diff --git a/Documentation/perf_counter/Makefile b/Documentation/perf_counter/Makefile
index 49c601e..6bffa86 100644
--- a/Documentation/perf_counter/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/perf_counter/Makefile
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
 # CFLAGS and LDFLAGS are for the users to override from the command line.
 
 CFLAGS = -g -O2 -Wall
-LDFLAGS = -lpthread -lrt
+LDFLAGS = -lpthread -lrt -lelf
 ALL_CFLAGS = $(CFLAGS)
 ALL_LDFLAGS = $(LDFLAGS)
 STRIP ?= strip