diff --git a/tools/lib/lk/Makefile b/tools/lib/lk/Makefile
index f0ecc0a13300..280dd8205430 100644
--- a/tools/lib/lk/Makefile
+++ b/tools/lib/lk/Makefile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)debugfs.o
 LIBFILE = liblk.a
 
 CFLAGS = -ggdb3 -Wall -Wextra -std=gnu99 -Werror -O6 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 $(EXTRA_WARNINGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) -fPIC
-EXTLIBS = -lpthread -lrt -lelf -lm
+EXTLIBS = -lelf -lpthread -lrt -lm
 ALL_CFLAGS = $(CFLAGS) $(BASIC_CFLAGS) -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
 ALL_LDFLAGS = $(LDFLAGS)
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
index f4468954d3dc..b5d9238cb181 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ CFLAGS += -Wall
 CFLAGS += -Wextra
 CFLAGS += -std=gnu99
 
-EXTLIBS = -lpthread -lrt -lelf -lm
+EXTLIBS = -lelf -lpthread -lrt -lm
 
 ifeq ($(call try-cc,$(SOURCE_HELLO),$(CFLAGS) -Werror -fstack-protector-all,-fstack-protector-all),y)
   CFLAGS += -fstack-protector-all
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ else
     LIBDW_LDFLAGS := -L$(LIBDW_DIR)/lib
   endif
 
-  FLAGS_DWARF=$(CFLAGS) $(LIBDW_CFLAGS) -ldw -lelf $(LIBDW_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(EXTLIBS)
+  FLAGS_DWARF=$(CFLAGS) $(LIBDW_CFLAGS) -ldw -lz -lelf $(LIBDW_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(EXTLIBS)
   ifneq ($(call try-cc,$(SOURCE_DWARF),$(FLAGS_DWARF),libdw),y)
     msg := $(warning No libdw.h found or old libdw.h found or elfutils is older than 0.138, disables dwarf support. Please install new elfutils-devel/libdw-dev);
     NO_DWARF := 1