diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
index 5b5ba475a5c00c0f54f0b4c1c5386a08bd361191..f3bf9297bcc03c5e5075a0233d8ca49285101c82 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
@@ -272,6 +272,9 @@ ifdef PYTHON_CONFIG
   PYTHON_EMBED_LIBADD := $(call grep-libs,$(PYTHON_EMBED_LDOPTS)) -lutil
   PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS := $(shell $(PYTHON_CONFIG_SQ) --includes 2>/dev/null)
   FLAGS_PYTHON_EMBED := $(PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS) $(PYTHON_EMBED_LDOPTS)
+  ifeq ($(CC_NO_CLANG), 0)
+    PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS := $(filter-out -ffat-lto-objects, $(PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS))
+  endif
 endif
 
 FEATURE_CHECK_CFLAGS-libpython := $(PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/setup.py b/tools/perf/util/setup.py
index 6156bb87ee3e34cfde963f55e70a2e008b326b3a..c255a2c90cd672b1ecfa36eaa0883045f34175f6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/setup.py
+++ b/tools/perf/util/setup.py
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ if cc_is_clang:
             vars[var] = sub("-fstack-protector-strong", "", vars[var])
         if not clang_has_option("-fno-semantic-interposition"):
             vars[var] = sub("-fno-semantic-interposition", "", vars[var])
+        if not clang_has_option("-ffat-lto-objects"):
+            vars[var] = sub("-ffat-lto-objects", "", vars[var])
 
 from distutils.core import setup, Extension