diff --git a/tools/build/Makefile.feature b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
index 574c2e0..3e0c019 100644
--- a/tools/build/Makefile.feature
+++ b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@
         setns				\
         libaio				\
         libzstd				\
-        disassembler-four-args
+        disassembler-four-args		\
+        file-handle
 
 # FEATURE_TESTS_BASIC + FEATURE_TESTS_EXTRA is the complete list
 # of all feature tests
diff --git a/tools/build/feature/Makefile b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
index 7ac0d80..621f528 100644
--- a/tools/build/feature/Makefile
+++ b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@
          test-llvm.bin				\
          test-llvm-version.bin			\
          test-libaio.bin			\
-         test-libzstd.bin
+         test-libzstd.bin			\
+         test-file-handle.bin
 
 FILES := $(addprefix $(OUTPUT),$(FILES))
 
@@ -321,6 +322,9 @@
 $(OUTPUT)test-libzstd.bin:
 	$(BUILD) -lzstd
 
+$(OUTPUT)test-file-handle.bin:
+	$(BUILD)
+
 ###############################
 
 clean:
diff --git a/tools/build/feature/test-file-handle.c b/tools/build/feature/test-file-handle.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d3b03b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/build/feature/test-file-handle.c
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	struct {
+		struct file_handle fh;
+		uint64_t cgroup_id;
+	} handle;
+	int mount_id;
+
+	name_to_handle_at(AT_FDCWD, "/", &handle.fh, &mount_id, 0);
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
index 80e55e7..eb95c0c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
@@ -348,6 +348,10 @@
   CFLAGS += -DHAVE_GETTID
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(feature-file-handle), 1)
+  CFLAGS += -DHAVE_FILE_HANDLE
+endif
+
 ifdef NO_LIBELF
   NO_DWARF := 1
   NO_DEMANGLE := 1