diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c b/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
index 43f18aa3367ba0eee9801af984cbef5b0e103b70..78addc42c9e52fc3f4ac4429b4bca19e7b096952 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
@@ -273,6 +273,41 @@ static int c2c_header(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt, struct perf_hpp *hpp,
 	return scnprintf(hpp->buf, hpp->size, "%*s", width, text);
 }
 
+#define HEADER_LOW(__h)			\
+	{				\
+		.line[1] = {		\
+			.text = __h,	\
+		},			\
+	}
+
+#define HEADER_BOTH(__h0, __h1)		\
+	{				\
+		.line[0] = {		\
+			.text = __h0,	\
+		},			\
+		.line[1] = {		\
+			.text = __h1,	\
+		},			\
+	}
+
+#define HEADER_SPAN(__h0, __h1, __s)	\
+	{				\
+		.line[0] = {		\
+			.text = __h0,	\
+			.span = __s,	\
+		},			\
+		.line[1] = {		\
+			.text = __h1,	\
+		},			\
+	}
+
+#define HEADER_SPAN_LOW(__h)		\
+	{				\
+		.line[1] = {		\
+			.text = __h,	\
+		},			\
+	}
+
 static struct c2c_dimension *dimensions[] = {
 	NULL,
 };