diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 995fc25..ef72e98 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -217,6 +217,29 @@
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+struct tracepoint_path *tracepoint_name_to_path(const char *name)
+{
+	struct tracepoint_path *path = zalloc(sizeof(*path));
+	char *str = strchr(name, ':');
+
+	if (path == NULL || str == NULL) {
+		free(path);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	path->system = strndup(name, str - name);
+	path->name = strdup(str+1);
+
+	if (path->system == NULL || path->name == NULL) {
+		free(path->system);
+		free(path->name);
+		free(path);
+		path = NULL;
+	}
+
+	return path;
+}
+
 const char *event_type(int type)
 {
 	switch (type) {