diff --git a/tools/lib/subcmd/Build b/tools/lib/subcmd/Build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ee31288788c1e6533e3e2d6a79589587bee7063a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/subcmd/Build
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+libsubcmd-y += exec-cmd.o
+libsubcmd-y += help.o
+libsubcmd-y += pager.o
+libsubcmd-y += parse-options.o
+libsubcmd-y += run-command.o
+libsubcmd-y += sigchain.o
+libsubcmd-y += subcmd-config.o
diff --git a/tools/lib/subcmd/Makefile b/tools/lib/subcmd/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..629cf8c14e684abfed41cb741b2dd7c328126fb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/subcmd/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+include ../../scripts/Makefile.include
+include ../../perf/config/utilities.mak		# QUIET_CLEAN
+
+ifeq ($(srctree),)
+srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(shell pwd)))
+srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(srctree)))
+srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(srctree)))
+#$(info Determined 'srctree' to be $(srctree))
+endif
+
+CC = $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
+AR = $(CROSS_COMPILE)ar
+RM = rm -f
+
+MAKEFLAGS += --no-print-directory
+
+LIBFILE = $(OUTPUT)libsubcmd.a
+
+CFLAGS := $(EXTRA_WARNINGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS)
+CFLAGS += -ggdb3 -Wall -Wextra -std=gnu99 -Werror -O6 -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fPIC
+CFLAGS += -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_GNU_SOURCE
+
+CFLAGS += -I$(srctree)/tools/include/
+CFLAGS += -I$(srctree)/include/uapi
+CFLAGS += -I$(srctree)/include
+
+SUBCMD_IN := $(OUTPUT)libsubcmd-in.o
+
+all:
+
+export srctree OUTPUT CC LD CFLAGS V
+include $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.include
+
+all: fixdep $(LIBFILE)
+
+$(SUBCMD_IN): FORCE
+	@$(MAKE) $(build)=libsubcmd
+
+$(LIBFILE): $(SUBCMD_IN)
+	$(QUIET_AR)$(RM) $@ && $(AR) rcs $@ $(SUBCMD_IN)
+
+clean:
+	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, libsubcmd) $(RM) $(LIBFILE); \
+	find $(if $(OUTPUT),$(OUTPUT),.) -name \*.o -or -name \*.o.cmd -or -name \*.o.d | xargs $(RM)
+
+FORCE:
+
+.PHONY: clean FORCE
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/exec_cmd.c b/tools/lib/subcmd/exec-cmd.c
similarity index 99%
rename from tools/perf/util/exec_cmd.c
rename to tools/lib/subcmd/exec-cmd.c
index e7f9ed7943e39248d4e6f6f6dae5abe9e5f8e1df..1ae833af1a4af4604a0cf600b4617d8d06e3ebaf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/exec_cmd.c
+++ b/tools/lib/subcmd/exec-cmd.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include "subcmd-util.h"
-#include "exec_cmd.h"
+#include "exec-cmd.h"
 #include "subcmd-config.h"
 
 #define MAX_ARGS	32
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/exec_cmd.h b/tools/lib/subcmd/exec-cmd.h
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/perf/util/exec_cmd.h
rename to tools/lib/subcmd/exec-cmd.h
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/help.c b/tools/lib/subcmd/help.c
similarity index 99%
rename from tools/perf/util/help.c
rename to tools/lib/subcmd/help.c
index 8169480066c6193abff5d183f4a0909573633d63..e228c3cb37160b8fd5bda5e3a7c9e76f89ea4537 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/help.c
+++ b/tools/lib/subcmd/help.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include "subcmd-util.h"
 #include "help.h"
-#include "exec_cmd.h"
+#include "exec-cmd.h"
 
 void add_cmdname(struct cmdnames *cmds, const char *name, size_t len)
 {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/help.h b/tools/lib/subcmd/help.h
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/perf/util/help.h
rename to tools/lib/subcmd/help.h
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pager.c b/tools/lib/subcmd/pager.c
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/perf/util/pager.c
rename to tools/lib/subcmd/pager.c
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pager.h b/tools/lib/subcmd/pager.h
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/perf/util/pager.h
rename to tools/lib/subcmd/pager.h
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-options.c b/tools/lib/subcmd/parse-options.c
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/perf/util/parse-options.c
rename to tools/lib/subcmd/parse-options.c
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-options.h b/tools/lib/subcmd/parse-options.h
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/perf/util/parse-options.h
rename to tools/lib/subcmd/parse-options.h
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/run-command.c b/tools/lib/subcmd/run-command.c
similarity index 99%
rename from tools/perf/util/run-command.c
rename to tools/lib/subcmd/run-command.c
index fed37d6ae070784a67f8df146c3c135153aeb410..f4f6c9eb8e596bb8ea8dbfa756b3fe2e2ae424e8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/run-command.c
+++ b/tools/lib/subcmd/run-command.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include "subcmd-util.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
-#include "exec_cmd.h"
+#include "exec-cmd.h"
 
 #define STRERR_BUFSIZE 128
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/run-command.h b/tools/lib/subcmd/run-command.h
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/perf/util/run-command.h
rename to tools/lib/subcmd/run-command.h
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sigchain.c b/tools/lib/subcmd/sigchain.c
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/perf/util/sigchain.c
rename to tools/lib/subcmd/sigchain.c
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sigchain.h b/tools/lib/subcmd/sigchain.h
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/perf/util/sigchain.h
rename to tools/lib/subcmd/sigchain.h
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/subcmd-config.c b/tools/lib/subcmd/subcmd-config.c
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/perf/util/subcmd-config.c
rename to tools/lib/subcmd/subcmd-config.c
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/subcmd-config.h b/tools/lib/subcmd/subcmd-config.h
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/perf/util/subcmd-config.h
rename to tools/lib/subcmd/subcmd-config.h
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/subcmd-util.h b/tools/lib/subcmd/subcmd-util.h
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/perf/util/subcmd-util.h
rename to tools/lib/subcmd/subcmd-util.h
diff --git a/tools/perf/MANIFEST b/tools/perf/MANIFEST
index 2562eac6451d804998354c87388fc6a2074e214d..ce3932ee4893a8360fda0a0afacb7a678493311f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/MANIFEST
+++ b/tools/perf/MANIFEST
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ tools/lib/traceevent
 tools/lib/bpf
 tools/lib/api
 tools/lib/bpf
+tools/lib/subcmd
 tools/lib/hweight.c
 tools/lib/rbtree.c
 tools/lib/string.c
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index 388ec64fa39b0b034b4b22cf6d5adf0694f16eb7..569fcf022531ef2227e2ec8e4a57dfc278b39f01 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -145,9 +145,10 @@ BISON   = bison
 STRIP   = strip
 AWK     = awk
 
-LIB_DIR          = $(srctree)/tools/lib/api/
+LIB_DIR		= $(srctree)/tools/lib/api/
 TRACE_EVENT_DIR = $(srctree)/tools/lib/traceevent/
-BPF_DIR = $(srctree)/tools/lib/bpf/
+BPF_DIR		= $(srctree)/tools/lib/bpf/
+SUBCMD_DIR	= $(srctree)/tools/lib/subcmd/
 
 # include config/Makefile by default and rule out
 # non-config cases
@@ -184,6 +185,7 @@ strip-libs = $(filter-out -l%,$(1))
 ifneq ($(OUTPUT),)
   TE_PATH=$(OUTPUT)
   BPF_PATH=$(OUTPUT)
+  SUBCMD_PATH=$(OUTPUT)
 ifneq ($(subdir),)
   API_PATH=$(OUTPUT)/../lib/api/
 else
@@ -193,6 +195,7 @@ else
   TE_PATH=$(TRACE_EVENT_DIR)
   API_PATH=$(LIB_DIR)
   BPF_PATH=$(BPF_DIR)
+  SUBCMD_PATH=$(SUBCMD_DIR)
 endif
 
 LIBTRACEEVENT = $(TE_PATH)libtraceevent.a
@@ -206,6 +209,8 @@ export LIBAPI
 
 LIBBPF = $(BPF_PATH)libbpf.a
 
+LIBSUBCMD = $(SUBCMD_PATH)libsubcmd.a
+
 # python extension build directories
 PYTHON_EXTBUILD     := $(OUTPUT)python_ext_build/
 PYTHON_EXTBUILD_LIB := $(PYTHON_EXTBUILD)lib/
@@ -257,7 +262,7 @@ export PERL_PATH
 
 LIB_FILE=$(OUTPUT)libperf.a
 
-PERFLIBS = $(LIB_FILE) $(LIBAPI) $(LIBTRACEEVENT)
+PERFLIBS = $(LIB_FILE) $(LIBAPI) $(LIBTRACEEVENT) $(LIBSUBCMD)
 ifndef NO_LIBBPF
   PERFLIBS += $(LIBBPF)
 endif
@@ -437,6 +442,13 @@ $(LIBBPF)-clean:
 	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, libbpf)
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(BPF_DIR) O=$(OUTPUT) clean >/dev/null
 
+$(LIBSUBCMD): fixdep FORCE
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(SUBCMD_DIR) O=$(OUTPUT) $(OUTPUT)libsubcmd.a
+
+$(LIBSUBCMD)-clean:
+	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, libsubcmd)
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(SUBCMD_DIR) O=$(OUTPUT) clean
+
 help:
 	@echo 'Perf make targets:'
 	@echo '  doc		- make *all* documentation (see below)'
@@ -584,7 +596,7 @@ config-clean:
 	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, config)
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(srctree)/tools/build/feature/ $(if $(OUTPUT),OUTPUT=$(OUTPUT)feature/,) clean >/dev/null
 
-clean: $(LIBTRACEEVENT)-clean $(LIBAPI)-clean $(LIBBPF)-clean config-clean
+clean: $(LIBTRACEEVENT)-clean $(LIBAPI)-clean $(LIBBPF)-clean $(LIBSUBCMD)-clean config-clean
 	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, core-objs)  $(RM) $(LIB_FILE) $(OUTPUT)perf-archive $(OUTPUT)perf-with-kcore $(LANG_BINDINGS)
 	$(Q)find $(if $(OUTPUT),$(OUTPUT),.) -name '*.o' -delete -o -name '\.*.cmd' -delete -o -name '\.*.d' -delete
 	$(Q)$(RM) $(OUTPUT).config-detected
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c
index b02af064f0f98333b6f90a5d6dd8778e6a7a6bb4..b64d46285ebb4e9434778ff159618eb3e32d1fc4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include "../../util/evlist.h"
 #include "../../util/evsel.h"
 #include "../../util/cpumap.h"
-#include "../../util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "../../util/parse-events.h"
 #include "../../util/pmu.h"
 #include "../../util/debug.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/futex-hash.c b/tools/perf/bench/futex-hash.c
index fc9bebd2cca0575734f84f9947bf29f7f991c6ab..0999ac536d869c57b0dcb02505148698b9470bd5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/futex-hash.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/futex-hash.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "../util/util.h"
 #include "../util/stat.h"
-#include "../util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "../util/header.h"
 #include "bench.h"
 #include "futex.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/futex-lock-pi.c b/tools/perf/bench/futex-lock-pi.c
index bc6a16adbca8a300ff71cb68c9ee705155dcbd4b..6a18ce21f8659baba96dd5c36f3460919906caba 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/futex-lock-pi.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/futex-lock-pi.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "../util/util.h"
 #include "../util/stat.h"
-#include "../util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "../util/header.h"
 #include "bench.h"
 #include "futex.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/futex-requeue.c b/tools/perf/bench/futex-requeue.c
index ad0d9b5342fb6ae4713178daf15fdcce6238a2d9..71823868301347a47fdc7d31723dd325426ac3a5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/futex-requeue.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/futex-requeue.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "../util/util.h"
 #include "../util/stat.h"
-#include "../util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "../util/header.h"
 #include "bench.h"
 #include "futex.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/futex-wake-parallel.c b/tools/perf/bench/futex-wake-parallel.c
index 6d8c9fa2a16c8734b2520ab569db94b46d69e24d..91aaf2a1fa9050dae0a866e6a851777a87c37a0b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/futex-wake-parallel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/futex-wake-parallel.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "../util/util.h"
 #include "../util/stat.h"
-#include "../util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "../util/header.h"
 #include "bench.h"
 #include "futex.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/futex-wake.c b/tools/perf/bench/futex-wake.c
index e5e41d3bdce724230c16a3df2a199914b9cab29d..f416bd705f661f056da8e1424643922f1999600d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/futex-wake.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/futex-wake.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "../util/util.h"
 #include "../util/stat.h"
-#include "../util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "../util/header.h"
 #include "bench.h"
 #include "futex.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/mem-functions.c b/tools/perf/bench/mem-functions.c
index 9419b944220f6fc85f9b9593cce81639e7097cad..a91aa85d80ffc250241d84178da82df658be8f36 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/mem-functions.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/mem-functions.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "../util/util.h"
-#include "../util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "../util/header.h"
 #include "../util/cloexec.h"
 #include "bench.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/numa.c b/tools/perf/bench/numa.c
index 492df2752a2d1057bbde642538f84da93aa9df8b..5049d6357a46953da0e2f9afe8d62c6e6e4238e7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/numa.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/numa.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "../builtin.h"
 #include "../util/util.h"
-#include "../util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "../util/cloexec.h"
 
 #include "bench.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/sched-messaging.c b/tools/perf/bench/sched-messaging.c
index d4ff1b539cfd2727e0488858cf241aa83fe6c037..bfaf9503de8ef4d96a85770afb4f658c11e7d2e2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/sched-messaging.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/sched-messaging.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "../util/util.h"
-#include "../util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "../builtin.h"
 #include "bench.h"
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/sched-pipe.c b/tools/perf/bench/sched-pipe.c
index 005cc283790cfb7cf4db014362cb5d56f2a89ca2..1dc2d13cc2722c7c0207edc4fafb1b7f77b7697d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/sched-pipe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/sched-pipe.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  */
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "../util/util.h"
-#include "../util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "../builtin.h"
 #include "bench.h"
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
index 1f00dc7cecbaa3395e0f9b9da589a4bb608db50a..e18f1b995ffdc5f7e510e81686c0692e5e26912e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include "util/evsel.h"
 #include "util/annotate.h"
 #include "util/event.h"
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/parse-events.h"
 #include "util/thread.h"
 #include "util/sort.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-bench.c b/tools/perf/builtin-bench.c
index b17aed36ca16207915ab935ecceea426e49a9ec6..a1cddc6bbf0f178f44ee03b2a3729b85a385dbd4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-bench.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-bench.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  */
 #include "perf.h"
 #include "util/util.h"
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "bench/bench.h"
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c b/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c
index 7b8450cd33c23ec7884a526fcb4fd3bec6ba6e8c..d93bff7fc0e407d6518a6ce0e2ee0dd4b65bf910 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include "util/cache.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
 #include "util/header.h"
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/strlist.h"
 #include "util/build-id.h"
 #include "util/session.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-list.c b/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-list.c
index 6419f57b08507ccea527f98bd050e41ead204b9b..5e914ee79eb3f0eb3a5e38db5f02e7b792b2ce2c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-list.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-list.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include "util/build-id.h"
 #include "util/cache.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/session.h"
 #include "util/symbol.h"
 #include "util/data.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-config.c b/tools/perf/builtin-config.c
index 427ea7a705b815a281485d9a57d62f10f553bda3..f04e804a9fadc6807a7bc74810fac5ddaad912b2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-config.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-config.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include "perf.h"
 
 #include "util/cache.h"
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/util.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-data.c b/tools/perf/builtin-data.c
index d6525bc54d13e337e927b197ab87da55f99492ae..b97bc1518b44a5f7ffb85eeefa7f6ffae95e74f1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-data.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-data.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "perf.h"
 #include "debug.h"
-#include "parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "data-convert-bt.h"
 
 typedef int (*data_cmd_fn_t)(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-evlist.c b/tools/perf/builtin-evlist.c
index f4d62510acbbb5603ad246bea89a7dfb95c07f43..08a7d36a2cf8f9d501dcc07d5b10097d741323a6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-evlist.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include "util/evlist.h"
 #include "util/evsel.h"
 #include "util/parse-events.h"
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/session.h"
 #include "util/data.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-help.c b/tools/perf/builtin-help.c
index 275aa641c31cbd5a420944a7b61db01dbaf386d4..96c1a4cfbbbf6b1f639d91d562c55b09da5c7e6f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-help.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-help.c
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
 #include "perf.h"
 #include "util/cache.h"
 #include "builtin.h"
-#include "util/exec_cmd.h"
+#include <subcmd/exec-cmd.h>
 #include "common-cmds.h"
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
-#include "util/run-command.h"
-#include "util/help.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
+#include <subcmd/run-command.h>
+#include <subcmd/help.h>
 #include "util/debug.h"
 
 static struct man_viewer_list {
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
index 99d127fe9c35e500ca74ea871fd4373fcea15d68..0022e02ed31a7034b9286884ab87c4c131e41fa3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #include "util/data.h"
 #include "util/auxtrace.h"
 
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 
 #include <linux/list.h>
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
index 93ce665f976f65a4a1889ba01441bb1f1cce2786..118010553d0cf0dca9de6f493a5c8e267b0fff48 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include "util/tool.h"
 #include "util/callchain.h"
 
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/trace-event.h"
 #include "util/data.h"
 #include "util/cpumap.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
index 031f9f55c2819f0fb4f529ef61e239df5b216b3f..4418d9214872150648a719dd07fc14a29c913e9b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include "util/header.h"
 #include "util/session.h"
 #include "util/intlist.h"
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/trace-event.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
 #include "util/tool.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-list.c b/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
index bf679e2c978bdef9b7943271987e4b7e4e465981..5e22db4684b86a7a226c5d070594f160f2bc9237 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include "util/parse-events.h"
 #include "util/cache.h"
 #include "util/pmu.h"
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 
 int cmd_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 {
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c b/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
index de16aaed516e6016b2a8d887f87727a8179acf19..ce3bfb48b26f0f309b5c90cf49bb4870fbd76a4b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include "util/thread.h"
 #include "util/header.h"
 
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/trace-event.h"
 
 #include "util/debug.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c b/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c
index 80170aace5d4c893b99a842427759c8f5766066e..39017004169665ec4a2ebd59aa0bc43e58412874 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "perf.h"
 
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/trace-event.h"
 #include "util/tool.h"
 #include "util/session.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
index dbe2ea5a29324967f7f629e4779073a70cdbcae8..9af859b28b15cc74edbf8041278ec2ee9e47104e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 #include "util/strfilter.h"
 #include "util/symbol.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/probe-finder.h"
 #include "util/probe-event.h"
 #include "util/probe-file.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index a3b4930737c69079fd7c1779dcfc6a7bd82f1292..1435ef6265b6d4fe58ffd2264e60497fd23bcd70 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 #include "util/build-id.h"
 #include "util/util.h"
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/parse-events.h"
 
 #include "util/callchain.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 5a454669d075b1bf80788a74e5a07fdc1dc4463f..2a7330b99b820648e11471ef89c918279b7d05e0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include "util/session.h"
 #include "util/tool.h"
 
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/parse-events.h"
 
 #include "util/thread.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
index e3d3e32c0a934dc8fd5ce207073f3b80ecf4361a..871b55ae22a4170d285c119cc5f5dddfc90a60e1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include "util/tool.h"
 #include "util/cloexec.h"
 
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/trace-event.h"
 
 #include "util/debug.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index 571016f16c5aabb40bcb0061ddbd71b8a5ddba6d..bcc3542d9df5a841921b2ec63eaf52e480d7a30a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 #include "perf.h"
 #include "util/cache.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
-#include "util/exec_cmd.h"
+#include <subcmd/exec-cmd.h>
 #include "util/header.h"
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/perf_regs.h"
 #include "util/session.h"
 #include "util/tool.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 25a95f49c36e69256d62d11e6d6f3bd688693978..bbf42eefd5e5b708f419e8c3e24a7d1f8aaf9dde 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "util/cgroup.h"
 #include "util/util.h"
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/parse-events.h"
 #include "util/pmu.h"
 #include "util/event.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
index 30e59620179daef63c272c3119f884a8caefd12f..bd7a7757176ff0461426903411e20339edc57416 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 #include "perf.h"
 #include "util/header.h"
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/parse-events.h"
 #include "util/event.h"
 #include "util/session.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 92fe963e43c45aba652b65543611df34cfde3ab1..9ebd67a42ededaba77ff03e60299b17b6a6edfc1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #include "util/top.h"
 #include "util/util.h"
 #include <linux/rbtree.h>
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/parse-events.h"
 #include "util/cpumap.h"
 #include "util/xyarray.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index c783d8fd3a80fb4ae29ab2cb81d3a7d8b54a0123..20916dd77aac24847bffbaa5d1c0fb56580d6e39 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
 #include "util/color.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
 #include "util/evlist.h"
-#include "util/exec_cmd.h"
+#include <subcmd/exec-cmd.h>
 #include "util/machine.h"
 #include "util/session.h"
 #include "util/thread.h"
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/strlist.h"
 #include "util/intlist.h"
 #include "util/thread_map.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.c b/tools/perf/perf.c
index 6894325fe9217bb7f0b95f71b32060892a51df43..cb1d2499c45cdb70e4c6c8dc6ddb5c5b6eed66d0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.c
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
 
 #include "util/env.h"
-#include "util/exec_cmd.h"
+#include <subcmd/exec-cmd.h>
 #include "util/cache.h"
 #include "util/quote.h"
-#include "util/run-command.h"
+#include <subcmd/run-command.h>
 #include "util/parse-events.h"
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/bpf-loader.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
 #include <api/fs/tracing_path.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/attr.c b/tools/perf/tests/attr.c
index 6337f1c07f02dc44ea87dcf24732eb005c927026..28d1605b033896aa4b87844eeffa6d9dc1646e6b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/attr.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/attr.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "util.h"
-#include "exec_cmd.h"
+#include <subcmd/exec-cmd.h>
 #include "tests.h"
 
 #define ENV "PERF_TEST_ATTR"
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
index fa98406c92e2faf3cba4067829a42bc1675874e3..0372d594591002981733c0d2f11981b6fffbd1bf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include "tests.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "color.h"
-#include "parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "symbol.h"
 
 struct test __weak arch_tests[] = {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/Build b/tools/perf/util/Build
index 196beefa16a9732210447048b440624d81f71a5b..94b1099f2c223f356f3dbee71690eff77bec6aa0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/util/Build
@@ -9,13 +9,10 @@ libperf-y += env.o
 libperf-y += event.o
 libperf-y += evlist.o
 libperf-y += evsel.o
-libperf-y += exec_cmd.o
 libperf-y += find_next_bit.o
-libperf-y += help.o
 libperf-y += kallsyms.o
 libperf-y += levenshtein.o
 libperf-y += llvm-utils.o
-libperf-y += parse-options.o
 libperf-y += parse-events.o
 libperf-y += perf_regs.o
 libperf-y += path.o
@@ -23,7 +20,6 @@ libperf-y += rbtree.o
 libperf-y += libstring.o
 libperf-y += bitmap.o
 libperf-y += hweight.o
-libperf-y += run-command.o
 libperf-y += quote.o
 libperf-y += strbuf.o
 libperf-y += string.o
@@ -32,11 +28,9 @@ libperf-y += strfilter.o
 libperf-y += top.o
 libperf-y += usage.o
 libperf-y += wrapper.o
-libperf-y += sigchain.o
 libperf-y += dso.o
 libperf-y += symbol.o
 libperf-y += color.o
-libperf-y += pager.o
 libperf-y += header.o
 libperf-y += callchain.o
 libperf-y += values.o
@@ -88,7 +82,6 @@ libperf-y += parse-branch-options.o
 libperf-y += parse-regs-options.o
 libperf-y += term.o
 libperf-y += help-unknown-cmd.o
-libperf-y += subcmd-config.o
 
 libperf-$(CONFIG_LIBBPF) += bpf-loader.o
 libperf-$(CONFIG_BPF_PROLOGUE) += bpf-prologue.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
index 7f10430af39c3ac9e47f4da1aca93e37a8f9cf87..360fda01f3b0d17369254d03fe16daf24f30c698 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 #include "event.h"
 #include "session.h"
 #include "debug.h"
-#include "parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 
 #include "intel-pt.h"
 #include "intel-bts.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cache.h b/tools/perf/util/cache.h
index fc6a745d2ec6815693ebc1583403065f025577c7..07b5d63947b11ec5f70029c6e41266e56b2bd8aa 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cache.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cache.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include "util.h"
 #include "strbuf.h"
-#include "pager.h"
+#include <subcmd/pager.h>
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "../ui/ui.h"
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c b/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c
index 32e12ecfe9c576767f18a3cb42e6c5dedfc3f048..90aa1b46b2e5be06578befd275b6104bc9522dd3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #include "util.h"
 #include "../perf.h"
-#include "parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "evsel.h"
 #include "cgroup.h"
 #include "evlist.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/config.c b/tools/perf/util/config.c
index 2e452ac1353d0ab8f6797d6ac9cd7bce94edf661..d3e12e30e1d520f8073d1f01d17e1eaf4ac30254 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/config.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/config.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  */
 #include "util.h"
 #include "cache.h"
-#include "exec_cmd.h"
+#include <subcmd/exec-cmd.h>
 #include "util/hist.h"  /* perf_hist_config */
 #include "util/llvm-utils.h"   /* perf_llvm_config */
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index d1b6c206bb93ab2b58c81b9c92c39de10c3c4a09..8c44aadb9810160f417d7d04a07d39dc8e0cd353 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "parse-events.h"
-#include "parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/help-unknown-cmd.c b/tools/perf/util/help-unknown-cmd.c
index a0820f16f511f737ada60fc4587a1ea9b95d9c72..dc1e41c9b054b186c0d9349d97e9d0f467099ac0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/help-unknown-cmd.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/help-unknown-cmd.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #include "cache.h"
-#include "help.h"
+#include <subcmd/help.h>
 #include "../builtin.h"
 #include "levenshtein.h"
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c
index 355eecf6bf598ba051dde4df6368747e55fb141a..afc088dd7d20948929aa087661f13f913b850b97 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #include "perf.h"
 #include "util/util.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/parse-branch-options.h"
 
 #define BRANCH_OPT(n, m) \
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 6fc8cd753e1a7dc791e1e165c0808d8fd509e3de..4f7b0efdde2fa0c0c9f7cab32c6a20809ea47a4f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "evlist.h"
 #include "evsel.h"
-#include "parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "parse-events.h"
-#include "exec_cmd.h"
+#include <subcmd/exec-cmd.h>
 #include "string.h"
 #include "symbol.h"
 #include "cache.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-regs-options.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-regs-options.c
index 4f2c1c255d818bcf0b13a05d806ddb04fcbd2ff5..646ecf736aadb78b8b747065a867a24f90e740b8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-regs-options.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-regs-options.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #include "perf.h"
 #include "util/util.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/parse-regs-options.h"
 
 int
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.h b/tools/perf/util/sort.h
index 31228851e397770d6b7567be00e7feb27435c8c0..86f05e7a556647128bbeee01e1677eaeb650ebb6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/sort.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "header.h"
 
-#include "parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "parse-events.h"
 #include "hist.h"
 #include "thread.h"