diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-list.c b/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-list.c
index 52480467e9ff..6b2bcfbde150 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-list.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-list.c
@@ -84,7 +84,11 @@ static int perf_session__list_build_ids(void)
 	if (filename__fprintf_build_id(session->filename, stdout))
 		goto out;
 
-	if (with_hits)
+	/*
+	 * in pipe-mode, the only way to get the buildids is to parse
+	 * the record stream. Buildids are stored as RECORD_HEADER_BUILD_ID
+	 */
+	if (with_hits || session->fd_pipe)
 		perf_session__process_events(session, &build_id__mark_dso_hit_ops);
 
 	perf_session__fprintf_dsos_buildid(session, stdout, with_hits);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/build-id.c b/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
index dff9c7a725f4..fd9a5944b627 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ struct perf_tool build_id__mark_dso_hit_ops = {
 	.mmap	= perf_event__process_mmap,
 	.fork	= perf_event__process_task,
 	.exit	= perf_event__exit_del_thread,
+	.attr		 = perf_event__process_attr,
+	.build_id	 = perf_event__process_build_id,
 };
 
 char *dso__build_id_filename(struct dso *self, char *bf, size_t size)