diff --git a/tools/build/Makefile.feature b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
index 5467c6bf9ceb..bb9dca65eb5f 100644
--- a/tools/build/Makefile.feature
+++ b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ FEATURE_TESTS_BASIC :=                  \
         sched_getcpu			\
         sdt				\
         setns				\
-        libopencsd			\
         libaio
 
 # FEATURE_TESTS_BASIC + FEATURE_TESTS_EXTRA is the complete list
@@ -84,6 +83,7 @@ FEATURE_TESTS_EXTRA :=                  \
          libbabeltrace                  \
          libbfd-liberty                 \
          libbfd-liberty-z               \
+         libopencsd                     \
          libunwind-debug-frame          \
          libunwind-debug-frame-arm      \
          libunwind-debug-frame-aarch64  \
diff --git a/tools/build/feature/test-all.c b/tools/build/feature/test-all.c
index 20cdaa4fc112..74329957553a 100644
--- a/tools/build/feature/test-all.c
+++ b/tools/build/feature/test-all.c
@@ -170,10 +170,6 @@
 # include "test-setns.c"
 #undef main
 
-#define main main_test_libopencsd
-# include "test-libopencsd.c"
-#undef main
-
 #define main main_test_libaio
 # include "test-libaio.c"
 #undef main
@@ -217,7 +213,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	main_test_sched_getcpu();
 	main_test_sdt();
 	main_test_setns();
-	main_test_libopencsd();
 	main_test_libaio();
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
index e6360d47e73a..cf4a8329c4c0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
@@ -388,7 +388,8 @@ ifeq ($(feature-setns), 1)
   $(call detected,CONFIG_SETNS)
 endif
 
-ifndef NO_CORESIGHT
+ifdef CORESIGHT
+  $(call feature_check,libopencsd)
   ifeq ($(feature-libopencsd), 1)
     CFLAGS += -DHAVE_CSTRACE_SUPPORT $(LIBOPENCSD_CFLAGS)
     LDFLAGS += $(LIBOPENCSD_LDFLAGS)
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index 09df1c8a4ec9..c2ccc54618d1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ include ../scripts/utilities.mak
 # When selected, pass LLVM_CONFIG=/path/to/llvm-config to `make' if
 # llvm-config is not in $PATH.
 #
-# Define NO_CORESIGHT if you do not want support for CoreSight trace decoding.
+# Define CORESIGHT if you DO WANT support for CoreSight trace decoding.
 #
 # Define NO_AIO if you do not want support of Posix AIO based trace
 # streaming for record mode. Currently Posix AIO trace streaming is