diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/make b/tools/perf/tests/make
index 5daeae1cb4c0..2f92d6e7ee00 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/make
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/make
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ make_install_man    := install-man
 make_install_html   := install-html
 make_install_info   := install-info
 make_install_pdf    := install-pdf
+make_static         := LDFLAGS=-static
 
 # all the NO_* variable combined
 make_minimal        := NO_LIBPERL=1 NO_LIBPYTHON=1 NO_NEWT=1 NO_GTK2=1
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ run += make_install_bin
 # run += make_install_info
 # run += make_install_pdf
 run += make_minimal
+run += make_static
 
 ifneq ($(call has,ctags),)
 run += make_tags