diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index 87d7726cee2d..7257e7e9e38a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ $(OUTPUT)PERF-VERSION-FILE: ../../.git/HEAD
 
 CC = $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
 AR = $(CROSS_COMPILE)ar
+PKG_CONFIG = $(CROSS_COMPILE)pkg-config
 
 RM      = rm -f
 LN      = ln -f
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
index 01dd43df0d04..d604e50fc167 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ ifndef NO_SLANG
 endif
 
 ifndef NO_GTK2
-  FLAGS_GTK2=$(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(EXTLIBS) $(shell pkg-config --libs --cflags gtk+-2.0 2>/dev/null)
+  FLAGS_GTK2=$(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(EXTLIBS) $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs --cflags gtk+-2.0 2>/dev/null)
   ifneq ($(feature-gtk2), 1)
     msg := $(warning GTK2 not found, disables GTK2 support. Please install gtk2-devel or libgtk2.0-dev);
     NO_GTK2 := 1
@@ -381,8 +381,8 @@ ifndef NO_GTK2
       GTK_CFLAGS := -DHAVE_GTK_INFO_BAR_SUPPORT
     endif
     CFLAGS += -DHAVE_GTK2_SUPPORT
-    GTK_CFLAGS += $(shell pkg-config --cflags gtk+-2.0 2>/dev/null)
-    GTK_LIBS := $(shell pkg-config --libs gtk+-2.0 2>/dev/null)
+    GTK_CFLAGS += $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags gtk+-2.0 2>/dev/null)
+    GTK_LIBS := $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs gtk+-2.0 2>/dev/null)
     EXTLIBS += -ldl
   endif
 endif
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
index 7cf6fcdacebe..12e551346fa6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ FILES=					\
 	test-stackprotector-all.bin	\
 	test-timerfd.bin
 
-CC := $(CC) -MD
+CC := $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc -MD
+PKG_CONFIG := $(CROSS_COMPILE)pkg-config
 
 all: $(FILES)
 
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ BUILD = $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $(OUTPUT)$@ $(patsubst %.bin,%.c,$@) $(LDFLAGS)
 ###############################
 
 test-all.bin:
-	$(BUILD) -Werror -fstack-protector-all -O2 -Werror -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -ldw -lelf -lnuma -lelf -laudit -I/usr/include/slang -lslang $(shell pkg-config --libs --cflags gtk+-2.0 2>/dev/null) $(FLAGS_PERL_EMBED) $(FLAGS_PYTHON_EMBED) -DPACKAGE='"perf"' -lbfd -ldl
+	$(BUILD) -Werror -fstack-protector-all -O2 -Werror -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -ldw -lelf -lnuma -lelf -laudit -I/usr/include/slang -lslang $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs --cflags gtk+-2.0 2>/dev/null) $(FLAGS_PERL_EMBED) $(FLAGS_PYTHON_EMBED) -DPACKAGE='"perf"' -lbfd -ldl
 
 test-hello.bin:
 	$(BUILD)
@@ -82,10 +83,10 @@ test-libslang.bin:
 	$(BUILD) -I/usr/include/slang -lslang
 
 test-gtk2.bin:
-	$(BUILD) $(shell pkg-config --libs --cflags gtk+-2.0 2>/dev/null)
+	$(BUILD) $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs --cflags gtk+-2.0 2>/dev/null)
 
 test-gtk2-infobar.bin:
-	$(BUILD) $(shell pkg-config --libs --cflags gtk+-2.0 2>/dev/null)
+	$(BUILD) $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs --cflags gtk+-2.0 2>/dev/null)
 
 grep-libs  = $(filter -l%,$(1))
 strip-libs = $(filter-out -l%,$(1))