diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index 8c44aadb9810160f417d7d04a07d39dc8e0cd353..b9eac0daa0b9cff642cf8d1348ebf7ead0249385 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -534,9 +534,9 @@ void perf_evlist__id_add(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 	evsel->id[evsel->ids++] = id;
 }
 
-static int perf_evlist__id_add_fd(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
-				  struct perf_evsel *evsel,
-				  int cpu, int thread, int fd)
+int perf_evlist__id_add_fd(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
+			   struct perf_evsel *evsel,
+			   int cpu, int thread, int fd)
 {
 	u64 read_data[4] = { 0, };
 	int id_idx = 1; /* The first entry is the counter value */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
index a459fe71b452e0b721d798cc73cc6287ae87dc1c..139a50038097f225c07134880277268bf2753b8e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ perf_evlist__find_tracepoint_by_name(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 
 void perf_evlist__id_add(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 			 int cpu, int thread, u64 id);
+int perf_evlist__id_add_fd(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
+			   struct perf_evsel *evsel,
+			   int cpu, int thread, int fd);
 
 int perf_evlist__add_pollfd(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int fd);
 int perf_evlist__alloc_pollfd(struct perf_evlist *evlist);