diff --git a/Make.inc b/Make.inc
index a6c17ccd80138..40caeffb9d313 100644
--- a/Make.inc
+++ b/Make.inc
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ JULIA_THREADS := 1
 # Set to 1 to enable profiling with OProfile
 USE_OPROFILE_JITEVENTS ?= 0
 
-# USE_PERF_JITEVENTS defined below since default is OS specific
+# USE_PERF_JITEVENTS, and USE_INTEL_JITEVENTS defined below since default is OS specific
 
 # assume we don't have LIBSSP support in our compiler, will enable later if likely true
 HAVE_SSP := 0
@@ -442,8 +442,10 @@ endif
 # Set to 1 to enable profiling with perf
 ifeq ("$(OS)", "Linux")
 USE_PERF_JITEVENTS ?= 1
+USE_INTEL_JITEVENTS ?= 1
 else
 USE_PERF_JITEVENTS ?= 0
+USE_INTEL_JITEVENTS ?= 0
 endif
 
 JULIACODEGEN := LLVM