diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
index 8a493d46fab9..b7c9c8051a33 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ endif
 # Treat warnings as errors unless directed not to
 ifneq ($(WERROR),0)
   CFLAGS += -Werror
+  CXXFLAGS += -Werror
 endif
 
 ifndef DEBUG
@@ -182,6 +183,13 @@ CFLAGS += -Wall
 CFLAGS += -Wextra
 CFLAGS += -std=gnu99
 
+CXXFLAGS += -std=gnu++11 -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti
+CXXFLAGS += -Wall
+CXXFLAGS += -fno-omit-frame-pointer
+CXXFLAGS += -ggdb3
+CXXFLAGS += -funwind-tables
+CXXFLAGS += -Wno-strict-aliasing
+
 # Enforce a non-executable stack, as we may regress (again) in the future by
 # adding assembler files missing the .GNU-stack linker note.
 LDFLAGS += -Wl,-z,noexecstack
@@ -783,6 +791,33 @@ ifndef NO_JVMTI
   endif
 endif
 
+USE_CXX = 0
+USE_CLANGLLVM = 0
+ifdef LIBCLANGLLVM
+  $(call feature_check,cxx)
+  ifneq ($(feature-cxx), 1)
+    msg := $(warning No g++ found, disable clang and llvm support. Please install g++)
+  else
+    $(call feature_check,llvm)
+    ifneq ($(feature-llvm), 1)
+      msg := $(warning No libLLVM found, disable clang and llvm support. Please install llvm-dev)
+    else
+      $(call feature_check,clang)
+      ifneq ($(feature-clang), 1)
+        msg := $(warning No libclang found, disable clang and llvm support. Please install libclang-dev)
+      else
+        CFLAGS += -DHAVE_LIBCLANGLLVM_SUPPORT
+        CXXFLAGS += -DHAVE_LIBCLANGLLVM_SUPPORT -I$(shell $(LLVM_CONFIG) --includedir)
+        $(call detected,CONFIG_CXX)
+        $(call detected,CONFIG_CLANGLLVM)
+	USE_CXX = 1
+	USE_LLVM = 1
+	USE_CLANG = 1
+      endif
+    endif
+  endif
+endif
+
 # Among the variables below, these:
 #   perfexecdir
 #   template_dir
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index 3cb1df43ad3e..dfb20dd31865 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ include ../scripts/utilities.mak
 # and bypass the feature detection
 #
 # Define NO_JVMTI if you do not want jvmti agent built
+#
+# Define LIBCLANGLLVM if you DO want builtin clang and llvm support.
+# When selected, pass LLVM_CONFIG=/path/to/llvm-config to `make' if
+# llvm-config is not in $PATH.
 
 # As per kernel Makefile, avoid funny character set dependencies
 unexport LC_ALL
@@ -143,6 +147,7 @@ endef
 $(call allow-override,CC,$(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc)
 $(call allow-override,AR,$(CROSS_COMPILE)ar)
 $(call allow-override,LD,$(CROSS_COMPILE)ld)
+$(call allow-override,CXX,$(CROSS_COMPILE)g++)
 
 LD += $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS)
 
@@ -151,6 +156,7 @@ HOSTLD  ?= ld
 HOSTAR  ?= ar
 
 PKG_CONFIG = $(CROSS_COMPILE)pkg-config
+LLVM_CONFIG ?= llvm-config
 
 RM      = rm -f
 LN      = ln -f
@@ -338,6 +344,21 @@ endif
 
 LIBS = -Wl,--whole-archive $(PERFLIBS) -Wl,--no-whole-archive -Wl,--start-group $(EXTLIBS) -Wl,--end-group
 
+ifeq ($(USE_CLANG), 1)
+  CLANGLIBS_LIST = AST Basic CodeGen Driver Frontend Lex Tooling Edit Sema Analysis Parse Serialization
+  LIBCLANG = $(foreach l,$(CLANGLIBS_LIST),$(wildcard $(shell $(LLVM_CONFIG) --libdir)/libclang$(l).a))
+  LIBS += -Wl,--start-group $(LIBCLANG) -Wl,--end-group
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(USE_LLVM), 1)
+  LIBLLVM = $(shell $(LLVM_CONFIG) --libs all) $(shell $(LLVM_CONFIG) --system-libs)
+  LIBS += -L$(shell $(LLVM_CONFIG) --libdir) $(LIBLLVM)
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(USE_CXX), 1)
+  LIBS += -lstdc++
+endif
+
 export INSTALL SHELL_PATH
 
 ### Build rules
@@ -356,7 +377,7 @@ strip: $(PROGRAMS) $(OUTPUT)perf
 
 PERF_IN := $(OUTPUT)perf-in.o
 
-export srctree OUTPUT RM CC LD AR CFLAGS V BISON FLEX AWK
+export srctree OUTPUT RM CC CXX LD AR CFLAGS CXXFLAGS V BISON FLEX AWK
 export HOSTCC HOSTLD HOSTAR
 include $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.include
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/make b/tools/perf/tests/make
index 08ed7f12cc37..aa49b6600d1f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/make
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/make
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ make_no_libbpf	    := NO_LIBBPF=1
 make_no_libcrypto   := NO_LIBCRYPTO=1
 make_with_babeltrace:= LIBBABELTRACE=1
 make_no_sdt	    := NO_SDT=1
+make_with_clangllvm := LIBCLANGLLVM=1
 make_tags           := tags
 make_cscope         := cscope
 make_help           := help
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ run += make_no_libbionic
 run += make_no_auxtrace
 run += make_no_libbpf
 run += make_with_babeltrace
+run += make_with_clangllvm
 run += make_help
 run += make_doc
 run += make_perf_o
