diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 1d8f2bbd38a793c7089f3461b93428f6cf6eda36..0fea724e735c34fb83fcc908bb63615e5e2c1fa0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -2422,3 +2422,10 @@ int perf_evsel__open_strerror(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct target *target,
 			 err, strerror_r(err, sbuf, sizeof(sbuf)),
 			 perf_evsel__name(evsel));
 }
+
+char *perf_evsel__env_arch(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
+{
+	if (evsel && evsel->evlist && evsel->evlist->env)
+		return evsel->evlist->env->arch;
+	return NULL;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index 828ddd1c89474c976c5042e844079a7979a05758..86fed7a2932bda4ea996fe9a352b1bad4b19a91e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -435,4 +435,6 @@ typedef int (*attr__fprintf_f)(FILE *, const char *, const char *, void *);
 int perf_event_attr__fprintf(FILE *fp, struct perf_event_attr *attr,
 			     attr__fprintf_f attr__fprintf, void *priv);
 
+char *perf_evsel__env_arch(struct perf_evsel *evsel);
+
 #endif /* __PERF_EVSEL_H */