diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index a7e8c26635db..2741bcb049fb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include "util/string2.h"
 #include "util/metricgroup.h"
 #include "util/target.h"
+#include "util/time-utils.h"
 #include "util/top.h"
 #include "asm/bug.h"
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.h b/tools/perf/perf.h
index 7a1a92127b9b..74014033df60 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.h
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.h
@@ -2,17 +2,8 @@
 #ifndef _PERF_PERF_H
 #define _PERF_PERF_H
 
-#include <time.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 
-static inline unsigned long long rdclock(void)
-{
-	struct timespec ts;
-
-	clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts);
-	return ts.tv_sec * 1000000000ULL + ts.tv_nsec;
-}
-
 #ifndef MAX_NR_CPUS
 #define MAX_NR_CPUS			2048
 #endif
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.c b/tools/perf/util/event.c
index c9d1f83c747a..7fa7a303e476 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "strlist.h"
 #include "thread.h"
 #include "thread_map.h"
+#include "time-utils.h"
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 #include "map.h"
 #include "symbol.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/time-utils.h b/tools/perf/util/time-utils.h
index 72a42ea1d513..4f42988eb2f7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/time-utils.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/time-utils.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #define _TIME_UTILS_H_
 
 #include <stddef.h>
+#include <time.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
 struct perf_time_interval {
@@ -34,4 +35,12 @@ int timestamp__scnprintf_nsec(u64 timestamp, char *buf, size_t sz);
 
 int fetch_current_timestamp(char *buf, size_t sz);
 
+static inline unsigned long long rdclock(void)
+{
+	struct timespec ts;
+
+	clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts);
+	return ts.tv_sec * 1000000000ULL + ts.tv_nsec;
+}
+
 #endif