diff --git a/tools/perf/util/config.c b/tools/perf/util/config.c
index 20be0504fb95..6969f82843ee 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/config.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/config.c
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ int perf_default_config(const char *var, const char *value,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int perf_config_from_file(config_fn_t fn, const char *filename, void *data)
+int perf_config_from_file(config_fn_t fn, const char *filename, void *data)
 {
 	int ret;
 	FILE *f = fopen(filename, "r");
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/config.h b/tools/perf/util/config.h
index c10b66dde2f3..8c881e3a3ec3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/config.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/config.h
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ struct perf_config_set {
 extern const char *config_exclusive_filename;
 
 typedef int (*config_fn_t)(const char *, const char *, void *);
+
+int perf_config_from_file(config_fn_t fn, const char *filename, void *data);
 int perf_default_config(const char *, const char *, void *);
 int perf_config(config_fn_t fn, void *);
 int perf_config_int(int *dest, const char *, const char *);