diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb b/poky/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb
index 4e603f1..7f00df0 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= "scripting tui libunwind"
 PACKAGECONFIG[dwarf] = ",NO_DWARF=1"
-PACKAGECONFIG[scripting] = ",NO_LIBPERL=1 NO_LIBPYTHON=1,perl python"
+PACKAGECONFIG[scripting] = ",NO_LIBPERL=1 NO_LIBPYTHON=1,perl python3"
 # gui support was added with kernel 3.6.35
 # since 3.10 libnewt was replaced by slang
 # to cover a wide range of kernel we add both dependencies
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@
 inherit linux-kernel-base kernel-arch manpages
 
 # needed for building the tools/perf Python bindings
-inherit ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'scripting', 'pythonnative', '', d)}
-inherit python-dir
+inherit ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'scripting', 'python3native', '', d)}
+inherit python3-dir
 export PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR
 
 #kernel 3.1+ supports WERROR to disable warnings as errors
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
     'sharedir=${@os.path.relpath(datadir, prefix)}' \
     'mandir=${@os.path.relpath(mandir, prefix)}' \
     'infodir=${@os.path.relpath(infodir, prefix)}' \
+    ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'scripting', 'PYTHON=python3 PYTHON_CONFIG=python3-config', '', d)} \
 "
 
 # During do_configure, we might run a 'make clean'. That often breaks
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@
 	oe_runmake install
 	# we are checking for this make target to be compatible with older perf versions
 	if ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'scripting', 'true', 'false', d)} && grep -q install-python_ext ${S}/tools/perf/Makefile*; then
-		oe_runmake DESTDIR=${D} install-python_ext
+	    oe_runmake DESTDIR=${D} install-python_ext
 	fi
 }
 
@@ -232,13 +233,19 @@
     fi
 
     # use /usr/bin/env instead of version specific python
-    for s in `find ${S}/tools/perf/scripts/python/ -name '*.py'`; do
-        sed -i 's,/usr/bin/python2,/usr/bin/env python,' "${s}"
+    for s in `find ${S}/tools/perf/ -name '*.py'`; do
+        sed -i 's,/usr/bin/python,/usr/bin/env python3,' "${s}"
+        sed -i 's,/usr/bin/python2,/usr/bin/env python3,' "${s}"
+        sed -i 's,/usr/bin/env python2,/usr/bin/env python3,' "${s}"
     done
 
     # unistd.h can be out of sync between libc-headers and the captured version in the perf source
     # so we copy it from the sysroot unistd.h to the perf unistd.h
     install -D -m0644 ${STAGING_INCDIR}/asm-generic/unistd.h ${S}/tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
+    install -D -m0644 ${STAGING_INCDIR}/asm-generic/unistd.h ${S}/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
+
+    # bits.h can have the same issuen as unistd.h, so we make the tools variant take precedence
+    install -D -m0644 ${S}/tools/include/linux/bits.h ${S}/include/linux/bits.h
 }
 
 python do_package_prepend() {
@@ -252,9 +259,9 @@
 
 RDEPENDS_${PN} += "elfutils bash"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-archive =+ "bash"
-RDEPENDS_${PN}-python =+ "bash python python-modules ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'audit', 'audit-python', '', d)}"
+RDEPENDS_${PN}-python =+ "bash python3 python3-modules ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'audit', 'audit-python3', '', d)}"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-perl =+ "bash perl perl-modules"
-RDEPENDS_${PN}-tests =+ "python"
+RDEPENDS_${PN}-tests =+ "python3"
 
 RSUGGESTS_SCRIPTING = "${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'scripting', '${PN}-perl ${PN}-python', '',d)}"
 RSUGGESTS_${PN} += "${PN}-archive ${PN}-tests ${RSUGGESTS_SCRIPTING}"