diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb
index 515a78b859..9120766858 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ EXTRA_OEMAKE = '\
     NO_GTK2=1 \
     ${PACKAGECONFIG_CONFARGS} \
     TMPDIR="${B}" \
+    LIBUNWIND_DIR=${STAGING_EXECPREFIXDIR} \
 '
 
 EXTRA_OEMAKE += "\