diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb
index acbb1d9038..ffaa5f6664 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[tui] = ",NO_NEWT=1,libnewt slang"
 PACKAGECONFIG[libunwind] = ",NO_LIBUNWIND=1 NO_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND=1,libunwind"
 PACKAGECONFIG[libnuma] = ",NO_LIBNUMA=1"
 PACKAGECONFIG[systemtap] = ",NO_SDT=1,systemtap"
+PACKAGECONFIG[jvmti] = ",NO_JVMTI=1"
 
 DEPENDS = " \
     virtual/${MLPREFIX}libc \