diff --git a/tools/perf/config/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
index 827557fc7511..0435ac41cea9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ endif
 # include ARCH specific config
 -include $(src-perf)/arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile
 
+ifdef PERF_HAVE_ARCH_REGS_QUERY_REGISTER_OFFSET
+  CFLAGS += -DHAVE_ARCH_REGS_QUERY_REGISTER_OFFSET
+endif
+
 include $(src-perf)/config/utilities.mak
 
 ifeq ($(call get-executable,$(FLEX)),)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/include/dwarf-regs.h b/tools/perf/util/include/dwarf-regs.h
index 8f149655f497..07c644ed64c4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/include/dwarf-regs.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/include/dwarf-regs.h
@@ -5,4 +5,12 @@
 const char *get_arch_regstr(unsigned int n);
 #endif
 
+#ifdef HAVE_ARCH_REGS_QUERY_REGISTER_OFFSET
+/*
+ * Arch should support fetching the offset of a register in pt_regs
+ * by its name. See kernel's regs_query_register_offset in
+ * arch/xxx/kernel/ptrace.c.
+ */
+int regs_query_register_offset(const char *name);
+#endif
 #endif