diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb
index 66d3c1d325..191305969c 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[jvmti] = ",NO_JVMTI=1"
 # libaudit support would need scripting to be enabled
 PACKAGECONFIG[audit] = ",NO_LIBAUDIT=1,audit"
 PACKAGECONFIG[manpages] = ",,xmlto-native asciidoc-native"
+PACKAGECONFIG[cap] = ",,libcap"
 
 # libunwind is not yet ported for some architectures
 PACKAGECONFIG_remove_arc = "libunwind"