diff --git a/meta-digi-arm/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bbappend b/meta-digi-arm/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bbappend
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+# Copyright (C) 2013 Digi International.
+
+PRINC := "${@int(PRINC) + 1}"
+PR_append = "+${DISTRO}"
+
+EXTRA_OEMAKE_LINUX_2X = "\'CFLAGS=${CFLAGS} -Iutil/include -Iarch/${ARCH}/include -I${STAGING_KERNEL_DIR}/include\'"
+
+EXTRA_OEMAKE += "${@base_conditional('IS_KERNEL_2X', '1' , '${EXTRA_OEMAKE_LINUX_2X}', '', d)}"