diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/include/perf/cpumap.h b/tools/lib/perf/include/perf/cpumap.h
index 4a2edbdb5e2b..24de795b09bb 100644
--- a/tools/lib/perf/include/perf/cpumap.h
+++ b/tools/lib/perf/include/perf/cpumap.h
@@ -31,4 +31,7 @@ LIBPERF_API bool perf_cpu_map__has(const struct perf_cpu_map *map, struct perf_c
 	     (idx) < perf_cpu_map__nr(cpus);			\
 	     (idx)++, (cpu) = perf_cpu_map__cpu(cpus, idx))
 
+#define perf_cpu_map__for_each_idx(idx, cpus)				\
+	for ((idx) = 0; (idx) < perf_cpu_map__nr(cpus); (idx)++)
+
 #endif /* __LIBPERF_CPUMAP_H */