diff --git a/arch/parisc/Kconfig b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
index 9038f39d9d73..c38bbc7af793 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ config PARISC
 	select RTC_DRV_GENERIC
 	select INIT_ALL_POSSIBLE
 	select BUG
+	select HAVE_PERF_COUNTERS
 	help
 	  The PA-RISC microprocessor is designed by Hewlett-Packard and used
 	  in many of their workstations & servers (HP9000 700 and 800 series,
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/perf_counter.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/perf_counter.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dc9e829f7013
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/perf_counter.h
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#ifndef __ASM_PARISC_PERF_COUNTER_H
+#define __ASM_PARISC_PERF_COUNTER_H
+
+/* parisc only supports software counters through this interface. */
+static inline void set_perf_counter_pending(void) { }
+
+#endif /* __ASM_PARISC_PERF_COUNTER_H */
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/syscall_table.S b/arch/parisc/kernel/syscall_table.S
index 0c83673a03aa..cf145eb026b3 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/syscall_table.S
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/syscall_table.S
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@
 	ENTRY_COMP(preadv)		/* 315 */
 	ENTRY_COMP(pwritev)
 	ENTRY_COMP(rt_tgsigqueueinfo)
-	ENTRY_SAME(ni_syscall)
+	ENTRY_SAME(perf_counter_open)
 
 	/* Nothing yet */
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.h b/tools/perf/perf.h
index ceb68aa51f7f..188801b4ebc6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.h
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.h
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@
 #define cpu_relax()	asm volatile("" ::: "memory");
 #endif
 
+#ifdef __hppa__
+#include "../../arch/parisc/include/asm/unistd.h"
+#define rmb()		asm volatile("" ::: "memory")
+#define cpu_relax()	asm volatile("" ::: "memory");
+#endif
+
 #include <time.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>