diff --git a/tools/perf/util/genelf.c b/tools/perf/util/genelf.c
index f9f18b8b1df9..17b74aba8b9a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/genelf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/genelf.c
@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@
 
 #define BUILD_ID_URANDOM /* different uuid for each run */
 
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBCRYPTO
+// FIXME, remove this and fix the deprecation warnings before its removed and
+// We'll break for good here...
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"
+
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBCRYPTO_SUPPORT
 
 #define BUILD_ID_MD5
 #undef BUILD_ID_SHA	/* does not seem to work well when linked with Java */