diff --git a/tools/perf/util/ui/util.c b/tools/perf/util/ui/util.c
index 056c695..7b5a892 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/ui/util.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/ui/util.c
@@ -104,10 +104,24 @@
 	return rc;
 }
 
-static const char yes[] = "Yes", no[] = "No";
+static const char yes[] = "Yes", no[] = "No",
+		  warning_str[] = "Warning!", ok[] = "Ok";
 
 bool ui__dialog_yesno(const char *msg)
 {
 	/* newtWinChoice should really be accepting const char pointers... */
 	return newtWinChoice(NULL, (char *)yes, (char *)no, (char *)msg) == 1;
 }
+
+void ui__warning(const char *format, ...)
+{
+	va_list args;
+
+	va_start(args, format);
+	if (use_browser > 0)
+		newtWinMessagev((char *)warning_str, (char *)ok,
+				(char *)format, args);
+	else
+		vfprintf(stderr, format, args);
+	va_end(args);
+}