diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index cb52bdb755c7..5b8639025aae 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ $(LIB_FILE): $(LIB_OBJS)
 TE_SOURCES = $(wildcard $(TRACE_EVENT_DIR)*.[ch])
 
 $(LIBTRACEEVENT): $(TE_SOURCES)
-	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)$(TRACE_EVENT_DIR) $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) O=$(OUTPUT) libtraceevent.a
+	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)$(TRACE_EVENT_DIR) $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) O=$(OUTPUT) CFLAGS="-g -Wall $(EXTRA_CFLAGS)" libtraceevent.a
 
 $(LIBTRACEEVENT)-clean:
 	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, libtraceevent)
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
index 543aa953bab1..2f1d7d78f744 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ endif
 
 feature_check = $(eval $(feature_check_code))
 define feature_check_code
-  feature-$(1) := $(shell $(MAKE) OUTPUT=$(OUTPUT_FEATURES) LDFLAGS=$(LDFLAGS) -C config/feature-checks test-$1 >/dev/null 2>/dev/null && echo 1 || echo 0)
+  feature-$(1) := $(shell $(MAKE) OUTPUT=$(OUTPUT_FEATURES) CFLAGS="$(EXTRA_CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS=$(LDFLAGS) -C config/feature-checks test-$1 >/dev/null 2>/dev/null && echo 1 || echo 0)
 endef
 
 feature_set = $(eval $(feature_set_code))
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ ifeq ($(feature-all), 1)
   #
   $(foreach feat,$(CORE_FEATURE_TESTS),$(call feature_set,$(feat)))
 else
-  $(shell $(MAKE) OUTPUT=$(OUTPUT_FEATURES) LDFLAGS=$(LDFLAGS) -i -j -C config/feature-checks $(CORE_FEATURE_TESTS) >/dev/null 2>&1)
+  $(shell $(MAKE) OUTPUT=$(OUTPUT_FEATURES) CFLAGS="$(EXTRA_CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS=$(LDFLAGS) -i -j -C config/feature-checks $(CORE_FEATURE_TESTS) >/dev/null 2>&1)
   $(foreach feat,$(CORE_FEATURE_TESTS),$(call feature_check,$(feat)))
 endif
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
index 452b67cc4d7b..353c00cde4d6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ CC := $(CC) -MD
 
 all: $(FILES)
 
-BUILD = $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(OUTPUT)$@ $@.c
+BUILD = $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(OUTPUT)$@ $@.c
 
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