diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/meson/build.sh b/.gitlab-ci/meson/build.sh
index 99d409c4933..c404c0a5652 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/meson/build.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/meson/build.sh
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ fi
 # these projects and making them warning-free is not our goal.
 # shellcheck disable=2206
 meson_subprojects=(
-  perfetto
+  perfetto-sdk
   syn-2-rs
   paste-1-rs
   pest-2-rs
diff --git a/docs/perfetto.rst b/docs/perfetto.rst
index b65ffb99951..64715a03247 100644
--- a/docs/perfetto.rst
+++ b/docs/perfetto.rst
@@ -67,12 +67,12 @@ To capture a trace with Perfetto you need to take the following steps:
    # Build mesa
    mesa $ meson compile -C build
 
-2. Build Perfetto from sources available at ``subprojects/perfetto``.
+2. Clone and build Perfetto toolkit (``v56.1``).
 
 .. code-block:: sh
 
-   # Within the Mesa repo, build perfetto
-   mesa $ cd subprojects/perfetto
+   src $ git clone --branch v56.1 --depth 1 https://github.com/google/perfetto.git
+   src $ cd perfetto
    perfetto $ ./tools/install-build-deps
    perfetto $ ./tools/gn gen --args='is_debug=false' out/linux
    perfetto $ ./tools/ninja -C out/linux
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ More build options can be found in `this guide <https://perfetto.dev/docs/quicks
    ``src/tool/pps/cfg/system.cfg`` which does whole-system including GPU
    profiling for any supported GPUs).  Other configs are available in that
    directory for CPU-only or GPU-only tracing, and more examples of config files
-   can be found in ``subprojects/perfetto/test/configs``.
+   can be found in ``perfetto/test/configs``.
 
 4. Start the PPS producer to capture GPU performance counters.
 
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ More build options can be found in `this guide <https://perfetto.dev/docs/quicks
 
 .. code-block:: sh
 
-   mesa $ sudo ./subprojects/perfetto/out/linux/tracebox --system-sockets --txt -c src/tool/pps/cfg/system.cfg -o vkcube.trace
+   mesa $ sudo ./perfetto/out/linux/tracebox --system-sockets --txt -c src/tool/pps/cfg/system.cfg -o vkcube.trace
 
 7.  Go to `ui.perfetto.dev <https://ui.perfetto.dev>`__ and upload
     ``vkcube.trace`` by clicking on **Open trace file**.
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e82403014e6..4ac2cec7977 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2367,10 +2367,11 @@ with_perfetto = get_option('perfetto')
 with_datasources = get_option('datasources')
 with_any_datasource = with_datasources.length() != 0
 if with_perfetto
-  dep_perfetto = dependency(
+  dep_perfetto_sdk = dependency(
       'perfetto',
-      fallback: allow_fallback_for_perfetto ? ['perfetto', 'dep_perfetto'] : [],
+      fallback: allow_fallback_for_perfetto ? ['perfetto-sdk', 'dep_perfetto_sdk'] : [],
   )
+  dep_perfetto = dep_perfetto_sdk
   pre_args += '-DHAVE_PERFETTO'
 endif
 
diff --git a/subprojects/packagefiles/perfetto-sdk/meson.build b/subprojects/packagefiles/perfetto-sdk/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b4652408f14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/packagefiles/perfetto-sdk/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+project(
+    'perfetto-sdk',
+    ['cpp'],
+)
+
+cpp = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
+
+deps_perfetto = [dependency('threads')]
+
+if host_machine.system() == 'android'
+  deps_perfetto += cpp.find_library('log')
+endif
+
+lib_perfetto = static_library(
+    'perfetto',
+    sources: 'perfetto.cc',
+    dependencies: deps_perfetto,
+    install: false,
+    override_options : ['cpp_std=c++17']
+)
+
+inc_perfetto = include_directories('.')
+
+dep_perfetto_sdk = declare_dependency(
+    link_with: lib_perfetto,
+    include_directories: inc_perfetto,
+    dependencies: deps_perfetto,
+)
diff --git a/subprojects/perfetto-sdk.wrap b/subprojects/perfetto-sdk.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fb4cf18c0b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/perfetto-sdk.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[wrap-file]
+directory = perfetto-sdk
+lead_directory_missing = true
+
+source_url = https://github.com/google/perfetto/releases/download/v56.1/perfetto-cpp-sdk-src.zip
+source_filename = perfetto-cpp-sdk-src-v56.1.zip
+source_hash = 9138dad1ab39048a61d3333e0c2ebf32a7497ed45e3b7daa5f3a02c14748af38
+patch_directory = perfetto-sdk
diff --git a/subprojects/perfetto.wrap b/subprojects/perfetto.wrap
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e32319a35b..00000000000
--- a/subprojects/perfetto.wrap
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-[wrap-git]
-directory = perfetto
-
-url = https://github.com/google/perfetto
-revision = v47.0
-depth = 1