diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index 31da6bed46ca..fce4c3f051ef 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(shell sh -c "(echo '\#include <libelf.h>'; echo 'int main(void) { Elf * elf = elf_begin(0, ELF_C_READ, 0); return (long)elf; }') | $(CC) -x c - $(ALL_CFLAGS) -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -o /dev/null $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(EXTLIBS) "$(QUIET_STDERR)" && echo y"), y)
 ifneq ($(shell sh -c "(echo '\#include <gnu/libc-version.h>'; echo 'int main(void) { const char * version = gnu_get_libc_version(); return (long)version; }') | $(CC) -x c - $(ALL_CFLAGS) -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -o /dev/null $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(EXTLIBS) "$(QUIET_STDERR)" && echo y"), y)
-	msg := $(error No gnu/libc-version.h found, please install glibc-dev[el]);
+	msg := $(error No gnu/libc-version.h found, please install glibc-dev[el]/glibc-static);
 endif
 
 	ifneq ($(shell sh -c "(echo '\#include <libelf.h>'; echo 'int main(void) { Elf * elf = elf_begin(0, ELF_C_READ_MMAP, 0); return (long)elf; }') | $(CC) -x c - $(ALL_CFLAGS) -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -o /dev/null $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(EXTLIBS) "$(QUIET_STDERR)" && echo y"), y)
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ else
 					EXTLIBS += -liberty
 					BASIC_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_CPLUS_DEMANGLE
 				else
-					msg := $(warning No bfd.h/libbfd found, install binutils-dev[el] to gain symbol demangling)
+					msg := $(warning No bfd.h/libbfd found, install binutils-dev[el]/zlib-static to gain symbol demangling)
 					BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_DEMANGLE
 				endif
 			endif