diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c b/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c
index 785aa7a3d725..09fd6f1f0ed8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c
@@ -1838,3 +1838,116 @@ int die_get_scopes(Dwarf_Die *cu_die, Dwarf_Addr pc, Dwarf_Die **scopes)
 	*scopes = data.scopes;
 	return data.nr;
 }
+
+static int __die_find_member_offset_cb(Dwarf_Die *die_mem, void *arg)
+{
+	Dwarf_Die type_die;
+	Dwarf_Word size, loc;
+	Dwarf_Word offset = (long)arg;
+	int tag = dwarf_tag(die_mem);
+
+	if (tag != DW_TAG_member)
+		return DIE_FIND_CB_SIBLING;
+
+	/* Unions might not have location */
+	if (die_get_data_member_location(die_mem, &loc) < 0)
+		loc = 0;
+
+	if (offset == loc)
+		return DIE_FIND_CB_END;
+
+	if (die_get_real_type(die_mem, &type_die) == NULL) {
+		// TODO: add a pr_debug_dtp() later for this unlikely failure
+		return DIE_FIND_CB_SIBLING;
+	}
+
+	if (dwarf_aggregate_size(&type_die, &size) < 0)
+		size = 0;
+
+	if (loc < offset && offset < (loc + size))
+		return DIE_FIND_CB_END;
+
+	return DIE_FIND_CB_SIBLING;
+}
+
+/**
+ * die_get_member_type - Return type info of struct member
+ * @type_die: a type DIE
+ * @offset: offset in the type
+ * @die_mem: a buffer to save the resulting DIE
+ *
+ * This function returns a type of a member in @type_die where it's located at
+ * @offset if it's a struct.  For now, it just returns the first matching
+ * member in a union.  For other types, it'd return the given type directly
+ * if it's within the size of the type or NULL otherwise.
+ */
+Dwarf_Die *die_get_member_type(Dwarf_Die *type_die, int offset,
+			       Dwarf_Die *die_mem)
+{
+	Dwarf_Die *member;
+	Dwarf_Die mb_type;
+	int tag;
+
+	tag = dwarf_tag(type_die);
+	/* If it's not a compound type, return the type directly */
+	if (tag != DW_TAG_structure_type && tag != DW_TAG_union_type) {
+		Dwarf_Word size;
+
+		if (dwarf_aggregate_size(type_die, &size) < 0)
+			size = 0;
+
+		if ((unsigned)offset >= size)
+			return NULL;
+
+		*die_mem = *type_die;
+		return die_mem;
+	}
+
+	mb_type = *type_die;
+	/* TODO: Handle union types better? */
+	while (tag == DW_TAG_structure_type || tag == DW_TAG_union_type) {
+		member = die_find_child(&mb_type, __die_find_member_offset_cb,
+					(void *)(long)offset, die_mem);
+		if (member == NULL)
+			return NULL;
+
+		if (die_get_real_type(member, &mb_type) == NULL)
+			return NULL;
+
+		tag = dwarf_tag(&mb_type);
+
+		if (tag == DW_TAG_structure_type || tag == DW_TAG_union_type) {
+			Dwarf_Word loc;
+
+			/* Update offset for the start of the member struct */
+			if (die_get_data_member_location(member, &loc) == 0)
+				offset -= loc;
+		}
+	}
+	*die_mem = mb_type;
+	return die_mem;
+}
+
+/**
+ * die_deref_ptr_type - Return type info for pointer access
+ * @ptr_die: a pointer type DIE
+ * @offset: access offset for the pointer
+ * @die_mem: a buffer to save the resulting DIE
+ *
+ * This function follows the pointer in @ptr_die with given @offset
+ * and saves the resulting type in @die_mem.  If the pointer points
+ * a struct type, actual member at the offset would be returned.
+ */
+Dwarf_Die *die_deref_ptr_type(Dwarf_Die *ptr_die, int offset,
+			      Dwarf_Die *die_mem)
+{
+	Dwarf_Die type_die;
+
+	if (dwarf_tag(ptr_die) != DW_TAG_pointer_type)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (die_get_real_type(ptr_die, &type_die) == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return die_get_member_type(&type_die, offset, die_mem);
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.h b/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.h
index cd171b06fd4c..16c916311bc0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.h
@@ -144,6 +144,12 @@ struct die_var_type {
 	int offset;
 };
 
+/* Return type info of a member at offset */
+Dwarf_Die *die_get_member_type(Dwarf_Die *type_die, int offset, Dwarf_Die *die_mem);
+
+/* Return type info where the pointer and offset point to */
+Dwarf_Die *die_deref_ptr_type(Dwarf_Die *ptr_die, int offset, Dwarf_Die *die_mem);
+
 #ifdef HAVE_DWARF_GETLOCATIONS_SUPPORT
 
 /* Get byte offset range of given variable DIE */