--- a/aclocal.m4
+++ b/aclocal.m4
@@ -18,16 +18,17 @@ builtin(include, build/autoconf/acwinpat
 builtin(include, build/autoconf/lto.m4)dnl
 builtin(include, build/autoconf/gcc-pr49911.m4)dnl
 builtin(include, build/autoconf/frameptr.m4)dnl
 builtin(include, build/autoconf/compiler-opts.m4)dnl
 builtin(include, build/autoconf/expandlibs.m4)dnl
 builtin(include, build/autoconf/arch.m4)dnl
 builtin(include, build/autoconf/android.m4)dnl
 builtin(include, build/autoconf/zlib.m4)dnl
+builtin(include, build/autoconf/linux.m4)dnl
 
 MOZ_PROG_CHECKMSYS()
 
 # Read the user's .mozconfig script.  We can't do this in
 # configure.in: autoconf puts the argument parsing code above anything
 # expanded from configure.in, and we need to get the configure options
 # from .mozconfig in place before that argument parsing code.
 MOZ_READ_MOZCONFIG(.)

new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/autoconf/linux.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+dnl This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+dnl License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+dnl file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+AC_DEFUN([MOZ_LINUX_PERF_EVENT],
+[
+
+MOZ_ARG_WITH_STRING(linux-headers,
+[  --with-linux-headers=DIR
+                          location where the Linux kernel headers can be found],
+    linux_headers=$withval)
+
+LINUX_HEADERS_INCLUDES=
+
+if test "$linux_headers"; then
+    LINUX_HEADERS_INCLUDES="-I$linux_headers"
+fi
+
+_SAVE_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $LINUX_HEADERS_INCLUDES"
+
+dnl Performance measurement headers.
+MOZ_CHECK_HEADER(linux/perf_event.h,
+    [AC_CACHE_CHECK(for perf_event_open system call,ac_cv_perf_event_open,
+        [AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <asm/unistd.h>],[return sizeof(__NR_perf_event_open);],
+        ac_cv_perf_event_open=yes,
+        ac_cv_perf_event_open=no)])])
+if test "$ac_cv_perf_event_open" = "yes"; then
+    HAVE_LINUX_PERF_EVENT_H=1
+else
+    HAVE_LINUX_PERF_EVENT_H=
+    LINUX_HEADERS_INCLUDES=
+fi
+AC_SUBST(HAVE_LINUX_PERF_EVENT_H)
+AC_SUBST(LINUX_HEADERS_INCLUDES)
+
+CFLAGS="$_SAVE_CFLAGS"
+
+])

--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -2985,16 +2985,18 @@ AC_SUBST(HAVE_DTRACE)
 case $target in
 *-aix4.3*|*-aix5*)
 	;;
 *)
 	MOZ_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/cdefs.h)
 	;;
 esac
 
+MOZ_LINUX_PERF_EVENT
+
 dnl Checks for libraries.
 dnl ========================================================
 case $target in
 *-hpux11.*)
 	;;
 *)
 	AC_CHECK_LIB(c_r, gethostbyname_r)
 	;;

--- a/js/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/js/src/Makefile.in
@@ -838,16 +838,20 @@ ifdef HAVE_DTRACE
 	    -e '/const/!s/char \*/const char */g' \
 	    javascript-trace.h.in > javascript-trace.h
 
 # We can't automatically generate dependencies on auto-generated headers;
 # we have to list them explicitly.
 $(addsuffix .$(OBJ_SUFFIX),jsprobes jsinterp jsobj): $(CURDIR)/javascript-trace.h
 endif
 
+ifdef HAVE_LINUX_PERF_EVENT_H
+pm_linux.$(OBJ_SUFFIX): CXXFLAGS += $(LINUX_HEADERS_INCLUDES)
+endif
+
 ###############################################
 # BEGIN kludges for the Nitro assembler
 #
 
 # Needed to "configure" it correctly.  Unfortunately these
 # flags wind up being applied to all code in js/src, not just
 # the code in js/src/assembler.
 CXXFLAGS += -DUSE_SYSTEM_MALLOC=1 -DENABLE_ASSEMBLER=1

--- a/js/src/aclocal.m4
+++ b/js/src/aclocal.m4
@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@ builtin(include, build/autoconf/acwinpat
 builtin(include, build/autoconf/lto.m4)dnl
 builtin(include, build/autoconf/gcc-pr49911.m4)dnl
 builtin(include, build/autoconf/frameptr.m4)dnl
 builtin(include, build/autoconf/compiler-opts.m4)dnl
 builtin(include, build/autoconf/expandlibs.m4)dnl
 builtin(include, build/autoconf/arch.m4)dnl
 builtin(include, build/autoconf/android.m4)dnl
 builtin(include, build/autoconf/zlib.m4)dnl
+builtin(include, build/autoconf/linux.m4)dnl
 
 MOZ_PROG_CHECKMSYS()

new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/src/build/autoconf/linux.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+dnl This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+dnl License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+dnl file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+AC_DEFUN([MOZ_LINUX_PERF_EVENT],
+[
+
+MOZ_ARG_WITH_STRING(linux-headers,
+[  --with-linux-headers=DIR
+                          location where the Linux kernel headers can be found],
+    linux_headers=$withval)
+
+LINUX_HEADERS_INCLUDES=
+
+if test "$linux_headers"; then
+    LINUX_HEADERS_INCLUDES="-I$linux_headers"
+fi
+
+_SAVE_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $LINUX_HEADERS_INCLUDES"
+
+dnl Performance measurement headers.
+MOZ_CHECK_HEADER(linux/perf_event.h,
+    [AC_CACHE_CHECK(for perf_event_open system call,ac_cv_perf_event_open,
+        [AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <asm/unistd.h>],[return sizeof(__NR_perf_event_open);],
+        ac_cv_perf_event_open=yes,
+        ac_cv_perf_event_open=no)])])
+if test "$ac_cv_perf_event_open" = "yes"; then
+    HAVE_LINUX_PERF_EVENT_H=1
+else
+    HAVE_LINUX_PERF_EVENT_H=
+    LINUX_HEADERS_INCLUDES=
+fi
+AC_SUBST(HAVE_LINUX_PERF_EVENT_H)
+AC_SUBST(LINUX_HEADERS_INCLUDES)
+
+CFLAGS="$_SAVE_CFLAGS"
+
+])

--- a/js/src/configure.in
+++ b/js/src/configure.in
@@ -2572,28 +2572,17 @@ AC_SUBST(HAVE_DTRACE)
 case $target in
 *-aix4.3*|*-aix5*)
 	;;
 *)
     MOZ_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/cdefs.h)
 	;;
 esac
 
-dnl Performance measurement headers.
-MOZ_CHECK_HEADER(linux/perf_event.h,
-    [AC_CACHE_CHECK(for perf_event_open system call,ac_cv_perf_event_open,
-        [AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <sys/syscall.h>],[return sizeof(__NR_perf_event_open);],
-        ac_cv_perf_event_open=yes,
-        ac_cv_perf_event_open=no)])])
-if test "$ac_cv_perf_event_open" = "yes"; then
-    HAVE_LINUX_PERF_EVENT_H=1
-else
-    HAVE_LINUX_PERF_EVENT_H=
-fi
-AC_SUBST(HAVE_LINUX_PERF_EVENT_H)
+MOZ_LINUX_PERF_EVENT
 
 dnl Checks for libraries.
 dnl ========================================================
 case $target in
 *-hpux11.*)
 	;;
 *)
 	AC_CHECK_LIB(c_r, gethostbyname_r)