diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.c b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
index 8521e3c89b8d5ef6f0a553e87c9821d33da15789..2d8ccd4d9e1b7bd5231d35c2afaaec9078c86573 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/sort.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
@@ -1577,6 +1577,12 @@ static int __hpp_dimension__add_output(struct hpp_dimension *hd)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int hpp_dimension__add_output(unsigned col)
+{
+	BUG_ON(col >= PERF_HPP__MAX_INDEX);
+	return __hpp_dimension__add_output(&hpp_sort_dimensions[col]);
+}
+
 int sort_dimension__add(const char *tok)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.h b/tools/perf/util/sort.h
index 33b3d30e18d391c97459fa76d6fb065a8fcde722..31228851e397770d6b7567be00e7feb27435c8c0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/sort.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.h
@@ -234,4 +234,6 @@ void perf_hpp__set_elide(int idx, bool elide);
 int report_parse_ignore_callees_opt(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset);
 
 bool is_strict_order(const char *order);
+
+int hpp_dimension__add_output(unsigned col);
 #endif	/* __PERF_SORT_H */