diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
index a6d5d248b8fb3adb0aad10a2e2dd007345041a5e..fb8e42c7507add43bc9c1848cf3ef300382ee313 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
@@ -1080,7 +1080,7 @@ struct hpp_arg {
 	bool current_entry;
 };
 
-static int __hpp__slsmg_color_printf(struct perf_hpp *hpp, const char *fmt, ...)
+int __hpp__slsmg_color_printf(struct perf_hpp *hpp, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	struct hpp_arg *arg = hpp->ptr;
 	int ret, len;
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/hist.c b/tools/perf/ui/hist.c
index 60c4a4d08374c0dc2c14614cfab9f05ca53690fc..37388397b5bc051b66dca810c65a4434eea07bb6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/hist.c
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ static int hpp__header_fn(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt, struct perf_hpp *hpp,
 	return scnprintf(hpp->buf, hpp->size, "%*s", len, fmt->name);
 }
 
-static int hpp_color_scnprintf(struct perf_hpp *hpp, const char *fmt, ...)
+int hpp_color_scnprintf(struct perf_hpp *hpp, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	va_list args;
 	ssize_t ssize = hpp->size;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.h b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
index defa957f27dfffc368d253d577e6b0bbc65238aa..6150b94e0d2348c234c159ff815d71348a10ca4b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
@@ -485,5 +485,7 @@ static inline struct rb_node *rb_hierarchy_next(struct rb_node *node)
 #define HIERARCHY_INDENT  3
 
 bool hist_entry__has_hierarchy_children(struct hist_entry *he, float limit);
+int hpp_color_scnprintf(struct perf_hpp *hpp, const char *fmt, ...);
+int __hpp__slsmg_color_printf(struct perf_hpp *hpp, const char *fmt, ...);
 
 #endif	/* __PERF_HIST_H */