diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
index cffdd9cf3ebf..8a493d46fab9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
@@ -758,6 +758,31 @@ ifndef NO_AUXTRACE
   endif
 endif
 
+ifndef NO_JVMTI
+  ifneq (,$(wildcard /usr/sbin/update-java-alternatives))
+    JDIR=$(shell /usr/sbin/update-java-alternatives -l | head -1 | awk '{print $$3}')
+  else
+    ifneq (,$(wildcard /usr/sbin/alternatives))
+      JDIR=$(shell alternatives --display java | tail -1 | cut -d' ' -f 5 | sed 's%/jre/bin/java.%%g')
+    endif
+  endif
+  ifndef JDIR
+    $(warning No alternatives command found, you need to set JDIR= to point to the root of your Java directory)
+    NO_JVMTI := 1
+  endif
+endif
+
+ifndef NO_JVMTI
+  FEATURE_CHECK_CFLAGS-jvmti := -I$(JDIR)/include -I$(JDIR)/include/linux
+  $(call feature_check,jvmti)
+  ifeq ($(feature-jvmti), 1)
+    $(call detected_var,JDIR)
+  else
+    $(warning No openjdk development package found, please install JDK package)
+    NO_JVMTI := 1
+  endif
+endif
+
 # Among the variables below, these:
 #   perfexecdir
 #   template_dir
@@ -850,6 +875,7 @@ ifeq ($(VF),1)
   $(call print_var,sysconfdir)
   $(call print_var,LIBUNWIND_DIR)
   $(call print_var,LIBDW_DIR)
+  $(call print_var,JDIR)
 
   ifeq ($(dwarf-post-unwind),1)
     $(call feature_print_text,"DWARF post unwind library", $(dwarf-post-unwind-text))
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index 7de14f470f3c..3cb1df43ad3e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ include ../scripts/utilities.mak
 #
 # Define FEATURES_DUMP to provide features detection dump file
 # and bypass the feature detection
+#
+# Define NO_JVMTI if you do not want jvmti agent built
 
 # As per kernel Makefile, avoid funny character set dependencies
 unexport LC_ALL
@@ -283,6 +285,12 @@ ifndef NO_PERF_READ_VDSOX32
 PROGRAMS += $(OUTPUT)perf-read-vdsox32
 endif
 
+LIBJVMTI = libperf-jvmti.so
+
+ifndef NO_JVMTI
+PROGRAMS += $(OUTPUT)$(LIBJVMTI)
+endif
+
 # what 'all' will build and 'install' will install, in perfexecdir
 ALL_PROGRAMS = $(PROGRAMS) $(SCRIPTS)
 
@@ -551,6 +559,16 @@ $(OUTPUT)perf-read-vdsox32: perf-read-vdso.c util/find-vdso-map.c
 	$(QUIET_CC)$(CC) -mx32 $(filter -static,$(LDFLAGS)) -Wall -Werror -o $@ perf-read-vdso.c
 endif
 
+ifndef NO_JVMTI
+LIBJVMTI_IN := $(OUTPUT)jvmti/jvmti-in.o
+
+$(LIBJVMTI_IN): FORCE
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.build dir=jvmti obj=jvmti
+
+$(OUTPUT)$(LIBJVMTI): $(LIBJVMTI_IN)
+	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) -shared -Wl,-soname -Wl,$(LIBJVMTI) -o $@ $< -lelf -lrt
+endif
+
 $(patsubst perf-%,%.o,$(PROGRAMS)): $(wildcard */*.h)
 
 LIBPERF_IN := $(OUTPUT)libperf-in.o
@@ -687,6 +705,10 @@ endif
 ifndef NO_PERF_READ_VDSOX32
 	$(call QUIET_INSTALL, perf-read-vdsox32) \
 		$(INSTALL) $(OUTPUT)perf-read-vdsox32 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(bindir_SQ)';
+endif
+ifndef NO_JVMTI
+	$(call QUIET_INSTALL, $(LIBJVMTI)) \
+		$(INSTALL) $(OUTPUT)$(LIBJVMTI) '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(libdir_SQ)';
 endif
 	$(call QUIET_INSTALL, libexec) \
 		$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perfexec_instdir_SQ)'
@@ -754,7 +776,7 @@ clean:: $(LIBTRACEEVENT)-clean $(LIBAPI)-clean $(LIBBPF)-clean $(LIBSUBCMD)-clea
 	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, core-objs)  $(RM) $(LIB_FILE) $(OUTPUT)perf-archive $(OUTPUT)perf-with-kcore $(LANG_BINDINGS)
 	$(Q)find $(if $(OUTPUT),$(OUTPUT),.) -name '*.o' -delete -o -name '\.*.cmd' -delete -o -name '\.*.d' -delete
 	$(Q)$(RM) $(OUTPUT).config-detected
-	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, core-progs) $(RM) $(ALL_PROGRAMS) perf perf-read-vdso32 perf-read-vdsox32 $(OUTPUT)pmu-events/jevents
+	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, core-progs) $(RM) $(ALL_PROGRAMS) perf perf-read-vdso32 perf-read-vdsox32 $(OUTPUT)pmu-events/jevents $(OUTPUT)$(LIBJVMTI).so
 	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, core-gen)   $(RM)  *.spec *.pyc *.pyo */*.pyc */*.pyo $(OUTPUT)common-cmds.h TAGS tags cscope* $(OUTPUT)PERF-VERSION-FILE $(OUTPUT)FEATURE-DUMP $(OUTPUT)util/*-bison* $(OUTPUT)util/*-flex* \
 		$(OUTPUT)util/intel-pt-decoder/inat-tables.c $(OUTPUT)fixdep \
 		$(OUTPUT)tests/llvm-src-{base,kbuild,prologue,relocation}.c \
diff --git a/tools/perf/jvmti/Build b/tools/perf/jvmti/Build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..eaeb8cb5379b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/jvmti/Build
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+jvmti-y += libjvmti.o
+jvmti-y += jvmti_agent.o
+
+CFLAGS_jvmti         = -fPIC -DPIC -I$(JDIR)/include -I$(JDIR)/include/linux
+CFLAGS_REMOVE_jvmti  = -Wmissing-declarations
+CFLAGS_REMOVE_jvmti += -Wstrict-prototypes
+CFLAGS_REMOVE_jvmti += -Wextra
+CFLAGS_REMOVE_jvmti += -Wwrite-strings
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/make b/tools/perf/tests/make
index 143f4d549769..08ed7f12cc37 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/make
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/make
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ make_minimal        := NO_LIBPERL=1 NO_LIBPYTHON=1 NO_NEWT=1 NO_GTK2=1
 make_minimal        += NO_DEMANGLE=1 NO_LIBELF=1 NO_LIBUNWIND=1 NO_BACKTRACE=1
 make_minimal        += NO_LIBNUMA=1 NO_LIBAUDIT=1 NO_LIBBIONIC=1
 make_minimal        += NO_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND=1 NO_AUXTRACE=1 NO_LIBBPF=1
-make_minimal        += NO_LIBCRYPTO=1 NO_SDT=1
+make_minimal        += NO_LIBCRYPTO=1 NO_SDT=1 NO_JVMTI=1
 
 # $(run) contains all available tests
 run := make_pure