diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb
index 056ac831f7..246f1b47f7 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ DEPENDS = " \
     ${TUI_DEPENDS} \
     ${SCRIPTING_DEPENDS} \
     ${LIBUNWIND_DEPENDS} \
-    bison flex \
+    bison flex xz \
 "
 
 do_configure[depends] += "virtual/kernel:do_shared_workdir"