diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index b9509b1cc32..e6d42728a33 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ ifndef PERF_DEBUG
   CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE = -O6
 endif
 
-CFLAGS = $(MBITS) -ggdb3 -Wall -Wextra -std=gnu99 -Werror $(CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE) -fstack-protector-all -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 $(EXTRA_WARNINGS)
+CFLAGS = $(MBITS) -ggdb3 -Wall -Wextra -std=gnu99 -Werror $(CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE) -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 $(EXTRA_WARNINGS)
 LDFLAGS = -lpthread -lrt -lelf -lm
 ALL_CFLAGS = $(CFLAGS)
 ALL_LDFLAGS = $(LDFLAGS)
@@ -259,6 +259,9 @@ PTHREAD_LIBS = -lpthread
 # explicitly what architecture to check for. Fix this up for yours..
 SPARSE_FLAGS = -D__BIG_ENDIAN__ -D__powerpc__
 
+ifeq ($(shell sh -c "echo 'int foo(void) {char X[2]; return 3;}' | $(CC) -x c -c -Werror -fstack-protector-all - -o /dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo y"), y)
+  CFLAGS := $(CFLAGS) -fstack-protector-all
+endif
 
 
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