diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/python/Perf-Trace-Util/Build b/tools/perf/scripts/python/Perf-Trace-Util/Build
index 7d0e33ce6aba4..5b0b5ff7e14af 100644
--- a/tools/perf/scripts/python/Perf-Trace-Util/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/scripts/python/Perf-Trace-Util/Build
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 perf-y += Context.o
 
-CFLAGS_Context.o += $(PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS) -Wno-redundant-decls -Wno-strict-prototypes -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-nested-externs
+# -Wno-declaration-after-statement: The python headers have mixed code with declarations (decls after asserts, for instance)
+CFLAGS_Context.o += $(PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS) -Wno-redundant-decls -Wno-strict-prototypes -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-nested-externs -Wno-declaration-after-statement
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/Build b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/Build
index c220fec970324..586b94e90f4eb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/Build
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ perf-$(CONFIG_LIBPYTHON) += trace-event-python.o
 
 CFLAGS_trace-event-perl.o += $(PERL_EMBED_CCOPTS) -Wno-redundant-decls -Wno-strict-prototypes -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-shadow -Wno-nested-externs -Wno-undef -Wno-switch-default -Wno-bad-function-cast -Wno-declaration-after-statement -Wno-switch-enum
 
-CFLAGS_trace-event-python.o += $(PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS) -Wno-redundant-decls -Wno-strict-prototypes -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-shadow -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Wno-switch-enum
+# -Wno-declaration-after-statement: The python headers have mixed code with declarations (decls after asserts, for instance)
+CFLAGS_trace-event-python.o += $(PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS) -Wno-redundant-decls -Wno-strict-prototypes -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-shadow -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Wno-switch-enum -Wno-declaration-after-statement