diff --git a/tools/perf/lib/Build b/tools/perf/lib/Build
index 195b274db49a..9beadfc81a71 100644
--- a/tools/perf/lib/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/lib/Build
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 libperf-y += core.o
 libperf-y += cpumap.o
+libperf-y += threadmap.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/lib/include/internal/threadmap.h b/tools/perf/lib/include/internal/threadmap.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c8088005a9ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/lib/include/internal/threadmap.h
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef __LIBPERF_INTERNAL_THREADMAP_H
+#define __LIBPERF_INTERNAL_THREADMAP_H
+
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+struct thread_map_data {
+	pid_t	 pid;
+	char	*comm;
+};
+
+struct perf_thread_map {
+	refcount_t	refcnt;
+	int		nr;
+	int		err_thread;
+	struct thread_map_data map[];
+};
+
+#endif /* __LIBPERF_INTERNAL_THREADMAP_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/lib/include/perf/threadmap.h b/tools/perf/lib/include/perf/threadmap.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dc3a3837b56f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/lib/include/perf/threadmap.h
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef __LIBPERF_THREADMAP_H
+#define __LIBPERF_THREADMAP_H
+
+struct perf_thread_map;
+
+#endif /* __LIBPERF_THREADMAP_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/lib/threadmap.c b/tools/perf/lib/threadmap.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..163dc609b909
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/lib/threadmap.c
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <perf/threadmap.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
+#include <internal/threadmap.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread_map.h b/tools/perf/util/thread_map.h
index 9358b1b6e657..5a7be6f8934f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread_map.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread_map.h
@@ -5,18 +5,7 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <linux/refcount.h>
-
-struct thread_map_data {
-	pid_t    pid;
-	char	*comm;
-};
-
-struct perf_thread_map {
-	refcount_t refcnt;
-	int nr;
-	int err_thread;
-	struct thread_map_data map[];
-};
+#include <internal/threadmap.h>
 
 struct thread_map_event;