diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index bac9272682b7..2fcee585b225 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -647,13 +647,16 @@ all: shell_compatibility_test $(ALL_PROGRAMS) $(LANG_BINDINGS) $(OTHER_PROGRAMS)
 # Create python binding output directory if not already present
 _dummy := $(shell [ -d '$(OUTPUT)python' ] || mkdir -p '$(OUTPUT)python')
 
-$(OUTPUT)python/perf$(PYTHON_EXTENSION_SUFFIX): $(PYTHON_EXT_SRCS) $(PYTHON_EXT_DEPS) $(LIBPERF)
+$(OUTPUT)python/perf$(PYTHON_EXTENSION_SUFFIX): $(PYTHON_EXT_SRCS) $(PYTHON_EXT_DEPS) $(LIBPERF) $(LIBSUBCMD)
 	$(QUIET_GEN)LDSHARED="$(CC) -pthread -shared" \
         CFLAGS='$(CFLAGS)' LDFLAGS='$(LDFLAGS)' \
 	  $(PYTHON_WORD) util/setup.py \
 	  --quiet build_ext; \
 	cp $(PYTHON_EXTBUILD_LIB)perf*.so $(OUTPUT)python/
 
+python_perf_target:
+	@echo "Target is: $(OUTPUT)python/perf$(PYTHON_EXTENSION_SUFFIX)"
+
 please_set_SHELL_PATH_to_a_more_modern_shell:
 	$(Q)$$(:)
 
@@ -1152,7 +1155,7 @@ FORCE:
 .PHONY: all install clean config-clean strip install-gtk
 .PHONY: shell_compatibility_test please_set_SHELL_PATH_to_a_more_modern_shell
 .PHONY: .FORCE-PERF-VERSION-FILE TAGS tags cscope FORCE prepare
-.PHONY: archheaders
+.PHONY: archheaders python_perf_target
 
 endif # force_fixdep
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/make b/tools/perf/tests/make
index b4d64fdf4aef..f9f826c0df47 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/make
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/make
@@ -62,10 +62,11 @@ lib = lib
 endif
 
 has = $(shell which $1 2>/dev/null)
+python_perf_so := $(shell $(MAKE) python_perf_target|grep "Target is:"|awk '{print $$3}')
 
 # standard single make variable specified
 make_clean_all      := clean all
-make_python_perf_so := python/perf.so
+make_python_perf_so := $(python_perf_so)
 make_debug          := DEBUG=1
 make_no_libperl     := NO_LIBPERL=1
 make_no_libpython   := NO_LIBPYTHON=1
@@ -209,7 +210,7 @@ test_make_doc    := $(test_ok)
 test_make_help_O := $(test_ok)
 test_make_doc_O  := $(test_ok)
 
-test_make_python_perf_so := test -f $(PERF_O)/python/perf.so
+test_make_python_perf_so := test -f $(PERF_O)/$(python_perf_so)
 
 test_make_perf_o           := test -f $(PERF_O)/perf.o
 test_make_util_map_o       := test -f $(PERF_O)/util/map.o