diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.c b/tools/perf/util/util.c
index 59d868a..9a06584 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.c
@@ -269,3 +269,62 @@
 	snprintf(debugfs_mountpoint, strlen(debugfs_mountpoint), "%s", mntpt);
 	set_tracing_events_path(mntpt);
 }
+
+static const char *find_debugfs(void)
+{
+	const char *path = perf_debugfs_mount(NULL);
+
+	if (!path)
+		fprintf(stderr, "Your kernel does not support the debugfs filesystem");
+
+	return path;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Finds the path to the debugfs/tracing
+ * Allocates the string and stores it.
+ */
+const char *find_tracing_dir(void)
+{
+	static char *tracing;
+	static int tracing_found;
+	const char *debugfs;
+
+	if (tracing_found)
+		return tracing;
+
+	debugfs = find_debugfs();
+	if (!debugfs)
+		return NULL;
+
+	tracing = malloc(strlen(debugfs) + 9);
+	if (!tracing)
+		return NULL;
+
+	sprintf(tracing, "%s/tracing", debugfs);
+
+	tracing_found = 1;
+	return tracing;
+}
+
+char *get_tracing_file(const char *name)
+{
+	const char *tracing;
+	char *file;
+
+	tracing = find_tracing_dir();
+	if (!tracing)
+		return NULL;
+
+	file = malloc(strlen(tracing) + strlen(name) + 2);
+	if (!file)
+		return NULL;
+
+	sprintf(file, "%s/%s", tracing, name);
+	return file;
+}
+
+void put_tracing_file(char *file)
+{
+	free(file);
+}