diff --git a/tools/build/Makefile.feature b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
index 57c8f98874e8..3dd529bb0604 100644
--- a/tools/build/Makefile.feature
+++ b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ FEATURE_TESTS_BASIC :=			\
 	libbfd				\
 	libelf				\
 	libelf-getphdrnum		\
+	libelf-getshdrstrndx		\
 	libelf-mmap			\
 	libnuma				\
 	numa_num_possible_cpus		\
diff --git a/tools/build/feature/Makefile b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
index 3d88f09e188b..674711629ef0 100644
--- a/tools/build/feature/Makefile
+++ b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ FILES=					\
 	test-cplus-demangle.bin		\
 	test-libelf.bin			\
 	test-libelf-getphdrnum.bin	\
+	test-libelf-getshdrstrndx.bin	\
 	test-libelf-mmap.bin		\
 	test-libnuma.bin		\
 	test-numa_num_possible_cpus.bin	\
@@ -98,6 +99,9 @@ $(OUTPUT)test-libelf-mmap.bin:
 $(OUTPUT)test-libelf-getphdrnum.bin:
 	$(BUILD) -lelf
 
+$(OUTPUT)test-libelf-getshdrstrndx.bin:
+	$(BUILD) -lelf
+
 $(OUTPUT)test-libnuma.bin:
 	$(BUILD) -lnuma
 
diff --git a/tools/build/feature/test-all.c b/tools/build/feature/test-all.c
index a282e8cb84f3..7433cca33306 100644
--- a/tools/build/feature/test-all.c
+++ b/tools/build/feature/test-all.c
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@
 # include "test-libelf-getphdrnum.c"
 #undef main
 
+#define main main_test_libelf_getshdrstrndx
+# include "test-libelf-getshdrstrndx.c"
+#undef main
+
 #define main main_test_libunwind
 # include "test-libunwind.c"
 #undef main
@@ -149,6 +153,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	main_test_dwarf();
 	main_test_dwarf_getlocations();
 	main_test_libelf_getphdrnum();
+	main_test_libelf_getshdrstrndx();
 	main_test_libunwind();
 	main_test_libaudit();
 	main_test_libslang();
diff --git a/tools/build/feature/test-libelf-getshdrstrndx.c b/tools/build/feature/test-libelf-getshdrstrndx.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f0c3b47cce28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/build/feature/test-libelf-getshdrstrndx.c
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#include <libelf.h>
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	size_t dst;
+
+	return elf_getshdrstrndx(0, &dst);
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
index bf1a0a0dd0ad..c7e269a7ca37 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
@@ -309,6 +309,10 @@ ifndef NO_LIBELF
     CFLAGS += -DHAVE_ELF_GETPHDRNUM_SUPPORT
   endif
 
+  ifeq ($(feature-libelf-getshdrstrndx), 1)
+    CFLAGS += -DHAVE_ELF_GETSHDRSTRNDX_SUPPORT
+  endif
+
   ifndef NO_DWARF
     ifeq ($(origin PERF_HAVE_DWARF_REGS), undefined)
       msg := $(warning DWARF register mappings have not been defined for architecture $(ARCH), DWARF support disabled);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
index 87a297dd8901..b222552c7159 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
@@ -54,6 +54,14 @@ static int elf_getphdrnum(Elf *elf, size_t *dst)
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifndef HAVE_ELF_GETSHDRSTRNDX_SUPPORT
+static int elf_getshdrstrndx(Elf *elf __maybe_unused, size_t *dst __maybe_unused)
+{
+	pr_err("%s: update your libelf to > 0.140, this one lacks elf_getshdrstrndx().\n", __func__);
+	return -1;
+}
+#endif
+
 #ifndef NT_GNU_BUILD_ID
 #define NT_GNU_BUILD_ID 3
 #endif