diff --git a/tools/build/Makefile.feature b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
index c1daf4d57518..8b381d8ec9de 100644
--- a/tools/build/Makefile.feature
+++ b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ FEATURE_TESTS_BASIC :=                  \
         gtk2                            \
         gtk2-infobar                    \
         libbfd                          \
+        libbfd-buildid			\
         libcap                          \
         libelf                          \
         libelf-getphdrnum               \
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ FEATURE_DISPLAY ?=              \
          glibc                  \
          gtk2                   \
          libbfd                 \
+         libbfd-buildid		\
          libcap                 \
          libelf                 \
          libnuma                \
diff --git a/tools/build/feature/Makefile b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
index d220fe952747..9e5f8db4a168 100644
--- a/tools/build/feature/Makefile
+++ b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ FILES=                                          \
          test-hello.bin                         \
          test-libaudit.bin                      \
          test-libbfd.bin                        \
+         test-libbfd-buildid.bin		\
          test-disassembler-four-args.bin        \
          test-reallocarray.bin			\
          test-libbfd-liberty.bin                \
@@ -229,6 +230,9 @@ $(OUTPUT)test-libpython-version.bin:
 $(OUTPUT)test-libbfd.bin:
 	$(BUILD) -DPACKAGE='"perf"' -lbfd -ldl
 
+$(OUTPUT)test-libbfd-buildid.bin:
+	$(BUILD) -DPACKAGE='"perf"' -lbfd -ldl
+
 $(OUTPUT)test-disassembler-four-args.bin:
 	$(BUILD) -DPACKAGE='"perf"' -lbfd -lopcodes
 
diff --git a/tools/build/feature/test-all.c b/tools/build/feature/test-all.c
index 5479e543b194..80c5795f324b 100644
--- a/tools/build/feature/test-all.c
+++ b/tools/build/feature/test-all.c
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@
 # include "test-libbfd.c"
 #undef main
 
+#define main main_test_libbfd_buildid
+# include "test-libbfd-buildid.c"
+#undef main
+
 #define main main_test_backtrace
 # include "test-backtrace.c"
 #undef main
@@ -208,6 +212,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	main_test_gtk2(argc, argv);
 	main_test_gtk2_infobar(argc, argv);
 	main_test_libbfd();
+	main_test_libbfd_buildid();
 	main_test_backtrace();
 	main_test_libnuma();
 	main_test_numa_num_possible_cpus();
diff --git a/tools/build/feature/test-libbfd-buildid.c b/tools/build/feature/test-libbfd-buildid.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..157644b04c05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/build/feature/test-libbfd-buildid.c
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <bfd.h>
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	bfd *abfd = bfd_openr("Pedro", 0);
+	return abfd && (!abfd->build_id || abfd->build_id->size > 0x506564726f);
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
index 190be4fa5c21..f73a85ea3e7f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
@@ -825,6 +825,12 @@ else
   $(call feature_check,disassembler-four-args)
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(feature-libbfd-buildid), 1)
+  CFLAGS += -DHAVE_LIBBFD_BUILDID_SUPPORT
+else
+  msg := $(warning Old version of libbfd/binutils things like PE executable profiling will not be available);
+endif
+
 ifdef NO_DEMANGLE
   CFLAGS += -DNO_DEMANGLE
 else