diff --git a/tools/perf/Build b/tools/perf/Build
index 6b67e6f4179f..a43fae7f439a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/Build
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ CFLAGS_perf.o              += -DPERF_HTML_PATH="BUILD_STR($(htmldir_SQ))"	\
 			      -include $(OUTPUT)PERF-VERSION-FILE
 CFLAGS_builtin-trace.o	   += -DSTRACE_GROUPS_DIR="BUILD_STR($(STRACE_GROUPS_DIR_SQ))"
 CFLAGS_builtin-report.o	   += -DTIPDIR="BUILD_STR($(tipdir_SQ))"
+CFLAGS_builtin-report.o	   += -DDOCDIR="BUILD_STR($(srcdir_SQ)/Documentation)"
 
 libperf-y += util/
 libperf-y += arch/
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
index 7545ba60053e..e5959c136a19 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
@@ -692,6 +692,7 @@ template_dir = share/perf-core/templates
 STRACE_GROUPS_DIR = share/perf-core/strace/groups
 htmldir = share/doc/perf-doc
 tipdir = share/doc/perf-tip
+srcdir = $(srctree)/tools/perf
 ifeq ($(prefix),/usr)
 sysconfdir = /etc
 ETC_PERFCONFIG = $(sysconfdir)/perfconfig
@@ -722,6 +723,7 @@ tipdir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(tipdir))
 prefix_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(prefix))
 sysconfdir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(sysconfdir))
 libdir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(libdir))
+srcdir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(srcdir))
 
 ifneq ($(filter /%,$(firstword $(perfexecdir))),)
 perfexec_instdir = $(perfexecdir)
@@ -776,6 +778,7 @@ $(call detected_var,STRACE_GROUPS_DIR_SQ)
 $(call detected_var,prefix_SQ)
 $(call detected_var,perfexecdir_SQ)
 $(call detected_var,tipdir_SQ)
+$(call detected_var,srcdir_SQ)
 $(call detected_var,LIBDIR)
 $(call detected_var,GTK_CFLAGS)
 $(call detected_var,PERL_EMBED_CCOPTS)