diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index ff359c9ece2e76c3d15fb8d2acf36e4c3bf8ade6..ef351688b79798a1c46b95094fb078c6daee14aa 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -41,17 +41,7 @@
 
 #include "sane_ctype.h"
 
-static struct {
-	bool sample_id_all;
-	bool exclude_guest;
-	bool mmap2;
-	bool cloexec;
-	bool clockid;
-	bool clockid_wrong;
-	bool lbr_flags;
-	bool write_backward;
-	bool group_read;
-} perf_missing_features;
+struct perf_missing_features perf_missing_features;
 
 static clockid_t clockid;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index 846e416445254f6090a1280305106a6c581b715a..a7487c6d186607e9ca9fc4858c36c29f82015e1d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -149,6 +149,20 @@ union u64_swap {
 	u32 val32[2];
 };
 
+struct perf_missing_features {
+	bool sample_id_all;
+	bool exclude_guest;
+	bool mmap2;
+	bool cloexec;
+	bool clockid;
+	bool clockid_wrong;
+	bool lbr_flags;
+	bool write_backward;
+	bool group_read;
+};
+
+extern struct perf_missing_features perf_missing_features;
+
 struct cpu_map;
 struct target;
 struct thread_map;