diff --git a/tools/perf/lib/evlist.c b/tools/perf/lib/evlist.c
index 979ee423490f..087ef76ea8fd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/lib/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/lib/evlist.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <internal/evlist.h>
 #include <internal/evsel.h>
 #include <linux/zalloc.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 
 void perf_evlist__init(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 {
@@ -54,3 +55,8 @@ perf_evlist__next(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct perf_evsel *prev)
 
 	return next;
 }
+
+void perf_evlist__delete(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
+{
+	free(evlist);
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/lib/include/perf/evlist.h b/tools/perf/lib/include/perf/evlist.h
index 5092b622935b..9a126fd0773c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/lib/include/perf/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/lib/include/perf/evlist.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ LIBPERF_API void perf_evlist__add(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 LIBPERF_API void perf_evlist__remove(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 				     struct perf_evsel *evsel);
 LIBPERF_API struct perf_evlist *perf_evlist__new(void);
+LIBPERF_API void perf_evlist__delete(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 LIBPERF_API struct perf_evsel* perf_evlist__next(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 						 struct perf_evsel *evsel);
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/lib/libperf.map b/tools/perf/lib/libperf.map
index c0968226f7b6..153e77cd6739 100644
--- a/tools/perf/lib/libperf.map
+++ b/tools/perf/lib/libperf.map
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ LIBPERF_0.0.1 {
 		perf_evsel__new;
 		perf_evsel__init;
 		perf_evlist__new;
+		perf_evlist__delete;
 		perf_evlist__init;
 		perf_evlist__add;
 		perf_evlist__remove;