diff --git a/tools/perf/util/get_current_dir_name.c b/tools/perf/util/get_current_dir_name.c
index 267aa609a5823..01f32f26552d2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/get_current_dir_name.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/get_current_dir_name.c
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-// Copyright (C) 2018, Red Hat Inc, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1
+// Copyright (C) 2018, 2019 Red Hat Inc, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
 //
 #ifndef HAVE_GET_CURRENT_DIR_NAME
-#include "util.h"
+#include "get_current_dir_name.h"
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/get_current_dir_name.h b/tools/perf/util/get_current_dir_name.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..69f7d5537d323
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/get_current_dir_name.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1
+// Copyright (C) 2018, 2019 Red Hat Inc, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
+//
+#ifndef __PERF_GET_CURRENT_DIR_NAME_H
+#ifndef HAVE_GET_CURRENT_DIR_NAME
+char *get_current_dir_name(void);
+#endif // HAVE_GET_CURRENT_DIR_NAME
+#endif // __PERF_GET_CURRENT_DIR_NAME_H
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/namespaces.c b/tools/perf/util/namespaces.c
index 023c4efd788dc..fda2fa1e8819a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/namespaces.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/namespaces.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "namespaces.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include "event.h"
+#include "get_current_dir_name.h"
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.h b/tools/perf/util/util.h
index 59fe337080903..cfc4d85bbd427 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.h
@@ -59,10 +59,6 @@ int fetch_kernel_version(unsigned int *puint,
 
 const char *perf_tip(const char *dirpath);
 
-#ifndef HAVE_GET_CURRENT_DIR_NAME
-char *get_current_dir_name(void);
-#endif
-
 #ifndef HAVE_SCHED_GETCPU_SUPPORT
 int sched_getcpu(void);
 #endif