diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/make b/tools/perf/tests/make
index e46723568516..5363a12a8b9b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/make
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/make
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ 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 NO_JVMTI=1
+make_minimal        += NO_LIBCRYPTO=1 NO_SDT=1 NO_JVMTI=1 NO_LIBZSTD=1
 
 # $(run) contains all available tests
 run := make_pure