diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index 57093e5c550796cb217622ac41fd4c636f206189..b0bede80356b72d3ddfd383693ef541527647126 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ static int pmu_add_sys_aliases_iter_fn(struct pmu_event *pe, void *data)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void pmu_add_sys_aliases(struct list_head *head, struct perf_pmu *pmu)
+void pmu_add_sys_aliases(struct list_head *head, struct perf_pmu *pmu)
 {
 	struct pmu_sys_event_iter_data idata = {
 		.head = head,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
index 4539a8b78b3581d97bc3c654f618a3f029c8434f..85927b14cd2d5b69ff782e8c38d02ff8c6ff57d5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ struct perf_pmu_alias {
 
 struct perf_pmu *perf_pmu__find(const char *name);
 struct perf_pmu *perf_pmu__find_by_type(unsigned int type);
+void pmu_add_sys_aliases(struct list_head *head, struct perf_pmu *pmu);
 int perf_pmu__config(struct perf_pmu *pmu, struct perf_event_attr *attr,
 		     struct list_head *head_terms,
 		     struct parse_events_error *error);