diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index f20bc6f856114dcb0999a17239645d14b13e16cb..638e8e146bb9a1fe25ea3e2d8a8b0620e305b4ae 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ LIB_H += util/values.h
 LIB_H += util/sort.h
 LIB_H += util/hist.h
 LIB_H += util/thread.h
+LIB_H += util/thread_map.h
 LIB_H += util/trace-event.h
 LIB_H += util/probe-finder.h
 LIB_H += util/probe-event.h
@@ -471,6 +472,7 @@ LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/map.o
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/pstack.o
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/session.o
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/thread.o
+LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/thread_map.o
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/trace-event-parse.o
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/trace-event-read.o
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/trace-event-info.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 1346d4230bc00f50acce72a261e3188c19618454..d7886307f6f46b425d68c7c2f08059724d4de4df 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "util/session.h"
 #include "util/symbol.h"
 #include "util/cpumap.h"
+#include "util/thread_map.h"
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sched.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index e2a2d02c5c43313f75ddfce301ccd6afee5bbf1c..8906adfdbd8e38aa37791c74af6638b20c208b50 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 #include "util/header.h"
 #include "util/cpumap.h"
 #include "util/thread.h"
+#include "util/thread_map.h"
 
 #include <sys/prctl.h>
 #include <math.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-test.c b/tools/perf/builtin-test.c
index 4fd34537c01d93087aedcfbe40563e0817b974b5..dc91ee06a37ccf19cf65f519a928bfaae4b969b7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-test.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-test.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include "util/parse-events.h"
 #include "util/session.h"
 #include "util/symbol.h"
-#include "util/thread.h"
+#include "util/thread_map.h"
 
 static long page_size;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 31fbaf38d9c1f85134f23cfec6bf00d94618d6ed..d0b16d9054051596cb257d474b85b23e29d9ea25 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "util/session.h"
 #include "util/symbol.h"
 #include "util/thread.h"
+#include "util/thread_map.h"
 #include "util/util.h"
 #include <linux/rbtree.h>
 #include "util/parse-options.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index ee490356c817774bddb80c35d719fabeeaae4f1d..9a6d94299ab8cfb0d534d2ed830caa3b69fb7727 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include "cpumap.h"
-#include "thread.h"
+#include "thread_map.h"
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread.c b/tools/perf/util/thread.c
index 00f4eade2e3e9c1fdd2e9c92c83222a10c1555fd..d5d3b22250f36e397f15c1298a47fcc6d2ccf360 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread.c
@@ -7,61 +7,6 @@
 #include "util.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 
-/* Skip "." and ".." directories */
-static int filter(const struct dirent *dir)
-{
-	if (dir->d_name[0] == '.')
-		return 0;
-	else
-		return 1;
-}
-
-struct thread_map *thread_map__new_by_pid(pid_t pid)
-{
-	struct thread_map *threads;
-	char name[256];
-	int items;
-	struct dirent **namelist = NULL;
-	int i;
-
-	sprintf(name, "/proc/%d/task", pid);
-	items = scandir(name, &namelist, filter, NULL);
-	if (items <= 0)
-                return NULL;
-
-	threads = malloc(sizeof(*threads) + sizeof(pid_t) * items);
-	if (threads != NULL) {
-		for (i = 0; i < items; i++)
-			threads->map[i] = atoi(namelist[i]->d_name);
-		threads->nr = items;
-	}
-
-	for (i=0; i<items; i++)
-		free(namelist[i]);
-	free(namelist);
-
-	return threads;
-}
-
-struct thread_map *thread_map__new_by_tid(pid_t tid)
-{
-	struct thread_map *threads = malloc(sizeof(*threads) + sizeof(pid_t));
-
-	if (threads != NULL) {
-		threads->map[0] = tid;
-		threads->nr	= 1;
-	}
-
-	return threads;
-}
-
-struct thread_map *thread_map__new(pid_t pid, pid_t tid)
-{
-	if (pid != -1)
-		return thread_map__new_by_pid(pid);
-	return thread_map__new_by_tid(tid);
-}
-
 static struct thread *thread__new(pid_t pid)
 {
 	struct thread *self = zalloc(sizeof(*self));
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread.h b/tools/perf/util/thread.h
index d7574101054a8ae9b6ded40fd0a813c3cacf9965..e5f2401c1b5eb949c2c8c1e6193f3acc44588d06 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread.h
@@ -18,24 +18,10 @@ struct thread {
 	int			comm_len;
 };
 
-struct thread_map {
-	int nr;
-	int map[];
-};
-
 struct perf_session;
 
 void thread__delete(struct thread *self);
 
-struct thread_map *thread_map__new_by_pid(pid_t pid);
-struct thread_map *thread_map__new_by_tid(pid_t tid);
-struct thread_map *thread_map__new(pid_t pid, pid_t tid);
-
-static inline void thread_map__delete(struct thread_map *threads)
-{
-	free(threads);
-}
-
 int thread__set_comm(struct thread *self, const char *comm);
 int thread__comm_len(struct thread *self);
 struct thread *perf_session__findnew(struct perf_session *self, pid_t pid);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread_map.c b/tools/perf/util/thread_map.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a5df131b77c322f673ba0edd1bf16352744d9122
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread_map.c
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#include <dirent.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "thread_map.h"
+
+/* Skip "." and ".." directories */
+static int filter(const struct dirent *dir)
+{
+	if (dir->d_name[0] == '.')
+		return 0;
+	else
+		return 1;
+}
+
+struct thread_map *thread_map__new_by_pid(pid_t pid)
+{
+	struct thread_map *threads;
+	char name[256];
+	int items;
+	struct dirent **namelist = NULL;
+	int i;
+
+	sprintf(name, "/proc/%d/task", pid);
+	items = scandir(name, &namelist, filter, NULL);
+	if (items <= 0)
+                return NULL;
+
+	threads = malloc(sizeof(*threads) + sizeof(pid_t) * items);
+	if (threads != NULL) {
+		for (i = 0; i < items; i++)
+			threads->map[i] = atoi(namelist[i]->d_name);
+		threads->nr = items;
+	}
+
+	for (i=0; i<items; i++)
+		free(namelist[i]);
+	free(namelist);
+
+	return threads;
+}
+
+struct thread_map *thread_map__new_by_tid(pid_t tid)
+{
+	struct thread_map *threads = malloc(sizeof(*threads) + sizeof(pid_t));
+
+	if (threads != NULL) {
+		threads->map[0] = tid;
+		threads->nr	= 1;
+	}
+
+	return threads;
+}
+
+struct thread_map *thread_map__new(pid_t pid, pid_t tid)
+{
+	if (pid != -1)
+		return thread_map__new_by_pid(pid);
+	return thread_map__new_by_tid(tid);
+}
+
+void thread_map__delete(struct thread_map *threads)
+{
+	free(threads);
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread_map.h b/tools/perf/util/thread_map.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3cb907311409fb6e62c3ffb8c147607e2c055e69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread_map.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#ifndef __PERF_THREAD_MAP_H
+#define __PERF_THREAD_MAP_H
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+struct thread_map {
+	int nr;
+	int map[];
+};
+
+struct thread_map *thread_map__new_by_pid(pid_t pid);
+struct thread_map *thread_map__new_by_tid(pid_t tid);
+struct thread_map *thread_map__new(pid_t pid, pid_t tid);
+void thread_map__delete(struct thread_map *threads);
+#endif	/* __PERF_THREAD_MAP_H */