diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/unwind-libunwind.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/unwind-libunwind.c
index a87afa91a99e..c116b713f7f7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/unwind-libunwind.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/unwind-libunwind.c
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 
+#ifndef REMOTE_UNWIND_LIBUNWIND
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <libunwind.h>
 #include "perf_regs.h"
 #include "../../util/unwind.h"
 #include "../../util/debug.h"
+#endif
 
-int libunwind__arch_reg_id(int regnum)
+int LIBUNWIND__ARCH_REG_ID(int regnum)
 {
 	switch (regnum) {
 	case UNW_AARCH64_X0:
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
index 34999fb19358..47e8f5835fd6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
@@ -362,6 +362,18 @@ ifndef NO_LIBUNWIND
     have_libunwind = 1
   endif
 
+  ifeq ($(feature-libunwind-aarch64), 1)
+    $(call detected,CONFIG_LIBUNWIND_AARCH64)
+    CFLAGS += -DHAVE_LIBUNWIND_AARCH64_SUPPORT
+    LDFLAGS += -lunwind-aarch64
+    have_libunwind = 1
+    $(call feature_check,libunwind-debug-frame-aarch64)
+    ifneq ($(feature-libunwind-debug-frame-aarch64), 1)
+      msg := $(warning No debug_frame support found in libunwind-aarch64);
+      CFLAGS += -DNO_LIBUNWIND_DEBUG_FRAME_AARCH64
+    endif
+  endif
+
   ifneq ($(feature-libunwind), 1)
     msg := $(warning No libunwind found. Please install libunwind-dev[el] >= 1.1 and/or set LIBUNWIND_DIR);
     NO_LOCAL_LIBUNWIND := 1
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/Build b/tools/perf/util/Build
index 7746e0932768..fced8336e5fd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/util/Build
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ libperf-$(CONFIG_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND) += unwind-libdw.o
 libperf-$(CONFIG_LOCAL_LIBUNWIND)    += unwind-libunwind-local.o
 libperf-$(CONFIG_LIBUNWIND)          += unwind-libunwind.o
 libperf-$(CONFIG_LIBUNWIND_X86)      += libunwind/x86_32.o
+libperf-$(CONFIG_LIBUNWIND_AARCH64)  += libunwind/arm64.o
 
 libperf-$(CONFIG_LIBBABELTRACE) += data-convert-bt.o
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/libunwind/arm64.c b/tools/perf/util/libunwind/arm64.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4fb5395669f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/libunwind/arm64.c
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * This file setups defines to compile arch specific binary from the
+ * generic one.
+ *
+ * The function 'LIBUNWIND__ARCH_REG_ID' name is set according to arch
+ * name and the defination of this function is included directly from
+ * 'arch/arm64/util/unwind-libunwind.c', to make sure that this function
+ * is defined no matter what arch the host is.
+ *
+ * Finally, the arch specific unwind methods are exported which will
+ * be assigned to each arm64 thread.
+ */
+
+#define REMOTE_UNWIND_LIBUNWIND
+
+#define LIBUNWIND__ARCH_REG_ID(regnum) libunwind__arm64_reg_id(regnum)
+
+#include "unwind.h"
+#include "debug.h"
+#include "libunwind-aarch64.h"
+#include <../../../../arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/perf_regs.h>
+#include "../../arch/arm64/util/unwind-libunwind.c"
+
+/* NO_LIBUNWIND_DEBUG_FRAME is a feature flag for local libunwind,
+ * assign NO_LIBUNWIND_DEBUG_FRAME_AARCH64 to it for compiling arm64
+ * unwind methods.
+ */
+#undef NO_LIBUNWIND_DEBUG_FRAME
+#ifdef NO_LIBUNWIND_DEBUG_FRAME_AARCH64
+#define NO_LIBUNWIND_DEBUG_FRAME
+#endif
+#include "util/unwind-libunwind-local.c"
+
+struct unwind_libunwind_ops *
+arm64_unwind_libunwind_ops = &_unwind_libunwind_ops;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind.c b/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind.c
index e65515aa61d9..854711966cad 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 struct unwind_libunwind_ops __weak *local_unwind_libunwind_ops;
 struct unwind_libunwind_ops __weak *x86_32_unwind_libunwind_ops;
+struct unwind_libunwind_ops __weak *arm64_unwind_libunwind_ops;
 
 static void unwind__register_ops(struct thread *thread,
 			  struct unwind_libunwind_ops *ops)
@@ -38,6 +39,9 @@ int unwind__prepare_access(struct thread *thread, struct map *map)
 	if (!strcmp(arch, "x86")) {
 		if (dso_type != DSO__TYPE_64BIT)
 			ops = x86_32_unwind_libunwind_ops;
+	} else if (!strcmp(arch, "arm64") || !strcmp(arch, "arm")) {
+		if (dso_type == DSO__TYPE_64BIT)
+			ops = arm64_unwind_libunwind_ops;
 	}
 
 	if (!ops) {