diff --git a/tools/perf/util/compress.h b/tools/perf/util/compress.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..67fd1bb7c2b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/compress.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#ifndef PERF_COMPRESS_H
+#define PERF_COMPRESS_H
+
+#ifdef HAVE_ZLIB_SUPPORT
+int gzip_decompress_to_file(const char *input, int output_fd);
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_LZMA_SUPPORT
+int lzma_decompress_to_file(const char *input, int output_fd);
+#endif
+
+#endif /* PERF_COMPRESS_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dso.c b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
index cbfe17f5168a..3339ab7cabc5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dso.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <sys/resource.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include "compress.h"
 #include "path.h"
 #include "symbol.h"
 #include "dso.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/lzma.c b/tools/perf/util/lzma.c
index 5b73b268c169..4ca7c5c6cdcd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/lzma.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/lzma.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <lzma.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
+#include "compress.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.h b/tools/perf/util/util.h
index 07c4293742e7..5dea8a96cf84 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.h
@@ -99,14 +99,6 @@ void mem_bswap_32(void *src, int byte_size);
 
 bool find_process(const char *name);
 
-#ifdef HAVE_ZLIB_SUPPORT
-int gzip_decompress_to_file(const char *input, int output_fd);
-#endif
-
-#ifdef HAVE_LZMA_SUPPORT
-int lzma_decompress_to_file(const char *input, int output_fd);
-#endif
-
 int get_stack_size(const char *str, unsigned long *_size);
 
 int fetch_kernel_version(unsigned int *puint,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/zlib.c b/tools/perf/util/zlib.c
index 495a449fc25c..1329d843eb7b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/zlib.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/zlib.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <zlib.h>
 
+#include "util/compress.h"
 #include "util/util.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"