diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/make b/tools/perf/tests/make
index e3651e5b195a..c574a678c28a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/make
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/make
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ make_no_gtk2        := NO_GTK2=1
 make_no_ui          := NO_SLANG=1 NO_GTK2=1
 make_no_demangle    := NO_DEMANGLE=1
 make_no_libelf      := NO_LIBELF=1
+make_no_libdw       := NO_LIBDW=1
 make_libunwind      := LIBUNWIND=1
 make_no_libdw_dwarf_unwind := NO_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND=1
 make_no_backtrace   := NO_BACKTRACE=1
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ make_static         := LDFLAGS=-static NO_PERF_READ_VDSO32=1 NO_PERF_READ_VDSOX3
 # all the NO_* variable combined
 make_minimal        := NO_LIBPERL=1 NO_LIBPYTHON=1 NO_GTK2=1
 make_minimal        += NO_DEMANGLE=1 NO_LIBELF=1 NO_BACKTRACE=1
-make_minimal        += NO_LIBNUMA=1 NO_LIBBIONIC=1
+make_minimal        += NO_LIBNUMA=1 NO_LIBBIONIC=1 NO_LIBDW=1
 make_minimal        += NO_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND=1 NO_AUXTRACE=1 NO_LIBBPF=1
 make_minimal        += NO_SDT=1 NO_JVMTI=1 NO_LIBZSTD=1
 make_minimal        += NO_LIBCAP=1 NO_CAPSTONE=1
@@ -150,6 +151,7 @@ run += make_no_gtk2
 run += make_no_ui
 run += make_no_demangle
 run += make_no_libelf
+run += make_no_libdw
 run += make_libunwind
 run += make_no_libdw_dwarf_unwind
 run += make_no_backtrace