diff --git a/tools/lib/api/Makefile b/tools/lib/api/Makefile
index ed2f51e11b80f36d63601c7abb1ea32db13566ff..ce00f7ee6455248d92dba7016b2770c824e897f9 100644
--- a/tools/lib/api/Makefile
+++ b/tools/lib/api/Makefile
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ LIB_H=
 LIB_OBJS=
 
 LIB_H += fs/debugfs.h
+LIB_H += fs/fs.h
 
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)fs/debugfs.o
+LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)fs/fs.o
 
 LIBFILE = libapikfs.a
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/fs.c b/tools/lib/api/fs/fs.c
similarity index 91%
rename from tools/perf/util/fs.c
rename to tools/lib/api/fs/fs.c
index f5be1f26e724d303ff4a98051b8cf933e1ec1cb4..5b5eb788996e1de2f105eeedffdc1bb0cb72caba 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/fs.c
+++ b/tools/lib/api/fs/fs.c
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
+/* TODO merge/factor in debugfs.c here */
 
-/* TODO merge/factor into tools/lib/lk/debugfs.c */
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/vfs.h>
 
-#include "util.h"
-#include "util/fs.h"
+#include "debugfs.h"
+#include "fs.h"
 
 static const char * const sysfs__fs_known_mountpoints[] = {
 	"/sys",
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/include/linux/magic.h b/tools/lib/api/fs/fs.h
similarity index 50%
rename from tools/perf/util/include/linux/magic.h
rename to tools/lib/api/fs/fs.h
index 07d63cf3e0f6f5d0860c7aa8a8531b49367fd468..cb7049551f335d6a7dbcb108933ba8e9d16e5e59 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/include/linux/magic.h
+++ b/tools/lib/api/fs/fs.h
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-#ifndef _PERF_LINUX_MAGIC_H_
-#define _PERF_LINUX_MAGIC_H_
-
-#ifndef DEBUGFS_MAGIC
-#define DEBUGFS_MAGIC          0x64626720
-#endif
+#ifndef __API_FS__
+#define __API_FS__
 
 #ifndef SYSFS_MAGIC
 #define SYSFS_MAGIC            0x62656572
@@ -13,4 +9,6 @@
 #define PROC_SUPER_MAGIC       0x9fa0
 #endif
 
-#endif
+const char *sysfs__mountpoint(void);
+const char *procfs__mountpoint(void);
+#endif /* __API_FS__ */
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index f99a392d20be582c79bd999308bb8af75b1b87d1..869b34a51c8c4c044808f9a2035ad71f611c4f32 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -218,7 +218,6 @@ LIB_H += util/include/linux/ctype.h
 LIB_H += util/include/linux/kernel.h
 LIB_H += util/include/linux/list.h
 LIB_H += util/include/linux/export.h
-LIB_H += util/include/linux/magic.h
 LIB_H += util/include/linux/poison.h
 LIB_H += util/include/linux/prefetch.h
 LIB_H += util/include/linux/rbtree.h
@@ -244,7 +243,6 @@ LIB_H += util/cache.h
 LIB_H += util/callchain.h
 LIB_H += util/build-id.h
 LIB_H += util/debug.h
-LIB_H += util/fs.h
 LIB_H += util/pmu.h
 LIB_H += util/event.h
 LIB_H += util/evsel.h
@@ -306,7 +304,6 @@ LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/annotate.o
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/build-id.o
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/config.o
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/ctype.o
-LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/fs.o
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/pmu.o
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/environment.o
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/event.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
index 4db0ae617d7080cd7c97467a15fbe36d9bcedf30..8605ff5572aeeb402ae8b9c118e5f87439bc70f7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include "parse-events.h"
 #include "evsel.h"
 #include "evlist.h"
-#include "fs.h"
+#include <api/fs/fs.h>
 #include <api/fs/debugfs.h>
 #include "tests.h"
 #include <linux/hw_breakpoint.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c b/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c
index a9b48c42e81eb36e34cce24e091be66437270d44..7fe4994eeb638a63f7b52105ad326afa448915ab 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #include "util.h"
-#include "fs.h"
+#include <api/fs/fs.h>
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "cpumap.h"
 #include <assert.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/fs.h b/tools/perf/util/fs.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e09ce1bab0ec05ceaacce5979e92f65bd1b6b52..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/tools/perf/util/fs.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef __PERF_FS
-#define __PERF_FS
-
-const char *sysfs__mountpoint(void);
-const char *procfs__mountpoint(void);
-
-#endif /* __PERF_FS */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index b752ecb40d86af6245b7f8646bb3607992bcd9f6..00a7dcb2f55cb0d7734e7eb331384d00aa42809c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
-#include "fs.h"
+#include <api/fs/fs.h>
 #include <locale.h>
 #include "util.h"
 #include "pmu.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/python-ext-sources b/tools/perf/util/python-ext-sources
index 595bfc73d2ed28cf14feee7daf73c76d92527223..16a475a7d492177623062143434488116cdf2a38 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/python-ext-sources
+++ b/tools/perf/util/python-ext-sources
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ util/xyarray.c
 util/cgroup.c
 util/rblist.c
 util/strlist.c
-util/fs.c
+../lib/api/fs/fs.c
 util/trace-event.c
 ../../lib/rbtree.c
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/record.c b/tools/perf/util/record.c
index 373762501dadced6c476235ad8170a5241e72801..049e0a09ccd362b6f79192fe769f75648f3730b1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/record.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include "evsel.h"
 #include "cpumap.h"
 #include "parse-events.h"
-#include "fs.h"
+#include <api/fs/fs.h>
 #include "util.h"
 
 typedef void (*setup_probe_fn_t)(struct perf_evsel *evsel);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.c b/tools/perf/util/util.c
index 42ad667bb317570e6f22216598181d1e2a8c9798..9f66549562bd6959907323573edcb91badd97380 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "util.h"
-#include "fs.h"
+#include <api/fs/fs.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #ifdef HAVE_BACKTRACE_SUPPORT
 #include <execinfo.h>