diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 7860f3f..9e392d8 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ source "package/ltrace/Config.in"
 source "package/memstat/Config.in"
 source "package/netperf/Config.in"
 source "package/oprofile/Config.in"
+source "package/perf/Config.in"
 source "package/ramspeed/Config.in"
 source "package/rt-tests/Config.in"
 source "package/strace/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/perf/Config.in b/package/perf/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54b24fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/perf/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PERF
+	bool "perf"
+	depends on BR2_LINUX_KERNEL
+	depends on BR2_LARGEFILE
+	help
+	  perf (sometimes "Perf Events" or perf tools, originally
+	  "Performance Counters for Linux") - is a performance
+	  analyzing tool in Linux, available from kernel version
+	  2.6.31. User-space controlling utility, called 'perf' has
+	  git-like interface with subcommands. It is capable of
+	  statistical profiling of entire system (both kernel and user
+	  code), single CPU or severals threads.
+
+	  This package builds and install the userspace 'perf'
+	  command. It is up to the user to ensure that the kernel
+	  configuration has all suitable options enable to allow a
+	  proper operation of 'perf'.
+
+	  https://perf.wiki.kernel.org/
+
+comment "perf only available if Linux kernel is enabled, and requires largefile support"
+	depends on !BR2_LINUX_KERNEL || !BR2_LARGEFILE
diff --git a/package/perf/perf.mk b/package/perf/perf.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7774dae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/perf/perf.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#############################################################
+#
+# perf
+#
+#############################################################
+
+# Source taken from the Linux kernel tree
+PERF_SOURCE =
+PERF_VERSION = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION))
+
+PERF_DEPENDENCIES = linux
+
+PERF_MAKE_FLAGS = \
+	$(LINUX_MAKE_FLAGS) \
+	NO_LIBELF=1 \
+	NO_DWARF=1 \
+	NO_LIBAUDIT=1 \
+	NO_NEWT=1 \
+	NO_GTK2=1 \
+	NO_LIBPERL=1 \
+	NO_LIBPYTHON=1 \
+	DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) \
+	prefix=/usr
+
+define PERF_BUILD_CMDS
+	$(MAKE) -C $(LINUX_DIR)/tools/perf \
+		$(PERF_MAKE_FLAGS) O=$(@D)
+endef
+
+# After installation, we remove the Perl and Python scripts from the
+# target.
+define PERF_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
+	$(MAKE) -C $(LINUX_DIR)/tools/perf \
+		$(PERF_MAKE_FLAGS) O=$(@D) install
+	$(RM) -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/libexec/perf-core/scripts/
+endef
+
+$(eval $(generic-package))