diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.h b/tools/perf/util/util.h
index 7917b09430bd..0f99f394d8e0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.h
@@ -199,6 +199,8 @@ static inline int has_extension(const char *filename, const char *ext)
 #undef isalpha
 #undef isprint
 #undef isalnum
+#undef islower
+#undef isupper
 #undef tolower
 #undef toupper
 
@@ -219,6 +221,8 @@ extern unsigned char sane_ctype[256];
 #define isalpha(x) sane_istest(x,GIT_ALPHA)
 #define isalnum(x) sane_istest(x,GIT_ALPHA | GIT_DIGIT)
 #define isprint(x) sane_istest(x,GIT_PRINT)
+#define islower(x) (sane_istest(x,GIT_ALPHA) && sane_istest(x,0x20))
+#define isupper(x) (sane_istest(x,GIT_ALPHA) && !sane_istest(x,0x20))
 #define tolower(x) sane_case((unsigned char)(x), 0x20)
 #define toupper(x) sane_case((unsigned char)(x), 0)