diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index 55129d09f19d0e..616fbda7c3fc52 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ struct pmu_events_map *perf_pmu__find_map(struct perf_pmu *pmu)
 	return map;
 }
 
-static bool pmu_uncore_alias_match(const char *pmu_name, const char *name)
+bool pmu_uncore_alias_match(const char *pmu_name, const char *name)
 {
 	char *tmp = NULL, *tok, *str;
 	bool res;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
index b756946ae78d42..5fb3f16828dfbf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ void pmu_add_cpu_aliases_map(struct list_head *head, struct perf_pmu *pmu,
 			     struct pmu_events_map *map);
 
 struct pmu_events_map *perf_pmu__find_map(struct perf_pmu *pmu);
+bool pmu_uncore_alias_match(const char *pmu_name, const char *name);
 
 int perf_pmu__convert_scale(const char *scale, char **end, double *sval);