diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/qtcreator/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/qtcreator/default.nix
index 9df547308f56..8340891da01a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/qtcreator/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/qtcreator/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { mkDerivation, lib, fetchurl, fetchgit, fetchpatch
-, qtbase, qtquickcontrols, qtscript, qtdeclarative, qmake, llvmPackages_8
+, qtbase, qtquickcontrols, qtscript, qtdeclarative, qmake, llvmPackages_8, elfutils, perf
 , withDocumentation ? false, withClangPlugins ? true
 }:
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "07i045mzwbfhwj2jlijhz9xs6ay03qs5dgcw2kzlcr79a69i0h6j";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ qtbase qtscript qtquickcontrols qtdeclarative ] ++
+  buildInputs = [ qtbase qtscript qtquickcontrols qtdeclarative elfutils.dev ] ++
     optionals withClangPlugins [ llvmPackages_8.libclang
                                  clang_qt_vendor
                                  llvmPackages_8.llvm ];
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ mkDerivation rec {
 
   installFlags = [ "INSTALL_ROOT=$(out)" ] ++ optional withDocumentation "install_docs";
 
+  qtWrapperArgs = [ "--set-default PERFPROFILER_PARSER_FILEPATH ${lib.getBin perf}/bin" ];
+
   preConfigure = ''
     substituteInPlace src/plugins/plugins.pro \
       --replace '$$[QT_INSTALL_QML]/QtQuick/Controls' '${qtquickcontrols}/${qtbase.qtQmlPrefix}/QtQuick/Controls'
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2865279cbddb..a3f2cd7b1e36 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14604,7 +14604,9 @@ with pkgs;
 
   pycritty = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication pycritty;
 
-  qtcreator = libsForQt5.callPackage ../development/tools/qtcreator { };
+  qtcreator = libsForQt5.callPackage ../development/tools/qtcreator {
+    inherit (linuxPackages) perf;
+  };
 
   qxmledit = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/editors/qxmledit {} ;