diff --git a/arch/arc/Kconfig b/arch/arc/Kconfig
index 69a939af..03183f6 100644
--- a/arch/arc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arc/Kconfig
@@ -25,16 +25,19 @@
 	select HAVE_ARCH_KGDB
 	select HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
 	select HAVE_GENERIC_HARDIRQS
+	select HAVE_IRQ_WORK
 	select HAVE_KPROBES
 	select HAVE_KRETPROBES
 	select HAVE_MEMBLOCK
 	select HAVE_MOD_ARCH_SPECIFIC if ARC_DW2_UNWIND
 	select HAVE_OPROFILE
+	select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
 	select IRQ_DOMAIN
 	select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
 	select NO_BOOTMEM
 	select OF
 	select OF_EARLY_FLATTREE
+	select PERF_USE_VMALLOC
 
 config SCHED_OMIT_FRAME_POINTER
 	def_bool y
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/perf_event.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/perf_event.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..115ad96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/perf_event.h
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2011-2012 Synopsys, Inc. (www.synopsys.com)
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef __ASM_PERF_EVENT_H
+#define __ASM_PERF_EVENT_H
+
+#endif /* __ASM_PERF_EVENT_H */