4 files changed, 33 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
index 71264e41fa85..79f906c7124e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
@@ -200,7 +200,8 @@ CORE_FEATURE_TESTS =			\
 	libunwind			\
 	stackprotector-all		\
 	timerfd				\
-	libdw-dwarf-unwind
+	libdw-dwarf-unwind		\
+	zlib
 
 LIB_FEATURE_TESTS =			\
 	dwarf				\
@@ -214,7 +215,8 @@ LIB_FEATURE_TESTS =			\
 	libpython			\
 	libslang			\
 	libunwind			\
-	libdw-dwarf-unwind
+	libdw-dwarf-unwind		\
+	zlib
 
 VF_FEATURE_TESTS =			\
 	backtrace			\
@@ -604,6 +606,15 @@ ifneq ($(filter -lbfd,$(EXTLIBS)),)
   CFLAGS += -DHAVE_LIBBFD_SUPPORT
 endif
 
+ifndef NO_ZLIB
+  ifeq ($(feature-zlib), 1)
+    CFLAGS += -DHAVE_ZLIB_SUPPORT
+    EXTLIBS += -lz
+  else
+    NO_ZLIB := 1
+  endif
+endif
+
 ifndef NO_BACKTRACE
   ifeq ($(feature-backtrace), 1)
     CFLAGS += -DHAVE_BACKTRACE_SUPPORT
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
index 7c68ec74a808..53f19b5dbc37 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ FILES=					\
 	test-timerfd.bin		\
 	test-libdw-dwarf-unwind.bin	\
 	test-compile-32.bin		\
-	test-compile-x32.bin
+	test-compile-x32.bin		\
+	test-zlib.bin
 
 CC := $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc -MD
 PKG_CONFIG := $(CROSS_COMPILE)pkg-config
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ BUILD = $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $(OUTPUT)$@ $(patsubst %.bin,%.c,$@) $(LDFLAGS)
 ###############################
 
 test-all.bin:
-	$(BUILD) -Werror -fstack-protector-all -O2 -Werror -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -ldw -lelf -lnuma -lelf -laudit -I/usr/include/slang -lslang $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs --cflags gtk+-2.0 2>/dev/null) $(FLAGS_PERL_EMBED) $(FLAGS_PYTHON_EMBED) -DPACKAGE='"perf"' -lbfd -ldl
+	$(BUILD) -Werror -fstack-protector-all -O2 -Werror -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -ldw -lelf -lnuma -lelf -laudit -I/usr/include/slang -lslang $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs --cflags gtk+-2.0 2>/dev/null) $(FLAGS_PERL_EMBED) $(FLAGS_PYTHON_EMBED) -DPACKAGE='"perf"' -lbfd -ldl -lz
 
 test-hello.bin:
 	$(BUILD)
@@ -139,6 +140,9 @@ test-compile-32.bin:
 test-compile-x32.bin:
 	$(CC) -mx32 -o $(OUTPUT)$@ test-compile.c
 
+test-zlib.bin:
+	$(BUILD) -lz
+
 -include *.d
 
 ###############################
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-all.c b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-all.c
index a7d022e161c0..652e0098eba6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-all.c
+++ b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-all.c
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@
 # include "test-sync-compare-and-swap.c"
 #undef main
 
+#define main main_test_zlib
+# include "test-zlib.c"
+#undef main
+
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	main_test_libpython();
@@ -116,6 +120,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	main_test_stackprotector_all();
 	main_test_libdw_dwarf_unwind();
 	main_test_sync_compare_and_swap(argc, argv);
+	main_test_zlib();
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-zlib.c b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-zlib.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e111fff6240e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-zlib.c
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#include <zlib.h>
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	z_stream zs;
+
+	inflateInit(&zs);
+	return 0;
+}