diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index 641fccddb249964e30de988a056f229e8265283f..5b7c6db87fde927c765fa8d54eeb0658c1fa02bc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ LIB_H += util/cpumap.h
 LIB_H += util/top.h
 LIB_H += $(ARCH_INCLUDE)
 LIB_H += util/cgroup.h
-LIB_H += $(TRACE_EVENT_DIR)event-parse.h
+LIB_H += $(LIB_INCLUDE)traceevent/event-parse.h
 LIB_H += util/target.h
 LIB_H += util/rblist.h
 LIB_H += util/intlist.h
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index ab3ed4af1466433755cb5946ed10c23928f336b7..87fc7d08ca021a9227228a2197cf389d48de210c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include <traceevent/event-parse.h>
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "util/color.h"
 #include "util/evlist.h"
@@ -5,7 +6,6 @@
 #include "util/thread.h"
 #include "util/parse-options.h"
 #include "util/thread_map.h"
-#include "event-parse.h"
 
 #include <libaudit.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
index b5d9238cb181d893d515b941e8726f4ea5abc818..214e17e97e5c7ba5aa25545b465b8994ac666afc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ ifneq ($(obj-perf),)
 obj-perf := $(abspath $(obj-perf))/
 endif
 
+LIB_INCLUDE := $(srctree)/tools/lib/
+
 # include ARCH specific config
 -include $(src-perf)/arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile
 
@@ -121,8 +123,7 @@ endif
 
 CFLAGS += -I$(src-perf)/util
 CFLAGS += -I$(src-perf)
-CFLAGS += -I$(TRACE_EVENT_DIR)
-CFLAGS += -I$(srctree)/tools/lib/
+CFLAGS += -I$(LIB_INCLUDE)
 
 CFLAGS += -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_GNU_SOURCE
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/evsel-tp-sched.c b/tools/perf/tests/evsel-tp-sched.c
index a5d2fcc5ae35a0c81098bc6798d88ec01c85c18c..f79e7d059820d85f7f5ad38dc8c1a83d067e1dc7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/evsel-tp-sched.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/evsel-tp-sched.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+#include <traceevent/event-parse.h>
 #include "evsel.h"
 #include "tests.h"
-#include "event-parse.h"
 
 static int perf_evsel__test_field(struct perf_evsel *evsel, const char *name,
 				  int size, bool should_be_signed)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index c9c7494506a1e7bfddde46ca242f0d583f2500e3..a6354619fa5daf2b289be16a4fa8ffa2a6af805e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -9,17 +9,17 @@
 
 #include <byteswap.h>
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
-#include "asm/bug.h"
 #include <lk/debugfs.h>
-#include "event-parse.h"
+#include <traceevent/event-parse.h>
+#include <linux/hw_breakpoint.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
+#include "asm/bug.h"
 #include "evsel.h"
 #include "evlist.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include "cpumap.h"
 #include "thread_map.h"
 #include "target.h"
-#include <linux/hw_breakpoint.h>
-#include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include "perf_regs.h"
 
 static struct {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index cf1fe01b7e8989570991e88c8216211d30ee039e..ad47fb9d0204279691855d9ce47364a800c40cdc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <traceevent/event-parse.h>
 
 #include <byteswap.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -12,7 +13,6 @@
 #include "sort.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include "cpumap.h"
-#include "event-parse.h"
 #include "perf_regs.h"
 #include "vdso.h"
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
index 1978c398ad8745f873cbfd2ab732315bbd34e26a..11eb7fd37608afc2728aa6ee3b7c7ecd5b5dfb93 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #ifndef _PERF_UTIL_TRACE_EVENT_H
 #define _PERF_UTIL_TRACE_EVENT_H
 
+#include <traceevent/event-parse.h>
 #include "parse-events.h"
-#include "event-parse.h"
 #include "session.h"
 
 struct machine;