--- /dev/null
+libsubcmd-y += exec-cmd.o
+libsubcmd-y += help.o
+libsubcmd-y += pager.o
+libsubcmd-y += parse-options.o
+libsubcmd-y += run-command.o
+libsubcmd-y += sigchain.o
+libsubcmd-y += subcmd-config.o
 
--- /dev/null
+include ../../scripts/Makefile.include
+include ../../perf/config/utilities.mak                # QUIET_CLEAN
+
+ifeq ($(srctree),)
+srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(shell pwd)))
+srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(srctree)))
+srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(srctree)))
+#$(info Determined 'srctree' to be $(srctree))
+endif
+
+CC = $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
+AR = $(CROSS_COMPILE)ar
+RM = rm -f
+
+MAKEFLAGS += --no-print-directory
+
+LIBFILE = $(OUTPUT)libsubcmd.a
+
+CFLAGS := $(EXTRA_WARNINGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS)
+CFLAGS += -ggdb3 -Wall -Wextra -std=gnu99 -Werror -O6 -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fPIC
+CFLAGS += -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_GNU_SOURCE
+
+CFLAGS += -I$(srctree)/tools/include/
+CFLAGS += -I$(srctree)/include/uapi
+CFLAGS += -I$(srctree)/include
+
+SUBCMD_IN := $(OUTPUT)libsubcmd-in.o
+
+all:
+
+export srctree OUTPUT CC LD CFLAGS V
+include $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.include
+
+all: fixdep $(LIBFILE)
+
+$(SUBCMD_IN): FORCE
+       @$(MAKE) $(build)=libsubcmd
+
+$(LIBFILE): $(SUBCMD_IN)
+       $(QUIET_AR)$(RM) $@ && $(AR) rcs $@ $(SUBCMD_IN)
+
+clean:
+       $(call QUIET_CLEAN, libsubcmd) $(RM) $(LIBFILE); \
+       find $(if $(OUTPUT),$(OUTPUT),.) -name \*.o -or -name \*.o.cmd -or -name \*.o.d | xargs $(RM)
+
+FORCE:
+
+.PHONY: clean FORCE
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include "subcmd-util.h"
-#include "exec_cmd.h"
+#include "exec-cmd.h"
 #include "subcmd-config.h"
 
 #define MAX_ARGS       32
 
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include "subcmd-util.h"
 #include "help.h"
-#include "exec_cmd.h"
+#include "exec-cmd.h"
 
 void add_cmdname(struct cmdnames *cmds, const char *name, size_t len)
 {
 
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include "subcmd-util.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
-#include "exec_cmd.h"
+#include "exec-cmd.h"
 
 #define STRERR_BUFSIZE 128
 
 
 tools/lib/bpf
 tools/lib/api
 tools/lib/bpf
+tools/lib/subcmd
 tools/lib/hweight.c
 tools/lib/rbtree.c
 tools/lib/string.c
 
 STRIP   = strip
 AWK     = awk
 
-LIB_DIR          = $(srctree)/tools/lib/api/
+LIB_DIR                = $(srctree)/tools/lib/api/
 TRACE_EVENT_DIR = $(srctree)/tools/lib/traceevent/
-BPF_DIR = $(srctree)/tools/lib/bpf/
+BPF_DIR                = $(srctree)/tools/lib/bpf/
+SUBCMD_DIR     = $(srctree)/tools/lib/subcmd/
 
 # include config/Makefile by default and rule out
 # non-config cases
 ifneq ($(OUTPUT),)
   TE_PATH=$(OUTPUT)
   BPF_PATH=$(OUTPUT)
+  SUBCMD_PATH=$(OUTPUT)
 ifneq ($(subdir),)
   API_PATH=$(OUTPUT)/../lib/api/
 else
   TE_PATH=$(TRACE_EVENT_DIR)
   API_PATH=$(LIB_DIR)
   BPF_PATH=$(BPF_DIR)
+  SUBCMD_PATH=$(SUBCMD_DIR)
 endif
 
 LIBTRACEEVENT = $(TE_PATH)libtraceevent.a
 
 LIBBPF = $(BPF_PATH)libbpf.a
 
+LIBSUBCMD = $(SUBCMD_PATH)libsubcmd.a
+
 # python extension build directories
 PYTHON_EXTBUILD     := $(OUTPUT)python_ext_build/
 PYTHON_EXTBUILD_LIB := $(PYTHON_EXTBUILD)lib/
 
 LIB_FILE=$(OUTPUT)libperf.a
 
-PERFLIBS = $(LIB_FILE) $(LIBAPI) $(LIBTRACEEVENT)
+PERFLIBS = $(LIB_FILE) $(LIBAPI) $(LIBTRACEEVENT) $(LIBSUBCMD)
 ifndef NO_LIBBPF
   PERFLIBS += $(LIBBPF)
 endif
        $(call QUIET_CLEAN, libbpf)
        $(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(BPF_DIR) O=$(OUTPUT) clean >/dev/null
 
+$(LIBSUBCMD): fixdep FORCE
+       $(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(SUBCMD_DIR) O=$(OUTPUT) $(OUTPUT)libsubcmd.a
+
+$(LIBSUBCMD)-clean:
+       $(call QUIET_CLEAN, libsubcmd)
+       $(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(SUBCMD_DIR) O=$(OUTPUT) clean
+
 help:
        @echo 'Perf make targets:'
        @echo '  doc            - make *all* documentation (see below)'
        $(call QUIET_CLEAN, config)
        $(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(srctree)/tools/build/feature/ $(if $(OUTPUT),OUTPUT=$(OUTPUT)feature/,) clean >/dev/null
 
-clean: $(LIBTRACEEVENT)-clean $(LIBAPI)-clean $(LIBBPF)-clean config-clean
+clean: $(LIBTRACEEVENT)-clean $(LIBAPI)-clean $(LIBBPF)-clean $(LIBSUBCMD)-clean config-clean
        $(call QUIET_CLEAN, core-objs)  $(RM) $(LIB_FILE) $(OUTPUT)perf-archive $(OUTPUT)perf-with-kcore $(LANG_BINDINGS)
        $(Q)find $(if $(OUTPUT),$(OUTPUT),.) -name '*.o' -delete -o -name '\.*.cmd' -delete -o -name '\.*.d' -delete
        $(Q)$(RM) $(OUTPUT).config-detected
 
 #include "../../util/evlist.h"
 #include "../../util/evsel.h"
 #include "../../util/cpumap.h"
-#include "../../util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "../../util/parse-events.h"
 #include "../../util/pmu.h"
 #include "../../util/debug.h"
 
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "../util/util.h"
 #include "../util/stat.h"
-#include "../util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "../util/header.h"
 #include "bench.h"
 #include "futex.h"
 
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "../util/util.h"
 #include "../util/stat.h"
-#include "../util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "../util/header.h"
 #include "bench.h"
 #include "futex.h"
 
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "../util/util.h"
 #include "../util/stat.h"
-#include "../util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "../util/header.h"
 #include "bench.h"
 #include "futex.h"
 
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "../util/util.h"
 #include "../util/stat.h"
-#include "../util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "../util/header.h"
 #include "bench.h"
 #include "futex.h"
 
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "../util/util.h"
 #include "../util/stat.h"
-#include "../util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "../util/header.h"
 #include "bench.h"
 #include "futex.h"
 
 
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "../util/util.h"
-#include "../util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "../util/header.h"
 #include "../util/cloexec.h"
 #include "bench.h"
 
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "../builtin.h"
 #include "../util/util.h"
-#include "../util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "../util/cloexec.h"
 
 #include "bench.h"
 
 
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "../util/util.h"
-#include "../util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "../builtin.h"
 #include "bench.h"
 
 
  */
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "../util/util.h"
-#include "../util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "../builtin.h"
 #include "bench.h"
 
 
 #include "util/evsel.h"
 #include "util/annotate.h"
 #include "util/event.h"
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/parse-events.h"
 #include "util/thread.h"
 #include "util/sort.h"
 
  */
 #include "perf.h"
 #include "util/util.h"
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "bench/bench.h"
 
 
 #include "util/cache.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
 #include "util/header.h"
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/strlist.h"
 #include "util/build-id.h"
 #include "util/session.h"
 
 #include "util/build-id.h"
 #include "util/cache.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/session.h"
 #include "util/symbol.h"
 #include "util/data.h"
 
 #include "perf.h"
 
 #include "util/cache.h"
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/util.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
 
 
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "perf.h"
 #include "debug.h"
-#include "parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "data-convert-bt.h"
 
 typedef int (*data_cmd_fn_t)(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 
 #include "util/evlist.h"
 #include "util/evsel.h"
 #include "util/parse-events.h"
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/session.h"
 #include "util/data.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
 
 #include "perf.h"
 #include "util/cache.h"
 #include "builtin.h"
-#include "util/exec_cmd.h"
+#include <subcmd/exec-cmd.h>
 #include "common-cmds.h"
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
-#include "util/run-command.h"
-#include "util/help.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
+#include <subcmd/run-command.h>
+#include <subcmd/help.h>
 #include "util/debug.h"
 
 static struct man_viewer_list {
 
 #include "util/data.h"
 #include "util/auxtrace.h"
 
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 
 #include <linux/list.h>
 
 
 #include "util/tool.h"
 #include "util/callchain.h"
 
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/trace-event.h"
 #include "util/data.h"
 #include "util/cpumap.h"
 
 #include "util/header.h"
 #include "util/session.h"
 #include "util/intlist.h"
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/trace-event.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
 #include "util/tool.h"
 
 #include "util/parse-events.h"
 #include "util/cache.h"
 #include "util/pmu.h"
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 
 int cmd_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 {
 
 #include "util/thread.h"
 #include "util/header.h"
 
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/trace-event.h"
 
 #include "util/debug.h"
 
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "perf.h"
 
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/trace-event.h"
 #include "util/tool.h"
 #include "util/session.h"
 
 #include "util/strfilter.h"
 #include "util/symbol.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/probe-finder.h"
 #include "util/probe-event.h"
 #include "util/probe-file.h"
 
 
 #include "util/build-id.h"
 #include "util/util.h"
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/parse-events.h"
 
 #include "util/callchain.h"
 
 #include "util/session.h"
 #include "util/tool.h"
 
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/parse-events.h"
 
 #include "util/thread.h"
 
 #include "util/tool.h"
 #include "util/cloexec.h"
 
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/trace-event.h"
 
 #include "util/debug.h"
 
 #include "perf.h"
 #include "util/cache.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
-#include "util/exec_cmd.h"
+#include <subcmd/exec-cmd.h>
 #include "util/header.h"
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/perf_regs.h"
 #include "util/session.h"
 #include "util/tool.h"
 
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "util/cgroup.h"
 #include "util/util.h"
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/parse-events.h"
 #include "util/pmu.h"
 #include "util/event.h"
 
 
 #include "perf.h"
 #include "util/header.h"
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/parse-events.h"
 #include "util/event.h"
 #include "util/session.h"
 
 #include "util/top.h"
 #include "util/util.h"
 #include <linux/rbtree.h>
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/parse-events.h"
 #include "util/cpumap.h"
 #include "util/xyarray.h"
 
 #include "util/color.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
 #include "util/evlist.h"
-#include "util/exec_cmd.h"
+#include <subcmd/exec-cmd.h>
 #include "util/machine.h"
 #include "util/session.h"
 #include "util/thread.h"
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/strlist.h"
 #include "util/intlist.h"
 #include "util/thread_map.h"
 
 #include "builtin.h"
 
 #include "util/env.h"
-#include "util/exec_cmd.h"
+#include <subcmd/exec-cmd.h>
 #include "util/cache.h"
 #include "util/quote.h"
-#include "util/run-command.h"
+#include <subcmd/run-command.h>
 #include "util/parse-events.h"
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/bpf-loader.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
 #include <api/fs/tracing_path.h>
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "util.h"
-#include "exec_cmd.h"
+#include <subcmd/exec-cmd.h>
 #include "tests.h"
 
 #define ENV "PERF_TEST_ATTR"
 
 #include "tests.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "color.h"
-#include "parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "symbol.h"
 
 struct test __weak arch_tests[] = {
 
 libperf-y += event.o
 libperf-y += evlist.o
 libperf-y += evsel.o
-libperf-y += exec_cmd.o
 libperf-y += find_next_bit.o
-libperf-y += help.o
 libperf-y += kallsyms.o
 libperf-y += levenshtein.o
 libperf-y += llvm-utils.o
-libperf-y += parse-options.o
 libperf-y += parse-events.o
 libperf-y += perf_regs.o
 libperf-y += path.o
 libperf-y += libstring.o
 libperf-y += bitmap.o
 libperf-y += hweight.o
-libperf-y += run-command.o
 libperf-y += quote.o
 libperf-y += strbuf.o
 libperf-y += string.o
 libperf-y += top.o
 libperf-y += usage.o
 libperf-y += wrapper.o
-libperf-y += sigchain.o
 libperf-y += dso.o
 libperf-y += symbol.o
 libperf-y += color.o
-libperf-y += pager.o
 libperf-y += header.o
 libperf-y += callchain.o
 libperf-y += values.o
 libperf-y += parse-regs-options.o
 libperf-y += term.o
 libperf-y += help-unknown-cmd.o
-libperf-y += subcmd-config.o
 
 libperf-$(CONFIG_LIBBPF) += bpf-loader.o
 libperf-$(CONFIG_BPF_PROLOGUE) += bpf-prologue.o
 
 #include "event.h"
 #include "session.h"
 #include "debug.h"
-#include "parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 
 #include "intel-pt.h"
 #include "intel-bts.h"
 
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include "util.h"
 #include "strbuf.h"
-#include "pager.h"
+#include <subcmd/pager.h>
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "../ui/ui.h"
 
 
 #include "util.h"
 #include "../perf.h"
-#include "parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "evsel.h"
 #include "cgroup.h"
 #include "evlist.h"
 
  */
 #include "util.h"
 #include "cache.h"
-#include "exec_cmd.h"
+#include <subcmd/exec-cmd.h>
 #include "util/hist.h"  /* perf_hist_config */
 #include "util/llvm-utils.h"   /* perf_llvm_config */
 
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "parse-events.h"
-#include "parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 
 
 #include "cache.h"
-#include "help.h"
+#include <subcmd/help.h>
 #include "../builtin.h"
 #include "levenshtein.h"
 
 
 #include "perf.h"
 #include "util/util.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/parse-branch-options.h"
 
 #define BRANCH_OPT(n, m) \
 
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "evlist.h"
 #include "evsel.h"
-#include "parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "parse-events.h"
-#include "exec_cmd.h"
+#include <subcmd/exec-cmd.h>
 #include "string.h"
 #include "symbol.h"
 #include "cache.h"
 
 #include "perf.h"
 #include "util/util.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
-#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/parse-regs-options.h"
 
 int
 
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "header.h"
 
-#include "parse-options.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "parse-events.h"
 #include "hist.h"
 #include "thread.h"