diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index c0379fa1ccfe..ef58a7764318 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -2627,3 +2627,15 @@ void evlist__uniquify_name(struct evlist *evlist)
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+bool evlist__has_bpf_output(struct evlist *evlist)
+{
+	struct evsel *evsel;
+
+	evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, evsel) {
+		if (evsel__is_bpf_output(evsel))
+			return true;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
index b46f1a320783..bcc1c6984bb5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
@@ -447,5 +447,6 @@ int evlist__scnprintf_evsels(struct evlist *evlist, size_t size, char *bf);
 void evlist__check_mem_load_aux(struct evlist *evlist);
 void evlist__warn_user_requested_cpus(struct evlist *evlist, const char *cpu_list);
 void evlist__uniquify_name(struct evlist *evlist);
+bool evlist__has_bpf_output(struct evlist *evlist);
 
 #endif /* __PERF_EVLIST_H */