diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/Build b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/Build
index e69de29bb2d1..54afe4a467e7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/Build
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libperf-y += util/
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/Makefile
index 6f7782bea5dd..7fbca175099e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
 ifndef NO_DWARF
 PERF_HAVE_DWARF_REGS := 1
-LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)arch/$(ARCH)/util/dwarf-regs.o
-LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)arch/$(ARCH)/util/skip-callchain-idx.o
 endif
-LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)arch/$(ARCH)/util/header.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/Build b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/Build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0af6e9b3f728
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/Build
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+libperf-y += header.o
+
+libperf-$(CONFIG_DWARF) += dwarf-regs.o
+libperf-$(CONFIG_DWARF) += skip-callchain-idx.o