diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 675d74fcadad..30dfd8c4a746 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: ff9ae1babd8ce88c3f90db6278ea5f55bdcb4624
+refs/heads/master: cfff2d909cbdaf8c467bd321aa0502a548ec8f7e
diff --git a/trunk/tools/perf/util/python.c b/trunk/tools/perf/util/python.c
index 5317ef229041..a9f2d7e1204d 100644
--- a/trunk/tools/perf/util/python.c
+++ b/trunk/tools/perf/util/python.c
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
 #include "cpumap.h"
 #include "thread_map.h"
 
+/* Define PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT for python 2.5 */
+#ifndef PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT
+# define PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(type, size) PyObject_HEAD_INIT(type) size,
+#endif
+
 struct throttle_event {
 	struct perf_event_header header;
 	u64			 time;