diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index 1650d242a1c8a5a111c8a55f08c14821c937d612..e33b46aca5cbdbbcb99adb84f3839ae732b3299d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -1128,6 +1128,20 @@ int perf_evlist__set_tp_filter_pid(struct evlist *evlist, pid_t pid)
 	return perf_evlist__set_tp_filter_pids(evlist, 1, &pid);
 }
 
+int perf_evlist__append_tp_filter_pids(struct evlist *evlist, size_t npids, pid_t *pids)
+{
+	char *filter = asprintf__tp_filter_pids(npids, pids);
+	int ret = perf_evlist__append_tp_filter(evlist, filter);
+
+	free(filter);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int perf_evlist__append_tp_filter_pid(struct evlist *evlist, pid_t pid)
+{
+	return perf_evlist__append_tp_filter_pids(evlist, 1, &pid);
+}
+
 bool perf_evlist__valid_sample_type(struct evlist *evlist)
 {
 	struct evsel *pos;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
index c58fd1908bfc66555a8dd16b0769501fc7182c29..13051409fd22514344783688461350927236033b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ int perf_evlist__set_tp_filter_pids(struct evlist *evlist, size_t npids, pid_t *
 
 int perf_evlist__append_tp_filter(struct evlist *evlist, const char *filter);
 
+int perf_evlist__append_tp_filter_pid(struct evlist *evlist, pid_t pid);
+int perf_evlist__append_tp_filter_pids(struct evlist *evlist, size_t npids, pid_t *pids);
+
 struct evsel *
 perf_evlist__find_tracepoint_by_id(struct evlist *evlist, int id);