diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index b1dfcd8e93e3..374378322db9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ python-clean := $(call QUIET_CLEAN, python) $(RM) -r $(PYTHON_EXTBUILD) $(OUTPUT
 PYTHON_EXT_SRCS := $(shell grep -v ^\# util/python-ext-sources)
 PYTHON_EXT_DEPS := util/python-ext-sources util/setup.py $(LIBTRACEEVENT) $(LIBAPI)
 
-$(OUTPUT)python/perf.so: $(PYTHON_EXT_SRCS) $(PYTHON_EXT_DEPS)
+$(OUTPUT)python/perf.so: $(PYTHON_EXT_SRCS) $(PYTHON_EXT_DEPS) $(LIBTRACEEVENT_DYNAMIC_LIST)
 	$(QUIET_GEN)CFLAGS='$(CFLAGS)' $(PYTHON_WORD) util/setup.py \
 	  --quiet build_ext; \
 	mkdir -p $(OUTPUT)python && \