diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.h b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.h
index a28886066bcc793f3dacb7706e44df696c3e5baa..54273c0ec5448e62d2571eeaa06510a9129cfc08 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.h
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <regex.h>
+#include <string.h>
 
 #ifndef __maybe_unused
 #define __maybe_unused __attribute__((unused))
@@ -527,6 +528,15 @@ __data2host8(struct pevent *pevent, unsigned long long data)
 	__data2host8(pevent, __val);				\
 })
 
+static inline int traceevent_host_bigendian(void)
+{
+	unsigned char str[] = { 0x1, 0x2, 0x3, 0x4 };
+	unsigned int val;
+
+	memcpy(&val, str, 4);
+	return val == 0x01020304;
+}
+
 /* taken from kernel/trace/trace.h */
 enum trace_flag_type {
 	TRACE_FLAG_IRQS_OFF		= 0x01,