diff --git a/tools/perf/config/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
index 34be7432d567..daefe2dfacad 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
@@ -89,6 +89,22 @@ CFLAGS += -std=gnu99
 
 EXTLIBS = -lelf -lpthread -lrt -lm -ldl
 
+feature_check = $(eval $(feature_check_code)); $(info CHK: config/feature-checks/test-$(1))
+define feature_check_code
+  feature-$(2) := $(shell make -C config/feature-checks test-$1 >/dev/null 2>/dev/null && echo 1 || echo 0)
+endef
+
+#
+# Build the feature check binaries in parallel, ignore errors, ignore return value and suppress output:
+#
+$(info Testing features:)
+$(shell make -i -j -C config/feature-checks >/dev/null 2>&1)
+$(info done)
+
+FEATURE_TESTS = hello
+
+$(foreach test,$(FEATURE_TESTS),$(call feature_check,$(test),$(test)))
+
 ifeq ($(call try-cc,$(SOURCE_HELLO),$(CFLAGS) -Werror -fstack-protector-all,-fstack-protector-all),y)
   CFLAGS += -fstack-protector-all
 endif
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b3f6372ad8b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+
+FILES=test-hello
+
+all: $(FILES)
+
+BUILD = $(CC) -o $(OUTPUT)$@ $@.c
+
+###############################
+
+test-hello: test-hello.c
+	$(BUILD)
+
+###############################
+
+clean:
+	rm -f $(FILES)
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-hello.c b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-hello.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c9f398d87868
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-hello.c
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	return puts("hi");
+}