--- /dev/null
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2011-2013 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/kernel.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=perf
+PKG_VERSION:=$(LINUX_VERSION)
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
+
+PKG_USE_MIPS16:=0
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/perf
+ SECTION:=devel
+ CATEGORY:=Development
+ DEPENDS:= +libelf1 +libdw +libpthread +librt +binutils
+ TITLE:=Linux performance monitoring tool
+ VERSION:=$(LINUX_VERSION)-$(PKG_RELEASE)
+ URL:=http://www.kernel.org
+endef
+
+define Package/perf/description
+ perf is the Linux performance monitoring tool
+endef
+
+# Perf's makefile and headers are not relocatable and must be built from the
+# Linux sources directory
+define Build/Prepare
+ $(RM) -r $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)
+ ln -s $(LINUX_DIR)/tools/perf $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)
+endef
+
+# MAKE_FLAGS should be passed again upon cleaning because Perf's makefile
+# always performs checks before processing any rule
+define Build/Clean
+ -$(MAKE) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) \
+ NO_DWARF=1 \
+ $(MAKE_FLAGS) \
+ clean
+endef
+
+MAKE_FLAGS = \
+ ARCH="$(LINUX_KARCH)" \
+ NO_LIBPERL=1 \
+ NO_LIBPYTHON=1 \
+ NO_NEWT=1 \
+ CROSS_COMPILE="$(TARGET_CROSS)" \
+ CC="$(TARGET_CC)" \
+ LD="$(TARGET_CROSS)ld" \
+ CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) $(TARGET_CPPFLAGS)" \
+ LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" \
+ V=1 \
+ prefix=/usr
+
+define Package/perf/install
+ $(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
+ $(INSTALL_BIN) $(LINUX_DIR)/tools/perf/perf $(1)/usr/bin/
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,perf))