diff --git a/dev-util/perf/files/perf-6.14-lto.patch b/dev-util/perf/files/perf-6.14-lto.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e5e54fd00b22d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/perf/files/perf-6.14-lto.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+
+Adapted to v6.14 from patch submitted upstream:
+https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250321082038.27901-2-holger@applied-asynchrony.com/
+
+Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/951151
+
+--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
++++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ else
+   PERL_EMBED_LIBADD = $(call grep-libs,$(PERL_EMBED_LDOPTS))
+   PERL_EMBED_CCOPTS = $(shell perl -MExtUtils::Embed -e ccopts 2>/dev/null)
+   PERL_EMBED_CCOPTS := $(filter-out -specs=%,$(PERL_EMBED_CCOPTS))
+-  PERL_EMBED_CCOPTS := $(filter-out -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects, $(PERL_EMBED_CCOPTS))
++  PERL_EMBED_CCOPTS := $(filter-out -flto=% -ffat-lto-objects, $(PERL_EMBED_CCOPTS))
+   PERL_EMBED_LDOPTS := $(filter-out -specs=%,$(PERL_EMBED_LDOPTS))
+   FLAGS_PERL_EMBED=$(PERL_EMBED_CCOPTS) $(PERL_EMBED_LDOPTS)
+
diff --git a/dev-util/perf/perf-6.14.ebuild b/dev-util/perf/perf-6.14.ebuild
index 853641e485083..99e4b1b918cea 100644
--- a/dev-util/perf/perf-6.14.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/perf/perf-6.14.ebuild
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 
 	pushd "${S_K}" >/dev/null || die
 	# Gentoo patches go here
+		eapply "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-lto.patch
 	popd || die
 
 	# Drop some upstream too-developer-oriented flags and fix the