diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/common.c b/tools/perf/arch/common.c
index e83c8ce243039c12591781c1eea645fd2e341b2d..fa090a9eaa38882c3687725fe52dfe8c464c44f3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/common.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/common.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ static int lookup_triplets(const char *const *triplets, const char *name)
  * Return architecture name in a normalized form.
  * The conversion logic comes from the Makefile.
  */
-static const char *normalize_arch(char *arch)
+const char *normalize_arch(char *arch)
 {
 	if (!strcmp(arch, "x86_64"))
 		return "x86";
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/common.h b/tools/perf/arch/common.h
index 7529cfb143cecf0aaf74dbaaf277f3fe58e871e4..6b01c736b7d9aad5d8329776636a9c77d4344cc0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/common.h
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/common.h
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@
 extern const char *objdump_path;
 
 int perf_env__lookup_objdump(struct perf_env *env);
+const char *normalize_arch(char *arch);
 
 #endif /* ARCH_PERF_COMMON_H */