diff --git a/tools/perf/lib/evsel.c b/tools/perf/lib/evsel.c
index 8e91738c5c380b25860d03b89ab4e2f750535f49..ddc3ad447bfb4978b93b09f1f6f6252ff8a99e1f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/lib/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/lib/evsel.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <internal/evsel.h>
 #include <linux/zalloc.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 
 void perf_evsel__init(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct perf_event_attr *attr)
 {
@@ -19,3 +20,8 @@ struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__new(struct perf_event_attr *attr)
 
 	return evsel;
 }
+
+void perf_evsel__delete(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
+{
+	free(evsel);
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/lib/include/perf/evsel.h b/tools/perf/lib/include/perf/evsel.h
index 21b66fc1937f824320687eeb261931fb9cdb2911..a57efc0f5c8b647dc2561cbad5edc6e88c7e544d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/lib/include/perf/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/lib/include/perf/evsel.h
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ struct perf_event_attr;
 LIBPERF_API void perf_evsel__init(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 				  struct perf_event_attr *attr);
 LIBPERF_API struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__new(struct perf_event_attr *attr);
+LIBPERF_API void perf_evsel__delete(struct perf_evsel *evsel);
 
 #endif /* __LIBPERF_EVSEL_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/lib/libperf.map b/tools/perf/lib/libperf.map
index 153e77cd6739c7bf2d5ae0d26f19d019108aa636..28ed04cbd2233ff65225b8d7598ed87c4289209f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/lib/libperf.map
+++ b/tools/perf/lib/libperf.map
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ LIBPERF_0.0.1 {
 		perf_thread_map__get;
 		perf_thread_map__put;
 		perf_evsel__new;
+		perf_evsel__delete;
 		perf_evsel__init;
 		perf_evlist__new;
 		perf_evlist__delete;