diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.c
index 8ae051e0ec79090e674fdf9a6cc9fbece8275ebb..c330780674fcffc270563cebf338e175478b849c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.c
@@ -105,3 +105,11 @@ trace_event__tp_format(const char *sys, const char *name)
 
 	return tp_format(sys, name);
 }
+
+struct event_format *trace_event__tp_format_id(int id)
+{
+	if (!tevent_initialized && trace_event__init2())
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	return pevent_find_event(tevent.pevent, id);
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
index bce5b1dac26827735e538d737e9417555f3c3e2b..b0af9c81bb0df292ff798b9012971ee347b2dc1f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ int trace_event__register_resolver(struct machine *machine,
 struct event_format*
 trace_event__tp_format(const char *sys, const char *name);
 
+struct event_format *trace_event__tp_format_id(int id);
+
 int bigendian(void);
 
 void event_format__fprintf(struct event_format *event,