diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/s390/util/Build b/tools/perf/arch/s390/util/Build
index 5bd7b9260cc0..bd518b623d7a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/s390/util/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/s390/util/Build
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 libperf-y += header.o
+libperf-y += sym-handling.o
 libperf-y += kvm-stat.o
 
 libperf-$(CONFIG_DWARF) += dwarf-regs.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/s390/util/sym-handling.c b/tools/perf/arch/s390/util/sym-handling.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b6cd056ccf71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/s390/util/sym-handling.c
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * Architecture specific ELF symbol handling and relocation mapping.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2017 IBM Corp.
+ * Author(s): Thomas Richter <tmricht@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (version 2 only)
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+
+#include "symbol.h"
+
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBELF_SUPPORT
+bool elf__needs_adjust_symbols(GElf_Ehdr ehdr)
+{
+	if (ehdr.e_type == ET_EXEC)
+		return false;
+	return ehdr.e_type == ET_REL || ehdr.e_type == ET_DYN;
+}
+
+#endif