diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index a024f06f75d8..d05727fcb30d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -201,10 +201,14 @@ again:
 			continue;
 
 		if (choose_best_symbol(curr, next) == SYMBOL_A) {
+			if (next->type == STT_GNU_IFUNC)
+				curr->ifunc_alias = true;
 			rb_erase_cached(&next->rb_node, symbols);
 			symbol__delete(next);
 			goto again;
 		} else {
+			if (curr->type == STT_GNU_IFUNC)
+				next->ifunc_alias = true;
 			nd = rb_next(&curr->rb_node);
 			rb_erase_cached(&curr->rb_node, symbols);
 			symbol__delete(curr);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
index 2fdeb22bd02f..7558735543c2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ struct symbol {
 	u8		inlined:1;
 	/** Has symbol__annotate2 been performed. */
 	u8		annotate2:1;
+	/** Symbol is an alias of an STT_GNU_IFUNC */
+	u8		ifunc_alias:1;
 	/** Architecture specific. Unused except on PPC where it holds st_other. */
 	u8		arch_sym;
 	/** The name of length namelen associated with the symbol. */