diff --git a/tools/perf/config/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
index b3bf931dd2a0..3d3d435b41fa 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ FEATURE_TESTS =				\
 	libaudit			\
 	libslang			\
 	gtk2				\
+	gtk2-infobar			\
 	libnuma
 
 $(foreach test,$(FEATURE_TESTS),$(call feature_check,$(test),$(test)))
@@ -299,7 +300,7 @@ ifndef NO_GTK2
     msg := $(warning GTK2 not found, disables GTK2 support. Please install gtk2-devel or libgtk2.0-dev);
     NO_GTK2 := 1
   else
-    ifeq ($(call try-cc,$(SOURCE_GTK2_INFOBAR),$(FLAGS_GTK2),-DHAVE_GTK_INFO_BAR_SUPPORT),y)
+    ifeq ($(feature-gtk2-infobar), 1)
       CFLAGS += -DHAVE_GTK_INFO_BAR_SUPPORT
     endif
     CFLAGS += -DHAVE_GTK2_SUPPORT
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
index 920958c83ce8..017918f809ff 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ FILES=					\
 	test-libaudit			\
 	test-libslang			\
 	test-gtk2			\
+	test-gtk2-infobar		\
 	test-libnuma
 
 CC := $(CC) -MD
@@ -73,6 +74,9 @@ test-libslang:
 test-gtk2:
 	$(BUILD) $(shell pkg-config --libs --cflags gtk+-2.0 2>/dev/null)
 
+test-gtk2-infobar:
+	$(BUILD) $(shell pkg-config --libs --cflags gtk+-2.0 2>/dev/null)
+
 -include *.d */*.d
 
 ###############################
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-gtk2-infobar.c b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-gtk2-infobar.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..eebcfbc45120
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-gtk2-infobar.c
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wstrict-prototypes"
+#include <gtk/gtk.h>
+#pragma GCC diagnostic error "-Wstrict-prototypes"
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	gtk_info_bar_new();
+
+	return 0;
+}