 1
   NO_LIBUNWIND := 1
   NO_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND := 1
+  NO_LIBBPF := 1
 else
   ifeq ($(feature-libelf), 0)
     ifeq ($(feature-glibc), 1)
@@ -242,13 +244,14 @@ else
       LIBC_SUPPORT := 1
     endif
     ifeq ($(LIBC_SUPPORT),1)
-      msg := $(warning No libelf found, disables 'probe' tool, please install elfutils-libelf-devel/libelf-dev);
+      msg := $(warning No libelf found, disables 'probe' tool and BPF support in 'perf record', please install elfutils-libelf-devel/libelf-dev);
 
       NO_LIBELF := 1
       NO_DWARF := 1
       NO_DEMANGLE := 1
       NO_LIBUNWIND := 1
       NO_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND := 1
+      NO_LIBBPF := 1
     else
       ifneq ($(filter s% -static%,$(LDFLAGS),),)
         msg := $(error No static glibc found, please install glibc-static);
@@ -305,6 +308,13 @@ ifndef NO_LIBELF
       $(call detected,CONFIG_DWARF)
     endif # PERF_HAVE_DWARF_REGS
   endif # NO_DWARF
+
+  ifndef NO_LIBBPF
+    ifeq ($(feature-bpf), 1)
+      CFLAGS += -DHAVE_LIBBPF_SUPPORT
+      $(call detected,CONFIG_LIBBPF)
+    endif
+  endif # NO_LIBBPF
 endif # NO_LIBELF
 
 ifeq ($(ARCH),powerpc)
@@ -320,6 +330,13 @@ ifndef NO_LIBUNWIND
   endif
 endif
 
+ifndef NO_LIBBPF
+  ifneq ($(feature-bpf), 1)
+    msg := $(warning BPF API too old. Please install recent kernel headers. BPF support in 'perf record' is disabled.)
+    NO_LIBBPF := 1
+  endif
+endif
+
 dwarf-post-unwind := 1
 dwarf-post-unwind-text := BUG
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/make b/tools/perf/tests/make
index ba31c4b..2cbd0c6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/make
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/make
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ make_no_libnuma     := NO_LIBNUMA=1
 make_no_libaudit    := NO_LIBAUDIT=1
 make_no_libbionic   := NO_LIBBIONIC=1
 make_no_auxtrace    := NO_AUXTRACE=1
+make_no_libbpf	    := NO_LIBBPF=1
 make_tags           := tags
 make_cscope         := cscope
 make_help           := help
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ make_static         := LDFLAGS=-static
 make_minimal        := NO_LIBPERL=1 NO_LIBPYTHON=1 NO_NEWT=1 NO_GTK2=1
 make_minimal        += NO_DEMANGLE=1 NO_LIBELF=1 NO_LIBUNWIND=1 NO_BACKTRACE=1
 make_minimal        += NO_LIBNUMA=1 NO_LIBAUDIT=1 NO_LIBBIONIC=1
-make_minimal        += NO_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND=1 NO_AUXTRACE=1
+make_minimal        += NO_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND=1 NO_AUXTRACE=1 NO_LIBBPF=1
 
 # $(run) contains all available tests
 run := make_pure
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ run += make_no_libnuma
 run += make_no_libaudit
 run += make_no_libbionic
 run += make_no_auxtrace
+run += make_no_libbpf
 run += make_help
 run += make_doc
 run += make_perf_o
