diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/s390/Build b/tools/perf/arch/s390/Build
index e69de29bb2d1..54afe4a467e7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/s390/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/s390/Build
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libperf-y += util/
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/s390/Makefile b/tools/perf/arch/s390/Makefile
index 798ac7379c5f..21322e0385b8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/s390/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/s390/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 ifndef NO_DWARF
 PERF_HAVE_DWARF_REGS := 1
-LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)arch/$(ARCH)/util/dwarf-regs.o
 endif
-LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)arch/$(ARCH)/util/header.o
 HAVE_KVM_STAT_SUPPORT := 1
-LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)arch/$(ARCH)/util/kvm-stat.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/s390/util/Build b/tools/perf/arch/s390/util/Build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8a61372bb47a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/s390/util/Build
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+libperf-y += header.o
+libperf-y += kvm-stat.o
+
+libperf-$(CONFIG_DWARF) += dwarf-regs.o