diff --git a/tools/perf/util/syscalltbl.c b/tools/perf/util/syscalltbl.c
index bbb4c1957578..19e5db90394c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/syscalltbl.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/syscalltbl.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_SYSCALL_TABLE
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include "string2.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
 #if defined(__x86_64__)
@@ -105,6 +106,27 @@ int syscalltbl__id(struct syscalltbl *tbl, const char *name)
 	return sc ? sc->id : -1;
 }
 
+int syscalltbl__strglobmatch_next(struct syscalltbl *tbl, const char *syscall_glob, int *idx)
+{
+	int i;
+	struct syscall *syscalls = tbl->syscalls.entries;
+
+	for (i = *idx + 1; i < tbl->syscalls.nr_entries; ++i) {
+		if (strglobmatch(syscalls[i].name, syscall_glob)) {
+			*idx = i;
+			return syscalls[i].id;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return -1;
+}
+
+int syscalltbl__strglobmatch_first(struct syscalltbl *tbl, const char *syscall_glob, int *idx)
+{
+	*idx = -1;
+	return syscalltbl__strglobmatch_next(tbl, syscall_glob, idx);
+}
+
 #else /* HAVE_SYSCALL_TABLE */
 
 #include <libaudit.h>
@@ -131,4 +153,15 @@ int syscalltbl__id(struct syscalltbl *tbl, const char *name)
 {
 	return audit_name_to_syscall(name, tbl->audit_machine);
 }
+
+int syscalltbl__strglobmatch_next(struct syscalltbl *tbl __maybe_unused,
+				  const char *syscall_glob __maybe_unused, int *idx __maybe_unused)
+{
+	return -1;
+}
+
+int syscalltbl__strglobmatch_first(struct syscalltbl *tbl, const char *syscall_glob, int *idx)
+{
+	return syscalltbl__strglobmatch_next(tbl, syscall_glob, idx);
+}
 #endif /* HAVE_SYSCALL_TABLE */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/syscalltbl.h b/tools/perf/util/syscalltbl.h
index e2951510484f..e9fb8786da7c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/syscalltbl.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/syscalltbl.h
@@ -17,4 +17,7 @@ void syscalltbl__delete(struct syscalltbl *tbl);
 const char *syscalltbl__name(const struct syscalltbl *tbl, int id);
 int syscalltbl__id(struct syscalltbl *tbl, const char *name);
 
+int syscalltbl__strglobmatch_first(struct syscalltbl *tbl, const char *syscall_glob, int *idx);
+int syscalltbl__strglobmatch_next(struct syscalltbl *tbl, const char *syscall_glob, int *idx);
+
 #endif /* __PERF_SYSCALLTBL_H */