diff --git a/tools/build/Makefile.feature b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
index ab5dc378626f..7f91b6013ddc 100644
--- a/tools/build/Makefile.feature
+++ b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ FEATURE_TESTS_BASIC :=                  \
         fortify-source                  \
         sync-compare-and-swap           \
         get_current_dir_name            \
+        gettid				\
         glibc                           \
         gtk2                            \
         gtk2-infobar                    \
diff --git a/tools/build/feature/Makefile b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
index eb61acce921c..6df574750bc9 100644
--- a/tools/build/feature/Makefile
+++ b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ FILES=                                          \
          test-get_cpuid.bin                     \
          test-sdt.bin                           \
          test-cxx.bin                           \
+         test-gettid.bin			\
          test-jvmti.bin				\
          test-sched_getcpu.bin			\
          test-setns.bin				\
@@ -262,6 +263,9 @@ $(OUTPUT)test-sdt.bin:
 $(OUTPUT)test-cxx.bin:
 	$(BUILDXX) -std=gnu++11
 
+$(OUTPUT)test-gettid.bin:
+	$(BUILD)
+
 $(OUTPUT)test-jvmti.bin:
 	$(BUILD)
 
diff --git a/tools/build/feature/test-all.c b/tools/build/feature/test-all.c
index 58f01b950195..8282bbe547c4 100644
--- a/tools/build/feature/test-all.c
+++ b/tools/build/feature/test-all.c
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@
 # include "test-get_current_dir_name.c"
 #undef main
 
+#define main main_test_gettid
+# include "test-gettid.c"
+#undef main
+
 #define main main_test_glibc
 # include "test-glibc.c"
 #undef main
@@ -183,6 +187,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	main_test_libelf();
 	main_test_libelf_mmap();
 	main_test_get_current_dir_name();
+	main_test_gettid();
 	main_test_glibc();
 	main_test_dwarf();
 	main_test_dwarf_getlocations();
diff --git a/tools/build/feature/test-gettid.c b/tools/build/feature/test-gettid.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ef24e42d3f1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/build/feature/test-gettid.c
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+// Copyright (C) 2019, Red Hat Inc, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	return gettid();
+}
+
+#undef _GNU_SOURCE
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
index bb10d6ef35e6..a328beb9f505 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
@@ -318,6 +318,10 @@ ifeq ($(feature-get_current_dir_name), 1)
   CFLAGS += -DHAVE_GET_CURRENT_DIR_NAME
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(feature-gettid), 1)
+  CFLAGS += -DHAVE_GETTID
+endif
+
 ifdef NO_LIBELF
   NO_DWARF := 1
   NO_DEMANGLE := 1
diff --git a/tools/perf/jvmti/jvmti_agent.c b/tools/perf/jvmti/jvmti_agent.c
index f7eb63cbbc65..88108598d6e9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/jvmti/jvmti_agent.c
+++ b/tools/perf/jvmti/jvmti_agent.c
@@ -45,10 +45,12 @@
 static char jit_path[PATH_MAX];
 static void *marker_addr;
 
+#ifndef HAVE_GETTID
 static inline pid_t gettid(void)
 {
 	return (pid_t)syscall(__NR_gettid);
 }
+#endif
 
 static int get_e_machine(struct jitheader *hdr)
 {