diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/kmod-path.c b/tools/perf/tests/kmod-path.c
index 08c433b4bf4f..25e80c02230b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/kmod-path.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/kmod-path.c
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ int test__kmod_path__parse(void)
 	M("/xxxx/xxxx/x-x.ko", PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL, true);
 	M("/xxxx/xxxx/x-x.ko", PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER, false);
 
+#ifdef HAVE_ZLIB_SUPPORT
 	/* path                alloc_name  alloc_ext   kmod  comp  name   ext */
 	T("/xxxx/xxxx/x.ko.gz", true     , true      , true, true, "[x]", "gz");
 	T("/xxxx/xxxx/x.ko.gz", false    , true      , true, true, NULL , "gz");
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ int test__kmod_path__parse(void)
 	M("x.ko.gz", PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_UNKNOWN, true);
 	M("x.ko.gz", PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL, true);
 	M("x.ko.gz", PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER, false);
+#endif
 
 	/* path            alloc_name  alloc_ext  kmod  comp   name             ext */
 	T("[test_module]", true      , true     , true, false, "[test_module]", NULL);