diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index b1fc820734431f1c8ee419bdce00a0ec616f37af..6cdbee8a12e74ede8c7766bdd09b4bb04a4353bd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ static int pmu_add_sys_aliases_iter_fn(struct pmu_event *pe, void *data)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void pmu_add_sys_aliases(struct list_head *head, struct perf_pmu *pmu)
+void pmu_add_sys_aliases(struct list_head *head, struct perf_pmu *pmu)
 {
 	struct pmu_sys_event_iter_data idata = {
 		.head = head,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
index 926da483a141cbb448f0ae7a41d083892e2950de..033e8211c02525f4a97981d035b3ee0657a24ef8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ struct perf_pmu_alias {
 
 struct perf_pmu *perf_pmu__find(const char *name);
 struct perf_pmu *perf_pmu__find_by_type(unsigned int type);
+void pmu_add_sys_aliases(struct list_head *head, struct perf_pmu *pmu);
 int perf_pmu__config(struct perf_pmu *pmu, struct perf_event_attr *attr,
 		     struct list_head *head_terms,
 		     struct parse_events_error *error);