diff --git a/tools/include/linux/string.h b/tools/include/linux/string.h
index 2e2f736c039c0efd09f2f30286e66735dbd166dd..e26223f1f2872fb1091d3e9352e491fce665ef5e 100644
--- a/tools/include/linux/string.h
+++ b/tools/include/linux/string.h
@@ -8,4 +8,8 @@ void *memdup(const void *src, size_t len);
 
 int strtobool(const char *s, bool *res);
 
+#ifndef __UCLIBC__
+extern size_t strlcpy(char *dest, const char *src, size_t size);
+#endif
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_STRING_H_ */
diff --git a/tools/lib/string.c b/tools/lib/string.c
index 065e54f42d8f1e20ebbf242b54443a32ec97800d..bd239bc1d557dbde447e8128ac7cd3163dc11a04 100644
--- a/tools/lib/string.c
+++ b/tools/lib/string.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
 
 /**
  * memdup - duplicate region of memory
@@ -60,3 +61,29 @@ int strtobool(const char *s, bool *res)
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
+
+/**
+ * strlcpy - Copy a C-string into a sized buffer
+ * @dest: Where to copy the string to
+ * @src: Where to copy the string from
+ * @size: size of destination buffer
+ *
+ * Compatible with *BSD: the result is always a valid
+ * NUL-terminated string that fits in the buffer (unless,
+ * of course, the buffer size is zero). It does not pad
+ * out the result like strncpy() does.
+ *
+ * If libc has strlcpy() then that version will override this
+ * implementation:
+ */
+size_t __weak strlcpy(char *dest, const char *src, size_t size)
+{
+	size_t ret = strlen(src);
+
+	if (size) {
+		size_t len = (ret >= size) ? size - 1 : ret;
+		memcpy(dest, src, len);
+		dest[len] = '\0';
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cache.h b/tools/perf/util/cache.h
index 9ca4a58f160dbd48b124ee4519b4bad86bcf683a..d723ecb9b9590aa8ff279d2af94f1e7ffe36b9d0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cache.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cache.h
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "../ui/ui.h"
 
+#include <linux/string.h>
+
 #define CMD_EXEC_PATH "--exec-path"
 #define CMD_PERF_DIR "--perf-dir="
 #define CMD_WORK_TREE "--work-tree="
@@ -67,9 +69,4 @@ extern char *perf_path(const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2
 extern char *perf_pathdup(const char *fmt, ...)
 	__attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2)));
 
-#ifndef __UCLIBC__
-/* Matches the libc/libbsd function attribute so we declare this unconditionally: */
-extern size_t strlcpy(char *dest, const char *src, size_t size);
-#endif
-
 #endif /* __PERF_CACHE_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/path.c b/tools/perf/util/path.c
index 5d13cb45b3171a98a171b0f7228d1fff470bf8c0..3654d964e49de2af41a30ca915a349563aba4fd1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/path.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/path.c
@@ -22,24 +22,6 @@ static const char *get_perf_dir(void)
 	return ".";
 }
 
-/*
- * If libc has strlcpy() then that version will override this
- * implementation:
- */
-size_t __weak strlcpy(char *dest, const char *src, size_t size)
-{
-	size_t ret = strlen(src);
-
-	if (size) {
-		size_t len = (ret >= size) ? size - 1 : ret;
-
-		memcpy(dest, src, len);
-		dest[len] = '\0';
-	}
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
 static char *get_pathname(void)
 {
 	static char pathname_array[4][PATH_MAX];