diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/perf/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/perf/default.nix
index bd9bd6d95db5..1ae1bae26fd6 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/perf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/perf/default.nix
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     # Linux scripts
     patchShebangs scripts
 
+  '' + lib.optionalString (lib.versionAtLeast kernel.version "6.3") ''
+    # perf-specific scripts
+    patchShebangs tools/perf/pmu-events
+  '' + ''
     cd tools/perf
 
     for x in util/build-id.c util/dso.c; do