diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb
index 11fa917649..2d432f3f40 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ PERF_SRC ?= "Makefile \
              arch/arm64/tools \
              ${PERF_BPF_EVENT_SRC} \
              arch/${ARCH}/Makefile \
+             include/uapi/asm-generic/Kbuild \
 "
 
 PERF_EXTRA_LDFLAGS = ""
@@ -202,7 +203,7 @@ python copy_perf_source_from_kernel() {
 do_configure:prepend () {
     # If building a multlib based perf, the incorrect library path will be
     # detected by perf, since it triggers via: ifeq ($(ARCH),x86_64). In a 32 bit
-    # build, with a 64 bit multilib, the arch won't match and the detection of a 
+    # build, with a 64 bit multilib, the arch won't match and the detection of a
     # 64 bit build (and library) are not exected. To ensure that libraries are
     # installed to the correct location, we can use the weak assignment in the
     # config/Makefile.