diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index c43a20517591..03409cc02117 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ include config/utilities.mak
 # for CTF data format.
 #
 # Define NO_LZMA if you do not want to support compressed (xz) kernel modules
+#
+# Define NO_AUXTRACE if you do not want AUX area tracing support
 
 ifeq ($(srctree),)
 srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(shell pwd)))
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
index cc905f1d3124..7c7a7eea900d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
@@ -53,25 +53,6 @@ static int output_bytes(struct perf_inject *inject, void *buf, size_t sz)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int copy_bytes(struct perf_inject *inject, int fd, off_t size)
-{
-	char buf[4096];
-	ssize_t ssz;
-	int ret;
-
-	while (size > 0) {
-		ssz = read(fd, buf, min(size, (off_t)sizeof(buf)));
-		if (ssz < 0)
-			return -errno;
-		ret = output_bytes(inject, buf, ssz);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
-		size -= ssz;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int perf_event__repipe_synth(struct perf_tool *tool,
 				    union perf_event *event)
 {
@@ -114,6 +95,27 @@ static int perf_event__repipe_attr(struct perf_tool *tool,
 	return perf_event__repipe_synth(tool, event);
 }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_AUXTRACE_SUPPORT
+
+static int copy_bytes(struct perf_inject *inject, int fd, off_t size)
+{
+	char buf[4096];
+	ssize_t ssz;
+	int ret;
+
+	while (size > 0) {
+		ssz = read(fd, buf, min(size, (off_t)sizeof(buf)));
+		if (ssz < 0)
+			return -errno;
+		ret = output_bytes(inject, buf, ssz);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+		size -= ssz;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static s64 perf_event__repipe_auxtrace(struct perf_tool *tool,
 				       union perf_event *event,
 				       struct perf_session *session
@@ -153,6 +155,19 @@ static s64 perf_event__repipe_auxtrace(struct perf_tool *tool,
 	return event->auxtrace.size;
 }
 
+#else
+
+static s64
+perf_event__repipe_auxtrace(struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,
+			    union perf_event *event __maybe_unused,
+			    struct perf_session *session __maybe_unused)
+{
+	pr_err("AUX area tracing not supported\n");
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+#endif
+
 static int perf_event__repipe(struct perf_tool *tool,
 			      union perf_event *event,
 			      struct perf_sample *sample __maybe_unused,
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 4d0ebbb944aa..dbb2c02cd706 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ out:
 	return rc;
 }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_AUXTRACE_SUPPORT
+
 static int record__process_auxtrace(struct perf_tool *tool,
 				    union perf_event *event, void *data1,
 				    size_t len1, void *data2, size_t len2)
@@ -165,6 +167,17 @@ static int record__auxtrace_mmap_read(struct record *rec,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+#else
+
+static inline
+int record__auxtrace_mmap_read(struct record *rec __maybe_unused,
+			       struct auxtrace_mmap *mm __maybe_unused)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+#endif
+
 static volatile int done = 0;
 static volatile int signr = -1;
 static volatile int child_finished = 0;
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
index 59a98c643240..435b6ca85b1f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
@@ -610,6 +610,11 @@ ifdef LIBBABELTRACE
   endif
 endif
 
+ifndef NO_AUXTRACE
+  $(call detected,CONFIG_AUXTRACE)
+  CFLAGS += -DHAVE_AUXTRACE_SUPPORT
+endif
+
 # Among the variables below, these:
 #   perfexecdir
 #   template_dir
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/make b/tools/perf/tests/make
index 901ec9191359..65280d28662e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/make
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/make
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ make_no_backtrace   := NO_BACKTRACE=1
 make_no_libnuma     := NO_LIBNUMA=1
 make_no_libaudit    := NO_LIBAUDIT=1
 make_no_libbionic   := NO_LIBBIONIC=1
+make_no_auxtrace    := NO_AUXTRACE=1
 make_tags           := tags
 make_cscope         := cscope
 make_help           := help
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ make_static         := LDFLAGS=-static
 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
+make_minimal        += NO_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND=1 NO_AUXTRACE=1
 
 # $(run) contains all available tests
 run := make_pure
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ run += make_no_backtrace
 run += make_no_libnuma
 run += make_no_libaudit
 run += make_no_libbionic
+run += make_no_auxtrace
 run += make_help
 run += make_doc
 run += make_perf_o
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/Build b/tools/perf/util/Build
index 28af8e2825b3..d552203aead0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/util/Build
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ libperf-y += data.o
 libperf-$(CONFIG_X86) += tsc.o
 libperf-y += cloexec.o
 libperf-y += thread-stack.o
-libperf-y += auxtrace.o
+libperf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += auxtrace.o
 
 libperf-$(CONFIG_LIBELF) += symbol-elf.o
 libperf-$(CONFIG_LIBELF) += probe-event.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
index b9e4b9d66f5e..77b46994e8ea 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "event.h"
 #include "session.h"
+#include "debug.h"
 
 union perf_event;
 struct perf_session;
@@ -290,6 +291,8 @@ struct auxtrace_record {
 	int (*read_finish)(struct auxtrace_record *itr, int idx);
 };
 
+#ifdef HAVE_AUXTRACE_SUPPORT
+
 static inline u64 auxtrace_mmap__read_head(struct auxtrace_mmap *mm)
 {
 	struct perf_event_mmap_page *pc = mm->userpg;
@@ -458,4 +461,129 @@ static inline void auxtrace__free(struct perf_session *session)
 	return session->auxtrace->free(session);
 }
 
+#else
+
+static inline struct auxtrace_record *
+auxtrace_record__init(struct perf_evlist *evlist __maybe_unused,
+		      int *err __maybe_unused)
+{
+	*err = 0;
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static inline
+void auxtrace_record__free(struct auxtrace_record *itr __maybe_unused)
+{
+}
+
+static inline int
+perf_event__synthesize_auxtrace_info(struct auxtrace_record *itr __maybe_unused,
+				     struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,
+				     struct perf_session *session __maybe_unused,
+				     perf_event__handler_t process __maybe_unused)
+{
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+static inline
+int auxtrace_record__options(struct auxtrace_record *itr __maybe_unused,
+			     struct perf_evlist *evlist __maybe_unused,
+			     struct record_opts *opts __maybe_unused)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+#define perf_event__process_auxtrace_info		0
+#define perf_event__process_auxtrace			0
+#define perf_event__process_auxtrace_error		0
+
+static inline
+void perf_session__auxtrace_error_inc(struct perf_session *session
+				      __maybe_unused,
+				      union perf_event *event
+				      __maybe_unused)
+{
+}
+
+static inline
+void events_stats__auxtrace_error_warn(const struct events_stats *stats
+				       __maybe_unused)
+{
+}
+
+static inline
+int itrace_parse_synth_opts(const struct option *opt __maybe_unused,
+			    const char *str __maybe_unused,
+			    int unset __maybe_unused)
+{
+	pr_err("AUX area tracing not supported\n");
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+static inline
+int auxtrace__process_event(struct perf_session *session __maybe_unused,
+			    union perf_event *event __maybe_unused,
+			    struct perf_sample *sample __maybe_unused,
+			    struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline
+int auxtrace__flush_events(struct perf_session *session __maybe_unused,
+			   struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline
+void auxtrace__free_events(struct perf_session *session __maybe_unused)
+{
+}
+
+static inline
+void auxtrace_cache__free(struct auxtrace_cache *auxtrace_cache __maybe_unused)
+{
+}
+
+static inline
+void auxtrace__free(struct perf_session *session __maybe_unused)
+{
+}
+
+static inline
+int auxtrace_index__write(int fd __maybe_unused,
+			  struct list_head *head __maybe_unused)
+{
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+static inline
+int auxtrace_index__process(int fd __maybe_unused,
+			    u64 size __maybe_unused,
+			    struct perf_session *session __maybe_unused,
+			    bool needs_swap __maybe_unused)
+{
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+static inline
+void auxtrace_index__free(struct list_head *head __maybe_unused)
+{
+}
+
+int auxtrace_mmap__mmap(struct auxtrace_mmap *mm,
+			struct auxtrace_mmap_params *mp,
+			void *userpg, int fd);
+void auxtrace_mmap__munmap(struct auxtrace_mmap *mm);
+void auxtrace_mmap_params__init(struct auxtrace_mmap_params *mp,
+				off_t auxtrace_offset,
+				unsigned int auxtrace_pages,
+				bool auxtrace_overwrite);
+void auxtrace_mmap_params__set_idx(struct auxtrace_mmap_params *mp,
+				   struct perf_evlist *evlist, int idx,
+				   bool per_cpu);
+
+#endif
+
 #endif