diff --git a/src/configure b/src/configure
index 7b2f712ae..c6b2a4f1b 100755
--- a/src/configure
+++ b/src/configure
@@ -799,6 +799,7 @@ with_perf_events
 enable_perfevent_rdpmc
 with_pe_incdir
 enable_perf_event_uncore
+enable_perf_event
 with_components
 enable_fortran
 '
@@ -1438,6 +1439,7 @@ Optional Features:
                           Enable userspace rdpmc instruction on perf_event,
                           default: yes
   --disable-perf-event-uncore
+  --disable-perf-event
                           Disable perf_event uncore component
   --disable-fortran       Whether to disable fortran bindings
 
@@ -5941,10 +5943,23 @@ if test "x$mic" = "xno"; then
        perf_events=no
 fi
 
+perf_events=yes
 force_perf_events=no
 disable_uncore=yes
 
 
+
+if test "${enable_perf_event+set}" = set; then
+  enableval=$enable_perf_event;
+fi
+
+
+
+if test "x$enable_perf_event" = "xno"; then
+  perf_events="no"
+  force_perf_events="no"
+fi
+
 # Check whether --with-perf_events was given.
 if test "${with_perf_events+set}" = set; then :
   withval=$with_perf_events; force_perf_events=yes
@@ -5982,6 +5997,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 
+
 # Check whether --enable-perf_event_uncore was given.
 if test "${enable_perf_event_uncore+set}" = set; then :
   enableval=$enable_perf_event_uncore;
@@ -5989,11 +6005,12 @@ fi
 
 
 if test "x$enable_perf_event_uncore" != "xno"; then :
-
 	disable_uncore=no
 
 fi
 
+
+
 # Check for perf_event.h
   if test "$force_perf_events" = "yes"; then
 	perf_events="yes"
@@ -6034,11 +6051,12 @@ fi
 eval ac_res=\$$as_ac_File
 	       { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_res" >&5
 $as_echo "$ac_res" >&6; }
-if eval test \"x\$"$as_ac_File"\" = x"yes"; then :
+if eval test \"x\$"$as_ac_File"\" = x"yes" && [ "$perf_events" != "no" ]; then
   perf_events="yes"
 fi
 
 
+
 fi
 
   fi
@@ -6600,7 +6618,11 @@ elif test "$MAKEVER" = "linux-generic"; then
 elif test "$MAKEVER" = "linux-pe"; then
     FILENAME=Rules.pfm4_pe
     CPUCOMPONENT_NAME=perf_event
-    components="perf_event"
+    if test "$perf_events" = "no"; then
+        components=""
+    else
+        components="perf_event"
+    fi
     if test "$disable_uncore" = "no"; then
        components="$components perf_event_uncore"
     fi