diff --git a/packages/linux/package.mk b/packages/linux/package.mk
index 52262910a6..09a7d268d3 100644
--- a/packages/linux/package.mk
+++ b/packages/linux/package.mk
@@ -164,6 +164,20 @@ make_target() {
 
   if [ "$PKG_BUILD_PERF" = "yes" ] ; then
     ( cd tools/perf
+
+      # arch specific perf build args
+      case "$TARGET_ARCH" in
+        x86_64)
+          PERF_BUILD_ARGS="ARCH=x86"
+          ;;
+        aarch64)
+          PERF_BUILD_ARGS="ARCH=arm64"
+          ;;
+        *)
+          PERF_BUILD_ARGS="ARCH=$TARGET_ARCH"
+          ;;
+      esac
+
       WERROR=0 \
       NO_LIBPERL=1 \
       NO_LIBPYTHON=1 \
@@ -173,9 +187,11 @@ make_target() {
       NO_LIBAUDIT=1 \
       NO_LZMA=1 \
       NO_SDT=1 \
-      LDFLAGS="-ldw -ldwfl -lebl -lelf -ldl -lz" \
+      LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -ldw -ldwfl -lebl -lelf -ldl -lz" \
       EXTRA_PERFLIBS="-lebl" \
-        make
+      CROSS_COMPILE="$TARGET_PREFIX" \
+      JOBS="$CONCURRENCY_MAKE_LEVEL" \
+        make $PERF_BUILD_ARGS
       mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/bin
         cp perf $INSTALL/usr/bin
     )