build of the master branch is failing with "cannot find -lpfm"

the master branch build is failing at the commit 1f48bb789bb as of the time of creating this issue

The steps to reproduce the error are:

1- clone repo
2- checkout maser or the mentioned commit
3- ./configure && make
4- the output below is displayed (note the error at the end). This error occurred on my main OS (running arch) and in a vanilla ubuntu-18.04 container.

ar: creating libtestlib.a
a - test_utils.o
a - ftests_util.o
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/mher/progs/install/papi/papi/src/testlib'
rm -f libpapi.a
ar  rv libpapi.a  x86_cpuid_info.o papi_libpfm4_events.o papi.o papi_internal.o papi_hl.o extras.o sw_multiplex.o papi_fwrappers.o papi_fwrappers_.o papi_fwrappers__.o upper_PAPI_
FWRAPPERS.o threads.o cpus.o linux-memory.o linux-timer.o linux-common.o  papi_preset.o papi_vector.o papi_memory.o perf_event.o pe_libpfm4_events.o perf_event_uncore.o
ar: creating libpapi.a
a - x86_cpuid_info.o
a - papi_libpfm4_events.o
a - papi.o
a - papi_internal.o
a - papi_hl.o
a - extras.o
a - sw_multiplex.o
a - papi_fwrappers.o
a - papi_fwrappers_.o
a - papi_fwrappers__.o
a - upper_PAPI_FWRAPPERS.o
a - threads.o
a - cpus.o
a - linux-memory.o
a - linux-timer.o
a - linux-common.o
a - papi_preset.o
a - papi_vector.o
a - papi_memory.o
a - perf_event.o
a - pe_libpfm4_events.o
a - perf_event_uncore.o
/bin/ld: cannot find -lpfm
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [Makefile.inc:68: libpapi.so.6.0.0.1] Error 1

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