diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 5591af81a070..abc7fda4a0fe 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "counts.h"
 #include "event.h"
 #include "evsel.h"
+#include "util/env.h"
 #include "util/evsel_config.h"
 #include "util/evsel_fprintf.h"
 #include "evlist.h"
@@ -2512,7 +2513,7 @@ struct perf_env *perf_evsel__env(struct evsel *evsel)
 {
 	if (evsel && evsel->evlist)
 		return evsel->evlist->env;
-	return NULL;
+	return &perf_env;
 }
 
 static int store_evsel_ids(struct evsel *evsel, struct evlist *evlist)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/python.c b/tools/perf/util/python.c
index 53f31053a27a..02460362256d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/python.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "thread_map.h"
 #include "trace-event.h"
 #include "mmap.h"
+#include "util/env.h"
 #include <internal/lib.h>
 #include "../perf-sys.h"
 
@@ -53,6 +54,11 @@ int parse_callchain_record(const char *arg __maybe_unused,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Add this one here not to drag util/env.c
+ */
+struct perf_env perf_env;
+
 /*
  * Support debug printing even though util/debug.c is not linked.  That means
  * implementing 'verbose' and 'eprintf'.