diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
index 6d4eaecff191065606200864ddaa43db4d15d06c..b212ffc76773662689a2b3ac8f935df107cd1b02 100644
--- a/kernel.spec
+++ b/kernel.spec
@@ -198,8 +198,10 @@ BuildRequires: sparse
 BuildRequires: zlib-devel binutils-devel newt-devel perl(ExtUtils::Embed) bison flex xz-devel
 BuildRequires: audit-libs-devel
 BuildRequires: java-devel
+%ifarch aarch64
 BuildRequires: opencsd
 BuildRequires: opencsd-devel
+%endif
 %ifnarch s390x
 BuildRequires: numactl-devel
 %endif
@@ -354,7 +356,9 @@ It provides the kernel source files common to all builds.
 Summary: Performance monitoring for the Linux kernel
 Group: Development/System
 Requires: bzip2
+%ifarch aarch64
 Requires: opencsd
+%endif
 License: GPLv2
 %description -n perf
 This package contains the perf tool, which enables performance monitoring
@@ -1195,8 +1199,14 @@ BuildKernel %make_target %kernel_image debug
 BuildKernel %make_target %kernel_image 
 %endif
 
+%ifarch aarch64
+%define perf_coresight CORESIGHT=1
+%else
+%define perf_coresight CORESIGHT=0
+%endif
+
 %global perf_make \
-  make EXTRA_CFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}" LDFLAGS="%{__global_ldflags}" -C tools/perf V=1 NO_PERF_READ_VDSO32=1 NO_PERF_READ_VDSOX32=1 WERROR=0 NO_LIBUNWIND=1 HAVE_CPLUS_DEMANGLE=1 NO_GTK2=1 NO_STRLCPY=1 NO_BIONIC=1 CORESIGHT=1 prefix=%{_prefix} PYTHON=%{__python3}
+  make EXTRA_CFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}" LDFLAGS="%{__global_ldflags}" -C tools/perf V=1 NO_PERF_READ_VDSO32=1 NO_PERF_READ_VDSOX32=1 WERROR=0 NO_LIBUNWIND=1 HAVE_CPLUS_DEMANGLE=1 NO_GTK2=1 NO_STRLCPY=1 NO_BIONIC=1 %{perf_coresight} prefix=%{_prefix} PYTHON=%{__python3}
 %if %{with_perf}
 # perf
 # make sure check-headers.sh is executable