diff --git a/build/configure.ac.features b/build/configure.ac.features
index 1473bd7..aa492ff 100644
--- a/build/configure.ac.features
+++ b/build/configure.ac.features
@@ -400,6 +400,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([CAIRO_REPORT],
 	echo "The following features and utilities:"
 	echo "  cairo-trace:                $use_trace"
 	echo "  cairo-script-interpreter:   $use_interpreter"
+	echo "  cairo-perf-utils:           $use_perf_utils"
 	echo ""
 	echo "And the following internal features:"
 	echo "  pthread:       $use_pthread"
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 96fb4a0..dd3bee9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -781,6 +781,10 @@ dnl ===========================================================================
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(gtk, "gtk+-2.0",have_gtk=yes, have_gtk=no)
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_GTK, test "x$have_gtk" = "xyes")
 
+dnl ===========================================================================
+
+CAIRO_ENABLE(perf_utils, cairo-perf-utils, no, [use_perf_utils=yes])
+
 SHAVE_INIT([build], [enable]) # dnl Make the output pretty
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
diff --git a/perf/Makefile.am b/perf/Makefile.am
index 6a1b72c..f64444f 100644
--- a/perf/Makefile.am
+++ b/perf/Makefile.am
@@ -10,6 +10,18 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS =					\
 
 AM_LDFLAGS = $(CAIRO_LDFLAGS)
 
+if CAIRO_HAS_PERF_UTILS
+bin_PROGRAMS = cairo-perf-micro \
+	cairo-perf-trace \
+	cairo-perf-diff-files \
+	cairo-perf-print \
+	cairo-perf-chart \
+	cairo-perf-compare-backends
+if HAVE_GTK
+bin_PROGRAMS += cairo-perf-graph-files
+endif
+endif
+
 EXTRA_PROGRAMS += cairo-perf-micro \
 		  cairo-perf-trace \
 		  cairo-perf-diff-files \