diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index f758a72df1b3..5d34815c7ccb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ include config/utilities.mak
 # Define NO_AUXTRACE if you do not want AUX area tracing support
 #
 # Define NO_LIBBPF if you do not want BPF support
+#
+# Define FEATURES_DUMP to provide features detection dump file
+# and bypass the feature detection
 
 # As per kernel Makefile, avoid funny character set dependencies
 unexport LC_ALL
@@ -166,6 +169,15 @@ ifeq ($(config),1)
 include config/Makefile
 endif
 
+# The FEATURE_DUMP_EXPORT holds location of the actual
+# FEATURE_DUMP file to be used to bypass feature detection
+# (for bpf or any other subproject)
+ifeq ($(FEATURES_DUMP),)
+FEATURE_DUMP_EXPORT := $(realpath $(OUTPUT)FEATURE-DUMP)
+else
+FEATURE_DUMP_EXPORT := $(FEATURES_DUMP)
+endif
+
 export prefix bindir sharedir sysconfdir DESTDIR
 
 # sparse is architecture-neutral, which means that we need to tell it
@@ -436,7 +448,7 @@ $(LIBAPI)-clean:
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(LIB_DIR) O=$(OUTPUT) clean >/dev/null
 
 $(LIBBPF): fixdep FORCE
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(BPF_DIR) O=$(OUTPUT) $(OUTPUT)libbpf.a FEATURES_DUMP=$(realpath $(OUTPUT)FEATURE-DUMP)
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(BPF_DIR) O=$(OUTPUT) $(OUTPUT)libbpf.a FEATURES_DUMP=$(FEATURE_DUMP_EXPORT)
 
 $(LIBBPF)-clean:
 	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, libbpf)
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
index e5959c136a19..511141b102e8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
@@ -181,7 +181,11 @@ LDFLAGS += -Wl,-z,noexecstack
 
 EXTLIBS = -lpthread -lrt -lm -ldl
 
+ifeq ($(FEATURES_DUMP),)
 include $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.feature
+else
+include $(FEATURES_DUMP)
+endif
 
 ifeq ($(feature-stackprotector-all), 1)
   CFLAGS += -fstack-protector-all