diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/Makefile b/tools/perf/Documentation/Makefile
index db11478e30b4..42261a9b280e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/Makefile
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ man5dir=$(mandir)/man5
 man7dir=$(mandir)/man7
 
 ASCIIDOC=asciidoc
-ASCIIDOC_EXTRA = --unsafe
+ASCIIDOC_EXTRA = --unsafe -f asciidoc.conf
+ASCIIDOC_HTML = xhtml11
 MANPAGE_XSL = manpage-normal.xsl
 XMLTO_EXTRA =
 INSTALL?=install
@@ -55,6 +56,14 @@ RM ?= rm -f
 DOC_REF = origin/man
 HTML_REF = origin/html
 
+ifdef USE_ASCIIDOCTOR
+ASCIIDOC = asciidoctor
+ASCIIDOC_EXTRA = -a compat-mode
+ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -I. -rasciidoctor-extensions
+ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -a mansource="perf" -a manmanual="perf Manual"
+ASCIIDOC_HTML = xhtml5
+endif
+
 infodir?=$(prefix)/share/info
 MAKEINFO=makeinfo
 INSTALL_INFO=install-info
@@ -73,10 +82,12 @@ ifeq ($(_tmp_tool_path),)
 	missing_tools = $(ASCIIDOC)
 endif
 
+ifndef USE_ASCIIDOCTOR
 _tmp_tool_path := $(call get-executable,$(XMLTO))
 ifeq ($(_tmp_tool_path),)
 	missing_tools += $(XMLTO)
 endif
+endif
 
 #
 # For asciidoc ...
@@ -264,17 +275,25 @@ clean:
 
 $(MAN_HTML): $(OUTPUT)%.html : %.txt
 	$(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
-	$(ASCIIDOC) -b xhtml11 -d manpage -f asciidoc.conf \
+	$(ASCIIDOC) -b $(ASCIIDOC_HTML) -d manpage \
 		$(ASCIIDOC_EXTRA) -aperf_version=$(PERF_VERSION) -o $@+ $< && \
 	mv $@+ $@
 
+ifdef USE_ASCIIDOCTOR
+$(OUTPUT)%.1 $(OUTPUT)%.5 $(OUTPUT)%.7 : $(OUTPUT)%.txt
+	$(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
+	$(ASCIIDOC) -b manpage -d manpage \
+		$(ASCIIDOC_EXTRA) -aperf_version=$(PERF_VERSION) -o $@+ $< && \
+	mv $@+ $@
+endif
+
 $(OUTPUT)%.1 $(OUTPUT)%.5 $(OUTPUT)%.7 : $(OUTPUT)%.xml
 	$(QUIET_XMLTO)$(RM) $@ && \
 	$(XMLTO) -o $(OUTPUT). -m $(MANPAGE_XSL) $(XMLTO_EXTRA) man $<
 
 $(OUTPUT)%.xml : %.txt
 	$(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
-	$(ASCIIDOC) -b docbook -d manpage -f asciidoc.conf \
+	$(ASCIIDOC) -b docbook -d manpage \
 		$(ASCIIDOC_EXTRA) -aperf_version=$(PERF_VERSION) -o $@+ $< && \
 	mv $@+ $@
 
@@ -321,13 +340,13 @@ howto-index.txt: howto-index.sh $(wildcard howto/*.txt)
 	mv $@+ $@
 
 $(patsubst %,%.html,$(ARTICLES)) : %.html : %.txt
-	$(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(ASCIIDOC) -b xhtml11 $*.txt
+	$(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(ASCIIDOC) -b $(ASCIIDOC_HTML) $*.txt
 
 WEBDOC_DEST = /pub/software/tools/perf/docs
 
 $(patsubst %.txt,%.html,$(wildcard howto/*.txt)): %.html : %.txt
 	$(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
-	sed -e '1,/^$$/d' $< | $(ASCIIDOC) -b xhtml11 - >$@+ && \
+	sed -e '1,/^$$/d' $< | $(ASCIIDOC) -b $(ASCIIDOC_HTML) - >$@+ && \
 	mv $@+ $@
 
 # UNIMPLEMENTED
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/asciidoctor-extensions.rb b/tools/perf/Documentation/asciidoctor-extensions.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d148fe95c0c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/asciidoctor-extensions.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+require 'asciidoctor'
+require 'asciidoctor/extensions'
+
+module Perf
+  module Documentation
+    class LinkPerfProcessor < Asciidoctor::Extensions::InlineMacroProcessor
+      use_dsl
+
+      named :chrome
+
+      def process(parent, target, attrs)
+        if parent.document.basebackend? 'html'
+          %(<a href="#{target}.html">#{target}(#{attrs[1]})</a>\n)
+        elsif parent.document.basebackend? 'manpage'
+          "#{target}(#{attrs[1]})"
+        elsif parent.document.basebackend? 'docbook'
+          "<citerefentry>\n" \
+            "<refentrytitle>#{target}</refentrytitle>" \
+            "<manvolnum>#{attrs[1]}</manvolnum>\n" \
+          "</citerefentry>\n"
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+Asciidoctor::Extensions.register do
+  inline_macro Perf::Documentation::LinkPerfProcessor, :linkperf
+end