diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.h b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
index 97baa1d6ae5ffba915bd9dddb65e7fa91ab75784..044419b3be7c6f5a4750b4f0647e8b9bd8913dcf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
@@ -301,6 +301,9 @@ void perf_hpp__append_sort_keys(struct perf_hpp_list *list);
 bool perf_hpp__is_sort_entry(struct perf_hpp_fmt *format);
 bool perf_hpp__is_dynamic_entry(struct perf_hpp_fmt *format);
 bool perf_hpp__defined_dynamic_entry(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt, struct hists *hists);
+bool perf_hpp__is_trace_entry(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt);
+bool perf_hpp__is_srcline_entry(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt);
+bool perf_hpp__is_srcfile_entry(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt);
 
 static inline bool perf_hpp__should_skip(struct perf_hpp_fmt *format,
 					 struct hists *hists)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.c b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
index 4175b2944ff99ccfe0ca1c230ae2c6ed2d5cd512..358035c2c32735cd91489d057734c152b63a3ae4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/sort.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
@@ -1391,6 +1391,39 @@ bool perf_hpp__is_sort_entry(struct perf_hpp_fmt *format)
 	return format->header == __sort__hpp_header;
 }
 
+bool perf_hpp__is_trace_entry(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt)
+{
+	struct hpp_sort_entry *hse;
+
+	if (!perf_hpp__is_sort_entry(fmt))
+		return false;
+
+	hse = container_of(fmt, struct hpp_sort_entry, hpp);
+	return hse->se == &sort_trace;
+}
+
+bool perf_hpp__is_srcline_entry(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt)
+{
+	struct hpp_sort_entry *hse;
+
+	if (!perf_hpp__is_sort_entry(fmt))
+		return false;
+
+	hse = container_of(fmt, struct hpp_sort_entry, hpp);
+	return hse->se == &sort_srcline;
+}
+
+bool perf_hpp__is_srcfile_entry(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt)
+{
+	struct hpp_sort_entry *hse;
+
+	if (!perf_hpp__is_sort_entry(fmt))
+		return false;
+
+	hse = container_of(fmt, struct hpp_sort_entry, hpp);
+	return hse->se == &sort_srcfile;
+}
+
 static bool __sort__hpp_equal(struct perf_hpp_fmt *a, struct perf_hpp_fmt *b)
 {
 	struct hpp_sort_entry *hse_a;