diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
index e04b7a81d221..89ac5a1f1550 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
@@ -644,9 +644,14 @@ endif
 
 ifndef NO_SLANG
   ifneq ($(feature-libslang), 1)
-    msg := $(warning slang not found, disables TUI support. Please install slang-devel, libslang-dev or libslang2-dev);
-    NO_SLANG := 1
-  else
+    ifneq ($(feature-libslang-include-subdir), 1)
+      msg := $(warning slang not found, disables TUI support. Please install slang-devel, libslang-dev or libslang2-dev);
+      NO_SLANG := 1
+    else
+      CFLAGS += -DHAVE_SLANG_INCLUDE_SUBDIR
+    endif
+  endif
+  ifndef NO_SLANG
     # Fedora has /usr/include/slang/slang.h, but ubuntu /usr/include/slang.h
     CFLAGS += -DHAVE_SLANG_SUPPORT
     EXTLIBS += -lslang
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/libslang.h b/tools/perf/ui/libslang.h
index c0686cda39a5..991e692b9b46 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/libslang.h
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/libslang.h
@@ -10,7 +10,12 @@
 #ifndef HAVE_LONG_LONG
 #define HAVE_LONG_LONG __GLIBC_HAVE_LONG_LONG
 #endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_SLANG_INCLUDE_SUBDIR
+#include <slang/slang.h>
+#else
 #include <slang.h>
+#endif
 
 #if SLANG_VERSION < 20104
 #define slsmg_printf(msg, args...) \