diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index eb1356774c7d..70ddc65f898d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -762,7 +762,9 @@ install-tests: all install-gtk
 		$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perfexec_instdir_SQ)/tests/attr'; \
 		$(INSTALL) tests/attr/* '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perfexec_instdir_SQ)/tests/attr'; \
 		$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perfexec_instdir_SQ)/tests/shell'; \
-		$(INSTALL) tests/shell/*.sh '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perfexec_instdir_SQ)/tests/shell'
+		$(INSTALL) tests/shell/*.sh '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perfexec_instdir_SQ)/tests/shell'; \
+		$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perfexec_instdir_SQ)/tests/shell/lib'; \
+		$(INSTALL) tests/shell/lib/*.sh '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perfexec_instdir_SQ)/tests/shell/lib'
 
 install-bin: install-tools install-tests install-traceevent-plugins
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/probe_vfs_getname.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/probe_vfs_getname.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..42308040f882
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/lib/probe_vfs_getname.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>, 2017
+
+perf probe -l | grep -q probe:vfs_getname
+had_vfs_getname=$?
+
+cleanup_probe_vfs_getname() {
+	if [ $had_vfs_getname -eq 1 ] ; then
+		perf probe -q -d probe:vfs_getname
+	fi
+}
+
+add_probe_vfs_getname() {
+	local verbose=$1
+	if [ $had_vfs_getname -eq 1 ] ; then
+               line=$(perf probe -L getname_flags | egrep 'result.*=.*filename;' | sed -r 's/[[:space:]]+([[:digit:]]+)[[:space:]]+result->uptr.*/\1/')
+               perf probe $verbose "vfs_getname=getname_flags:${line} pathname=result->name:string"
+	fi
+}
+
+skip_if_no_debuginfo() {
+	add_probe_vfs_getname -v 2>&1 | grep -q "^Failed to find the path for kernel" && return 2
+	return 1
+}
+
+skip_if_no_debuginfo() {
+	add_probe_vfs_getname -v 2>&1 | grep -q "^Failed to find the path for kernel" && return 2
+	return 1
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/probe_vfs_getname.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/probe_vfs_getname.sh
index d5f5248de927..c8380137beef 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/probe_vfs_getname.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/probe_vfs_getname.sh
@@ -2,27 +2,7 @@
 #
 # Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>, 2017
 
-perf probe -l | grep -q probe:vfs_getname
-had_vfs_getname=$?
-
-cleanup_probe_vfs_getname() {
-	if [ $had_vfs_getname -eq 1 ] ; then
-		perf probe -q -d probe:vfs_getname
-	fi
-}
-
-add_probe_vfs_getname() {
-	local verbose=$1
-	if [ $had_vfs_getname -eq 1 ] ; then
-               line=$(perf probe -L getname_flags | egrep 'result.*=.*filename;' | sed -r 's/[[:space:]]+([[:digit:]]+)[[:space:]]+result->uptr.*/\1/')
-               perf probe $verbose "vfs_getname=getname_flags:${line} pathname=result->name:string"
-	fi
-}
-
-skip_if_no_debuginfo() {
-	add_probe_vfs_getname -v 2>&1 | grep -q "^Failed to find the path for kernel" && return 2
-	return 1
-}
+. $(dirname $0)/lib/probe_vfs_getname.sh
 
 add_probe_vfs_getname || skip_if_no_debuginfo
 err=$?