diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/make b/tools/perf/tests/make
index 9b651dfe0a6b..a90fa043c066 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/make
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/make
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ make_no_sdt	    := NO_SDT=1
 make_no_syscall_tbl := NO_SYSCALL_TABLE=1
 make_with_clangllvm := LIBCLANGLLVM=1
 make_with_libpfm4   := LIBPFM4=1
+make_with_gtk2      := GTK2=1
 make_tags           := tags
 make_cscope         := cscope
 make_help           := help
@@ -154,6 +155,7 @@ run += make_no_syscall_tbl
 run += make_with_babeltrace
 run += make_with_clangllvm
 run += make_with_libpfm4
+run += make_with_gtk2
 run += make_help
 run += make_doc
 run += make_perf_o