diff --git a/tools/perf/util/Build b/tools/perf/util/Build
index 329f12345da0..8d18380ecd10 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/util/Build
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ perf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += intel-pt-decoder/
 perf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += intel-pt.o
 perf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += intel-bts.o
 perf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += arm-spe.o
-perf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += arm-spe-pkt-decoder.o
+perf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += arm-spe-decoder/
 perf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += s390-cpumsf.o
 
 ifdef CONFIG_LIBOPENCSD
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/arm-spe-decoder/Build b/tools/perf/util/arm-spe-decoder/Build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..16efbc245028
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/arm-spe-decoder/Build
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+perf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += arm-spe-pkt-decoder.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/arm-spe-pkt-decoder.c b/tools/perf/util/arm-spe-decoder/arm-spe-pkt-decoder.c
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/perf/util/arm-spe-pkt-decoder.c
rename to tools/perf/util/arm-spe-decoder/arm-spe-pkt-decoder.c
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/arm-spe-pkt-decoder.h b/tools/perf/util/arm-spe-decoder/arm-spe-pkt-decoder.h
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/perf/util/arm-spe-pkt-decoder.h
rename to tools/perf/util/arm-spe-decoder/arm-spe-pkt-decoder.h
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/arm-spe.c b/tools/perf/util/arm-spe.c
index 875a0dd540e5..235de3d0b062 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/arm-spe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/arm-spe.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "auxtrace.h"
 #include "arm-spe.h"
-#include "arm-spe-pkt-decoder.h"
+#include "arm-spe-decoder/arm-spe-pkt-decoder.h"
 
 struct arm_spe {
 	struct auxtrace			auxtrace;