diff --git a/tools/perf/lib/include/perf/event.h b/tools/perf/lib/include/perf/event.h
index 8c367931cecc55a53fe216bc071221988213d995..585c9d82dba39230d9970c496bded2349f5b2f52 100644
--- a/tools/perf/lib/include/perf/event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/lib/include/perf/event.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/limits.h>
+#include <linux/bpf.h>
 
 struct mmap_event {
 	struct perf_event_header header;
@@ -93,4 +94,14 @@ struct ksymbol_event {
 	char			 name[KSYM_NAME_LEN];
 };
 
+struct bpf_event {
+	struct perf_event_header header;
+	__u16			 type;
+	__u16			 flags;
+	__u32			 id;
+
+	/* for bpf_prog types */
+	__u8			 tag[BPF_TAG_SIZE];  // prog tag
+};
+
 #endif /* __LIBPERF_EVENT_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.h b/tools/perf/util/event.h
index c4eec1f164ba2574f930cd797ee74c16e062b551..091a0690a2802cf1b00db2d48ffa2c8ed7fa60fd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.h
@@ -27,16 +27,6 @@
 #define PRI_lx64 PRIx64
 #endif
 
-struct bpf_event {
-	struct perf_event_header header;
-	u16 type;
-	u16 flags;
-	u32 id;
-
-	/* for bpf_prog types */
-	u8 tag[BPF_TAG_SIZE];  // prog tag
-};
-
 #define PERF_SAMPLE_MASK				\
 	(PERF_SAMPLE_IP | PERF_SAMPLE_TID |		\
 	 PERF_SAMPLE_TIME | PERF_SAMPLE_ADDR |		\