diff --git a/packages/debug/libunwind/package.mk b/packages/debug/libunwind/package.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9384798aa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/debug/libunwind/package.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of LibreELEC - https://libreelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2018-present Team LibreELEC
+#
+#  LibreELEC is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  LibreELEC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with LibreELEC.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+################################################################################
+
+PKG_NAME="libunwind"
+PKG_VERSION="1.2.1"
+PKG_SHA256="3f3ecb90e28cbe53fba7a4a27ccce7aad188d3210bb1964a923a731a27a75acb"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="http://www.nongnu.org/libunwind/"
+PKG_URL="http://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/libunwind/libunwind-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+PKG_SECTION="debug"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="library to determine the call-chain of a program"
+PKG_LONGDESC="library to determine the call-chain of a program"
+
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-static \
+			   --disable-shared"
diff --git a/packages/devel/binutils/package.mk b/packages/devel/binutils/package.mk
index a0cd2d844b..d0aa389917 100644
--- a/packages/devel/binutils/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/binutils/package.mk
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/"
 PKG_URL="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/binutils/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host bison:host flex:host linux:host"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain binutils:host"
 PKG_SECTION="toolchain/devel"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="binutils: A GNU collection of binary utilities"
 PKG_LONGDESC="The GNU binutils are utilities of use when dealing with object files. the packages includes ld - the GNU linker, as - the GNU assembler, addr2line - converts addresses into filenames and line numbers, ar - a utility for creating, modifying and extracting from archives, c++filt - filter to demangle encoded C++ symbols, gprof - displays profiling information, nlmconv - converts object code into an NLM, nm - lists symbols from object files, objcopy - Copys and translates object files, objdump - displays information from object files, ranlib - generates an index to the contents of an archive, readelf - displays information from any ELF format object file, size - lists the section sizes of an object or archive file, strings - lists printable strings from files, strip - discards symbols as well as windres - a compiler for Windows resource files."
@@ -44,6 +45,21 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_HOST="--target=$TARGET_NAME \
                          --enable-lto \
                          --disable-nls"
 
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--target=$TARGET_NAME \
+                         --with-sysroot=$SYSROOT_PREFIX \
+                         --with-lib-path=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/lib:$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib \
+                         --without-ppl \
+                         --without-cloog \
+                         --disable-werror \
+                         --disable-multilib \
+                         --disable-libada \
+                         --disable-libssp \
+                         --disable-plugins \
+                         --disable-gold \
+                         --disable-ld \
+                         --disable-lto \
+                         --disable-nls"
+
 pre_configure_host() {
   unset CPPFLAGS
   unset CFLAGS
@@ -60,3 +76,13 @@ makeinstall_host() {
   cp -v ../include/libiberty.h $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include
   make install
 }
+
+make_target() {
+  make configure-host
+  make -C libiberty libiberty.a
+}
+
+makeinstall_target() {
+  mkdir -p $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib
+    cp libiberty/libiberty.a $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib
+}
diff --git a/packages/devel/elfutils/package.mk b/packages/devel/elfutils/package.mk
index c5a7e7bef4..b005f6d9b4 100644
--- a/packages/devel/elfutils/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/elfutils/package.mk
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="elfutils"
-PKG_VERSION="0.168"
-PKG_SHA256="b88d07893ba1373c7dd69a7855974706d05377766568a7d9002706d5de72c276"
+PKG_VERSION="0.170"
+PKG_SHA256="1f844775576b79bdc9f9c717a50058d08620323c1e935458223a12f249c9e066"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="https://sourceware.org/elfutils/"
@@ -45,14 +45,21 @@ make_target() {
   make V=1 -C libelf libelf.a
   make V=1 -C libebl libebl.a
   make V=1 -C libdwfl libdwfl.a
+  make V=1 -C libdwelf libdwelf.a
   make V=1 -C libdw libdw.a
 }
 
 makeinstall_target() {
   make DESTDIR="$SYSROOT_PREFIX" -C libelf install-includeHEADERS install-pkgincludeHEADERS
+  make DESTDIR="$SYSROOT_PREFIX" -C libdwfl install-pkgincludeHEADERS
   make DESTDIR="$SYSROOT_PREFIX" -C libdw install-includeHEADERS install-pkgincludeHEADERS
 
   mkdir -p $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib
     cp libelf/libelf.a $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib
+    cp libebl/libebl.a $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib
+    cp libdwfl/libdwfl.a $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib
     cp libdw/libdw.a $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib
+
+  mkdir -p $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include/elfutils
+    cp version.h $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include/elfutils
 }
diff --git a/packages/linux/package.mk b/packages/linux/package.mk
index 24a694d509..f8fb1763eb 100644
--- a/packages/linux/package.mk
+++ b/packages/linux/package.mk
@@ -29,6 +29,32 @@ PKG_SHORTDESC="linux26: The Linux kernel 2.6 precompiled kernel binary image and
 PKG_LONGDESC="This package contains a precompiled kernel image and the modules."
 PKG_IS_KERNEL_PKG="yes"
 
+PKG_CFG_FILE="$PKG_NAME.${TARGET_PATCH_ARCH:-$TARGET_ARCH}.conf"
+if [ -n "$DEVICE" -a -f $PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/devices/$DEVICE/$PKG_NAME/$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_CFG_FILE ]; then
+  PKG_KERNEL_CFG_FILE=$PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/devices/$DEVICE/$PKG_NAME/$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_CFG_FILE
+elif [ -n "$DEVICE" -a -f $PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/devices/$DEVICE/$PKG_NAME/$LINUX/$PKG_CFG_FILE ]; then
+  PKG_KERNEL_CFG_FILE=$PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/devices/$DEVICE/$PKG_NAME/$LINUX/$PKG_CFG_FILE
+elif [ -n "$DEVICE" -a -f $PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/devices/$DEVICE/$PKG_NAME/$PKG_CFG_FILE ]; then
+  PKG_KERNEL_CFG_FILE=$PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/devices/$DEVICE/$PKG_NAME/$PKG_CFG_FILE
+elif [ -f $PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/$PKG_NAME/$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_CFG_FILE ]; then
+  PKG_KERNEL_CFG_FILE=$PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/$PKG_NAME/$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_CFG_FILE
+elif [ -f $PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/$PKG_NAME/$LINUX/$PKG_CFG_FILE ]; then
+  PKG_KERNEL_CFG_FILE=$PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/$PKG_NAME/$LINUX/$PKG_CFG_FILE
+elif [ -f $PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/$PKG_NAME/$PKG_CFG_FILE ]; then
+  PKG_KERNEL_CFG_FILE=$PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/$PKG_NAME/$PKG_CFG_FILE
+elif [ -f $PKG_DIR/config/$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_CFG_FILE ]; then
+  PKG_KERNEL_CFG_FILE=$PKG_DIR/config/$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_CFG_FILE
+elif [ -f $PKG_DIR/config/$LINUX/$PKG_CFG_FILE ]; then
+  PKG_KERNEL_CFG_FILE=$PKG_DIR/config/$LINUX/$PKG_CFG_FILE
+else
+  PKG_KERNEL_CFG_FILE=$PKG_DIR/config/$PKG_CFG_FILE
+fi
+
+if [ "$DEVTOOLS" = "yes" ] && grep -q ^CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS= $PKG_KERNEL_CFG_FILE ; then
+  PKG_BUILD_PERF="yes"
+  PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="$PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET binutils elfutils libunwind zlib openssl"
+fi
+
 case "$LINUX" in
   amlogic-3.10)
     PKG_VERSION="02fdb27"
@@ -74,34 +100,13 @@ if [ "$BUILD_ANDROID_BOOTIMG" = "yes" ]; then
 fi
 
 post_patch() {
-  CFG_FILE="$PKG_NAME.${TARGET_PATCH_ARCH:-$TARGET_ARCH}.conf"
-  if [ -n "$DEVICE" -a -f $PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/devices/$DEVICE/$PKG_NAME/$PKG_VERSION/$CFG_FILE ]; then
-    KERNEL_CFG_FILE=$PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/devices/$DEVICE/$PKG_NAME/$PKG_VERSION/$CFG_FILE
-  elif [ -n "$DEVICE" -a -f $PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/devices/$DEVICE/$PKG_NAME/$LINUX/$CFG_FILE ]; then
-    KERNEL_CFG_FILE=$PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/devices/$DEVICE/$PKG_NAME/$LINUX/$CFG_FILE
-  elif [ -n "$DEVICE" -a -f $PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/devices/$DEVICE/$PKG_NAME/$CFG_FILE ]; then
-    KERNEL_CFG_FILE=$PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/devices/$DEVICE/$PKG_NAME/$CFG_FILE
-  elif [ -f $PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/$PKG_NAME/$PKG_VERSION/$CFG_FILE ]; then
-    KERNEL_CFG_FILE=$PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/$PKG_NAME/$PKG_VERSION/$CFG_FILE
-  elif [ -f $PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/$PKG_NAME/$LINUX/$CFG_FILE ]; then
-    KERNEL_CFG_FILE=$PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/$PKG_NAME/$LINUX/$CFG_FILE
-  elif [ -f $PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/$PKG_NAME/$CFG_FILE ]; then
-    KERNEL_CFG_FILE=$PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/$PKG_NAME/$CFG_FILE
-  elif [ -f $PKG_DIR/config/$PKG_VERSION/$CFG_FILE ]; then
-    KERNEL_CFG_FILE=$PKG_DIR/config/$PKG_VERSION/$CFG_FILE
-  elif [ -f $PKG_DIR/config/$LINUX/$CFG_FILE ]; then
-    KERNEL_CFG_FILE=$PKG_DIR/config/$LINUX/$CFG_FILE
-  else
-    KERNEL_CFG_FILE=$PKG_DIR/config/$CFG_FILE
-  fi
-
   sed -i -e "s|^HOSTCC[[:space:]]*=.*$|HOSTCC = $TOOLCHAIN/bin/host-gcc|" \
          -e "s|^HOSTCXX[[:space:]]*=.*$|HOSTCXX = $TOOLCHAIN/bin/host-g++|" \
          -e "s|^ARCH[[:space:]]*?=.*$|ARCH = $TARGET_KERNEL_ARCH|" \
          -e "s|^CROSS_COMPILE[[:space:]]*?=.*$|CROSS_COMPILE = $PKG_TARGET_PREFIX|" \
          $PKG_BUILD/Makefile
 
-  cp $KERNEL_CFG_FILE $PKG_BUILD/.config
+  cp $PKG_KERNEL_CFG_FILE $PKG_BUILD/.config
   if [ ! "$BUILD_ANDROID_BOOTIMG" = "yes" ]; then
     sed -i -e "s|^CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE=.*$|CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE=\"$BUILD/image/initramfs.cpio\"|" $PKG_BUILD/.config
     sed -i -e '/^CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE=*./ a CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_UID=0\nCONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_GID=0' $PKG_BUILD/.config
@@ -175,6 +180,25 @@ make_target() {
   rm -f $INSTALL/$(get_kernel_overlay_dir)/lib/modules/*/build
   rm -f $INSTALL/$(get_kernel_overlay_dir)/lib/modules/*/source
 
+  if [ "$PKG_BUILD_PERF" = "yes" ] ; then
+    ( cd tools/perf
+      WERROR=0 \
+      NO_LIBPERL=1 \
+      NO_LIBPYTHON=1 \
+      NO_SLANG=1 \
+      NO_GTK2=1 \
+      NO_LIBNUMA=1 \
+      NO_LIBAUDIT=1 \
+      NO_LZMA=1 \
+      NO_SDT=1 \
+      LDFLAGS="-ldw -ldwfl -lebl -lelf -ldl -lz" \
+      EXTRA_PERFLIBS="-lebl" \
+        make
+      mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/bin
+        cp perf $INSTALL/usr/bin
+    )
+  fi
+
   ( cd $ROOT
     rm -rf $BUILD/initramfs
     $SCRIPTS/install initramfs