diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index 3e807d7ab8e7..2d3427f65b53 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ endif
 
 ### --- END CONFIGURATION SECTION ---
 
-BASIC_CFLAGS = -Iutil/include -Iarch/$(ARCH)/include -I$(OUTPUT)util -I$(TRACE_EVENT_DIR) -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_GNU_SOURCE
+BASIC_CFLAGS = -Iutil/include -Iarch/$(ARCH)/include -I$(OUTPUT)util -Iutil -I. -I$(TRACE_EVENT_DIR) -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_GNU_SOURCE
 BASIC_LDFLAGS =
 
 ifeq ($(call try-cc,$(SOURCE_BIONIC),$(CFLAGS),bionic),y)
@@ -371,7 +371,6 @@ LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/help.o
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/levenshtein.o
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/parse-options.o
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/parse-events.o
-LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/parse-events-test.o
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/path.o
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/rbtree.o
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/bitmap.o
@@ -389,7 +388,6 @@ LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/sigchain.o
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/dso.o
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/symbol.o
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/symbol-elf.o
-LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/dso-test-data.o
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/color.o
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/pager.o
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/header.o
@@ -430,6 +428,9 @@ LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)ui/stdio/hist.o
 
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)arch/common.o
 
+LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)tests/parse-events.o
+LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)tests/dso-data.o
+
 BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)builtin-annotate.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)builtin-bench.o
 # Benchmark modules
@@ -459,8 +460,8 @@ BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)builtin-probe.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)builtin-kmem.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)builtin-lock.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)builtin-kvm.o
-BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)builtin-test.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)builtin-inject.o
+BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)tests/builtin-test.o
 
 PERFLIBS = $(LIB_FILE) $(LIBTRACEEVENT)
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-test.c b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
similarity index 99%
rename from tools/perf/builtin-test.c
rename to tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
index a04276e81f40..f6c642415c44 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-test.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ static int test__open_syscall_event(void)
 			 nr_open_calls, evsel->counts->cpu[0].val);
 		goto out_close_fd;
 	}
-	
+
 	err = 0;
 out_close_fd:
 	perf_evsel__close_fd(evsel, 1, threads->nr);
@@ -1344,8 +1344,8 @@ static int test__syscall_open_tp_fields(void)
 	perf_evlist__enable(evlist);
 
 	/*
- 	 * Generate the event:
- 	 */
+	 * Generate the event:
+	 */
 	open(filename, flags);
 
 	while (1) {
@@ -1495,7 +1495,7 @@ static int __cmd_test(int argc, const char *argv[])
 			width = len;
 		++i;
 	}
-		
+
 	i = 0;
 	while (tests[i].func) {
 		int curr = i++, err;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dso-test-data.c b/tools/perf/tests/dso-data.c
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/perf/util/dso-test-data.c
rename to tools/perf/tests/dso-data.c
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events-test.c b/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/perf/util/parse-events-test.c
rename to tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c