diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.h b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
index 83fa33a..92962b2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
@@ -56,6 +56,16 @@
 	u32 nr_unknown_events;
 };
 
+enum hist_column {
+	HISTC_SYMBOL,
+	HISTC_DSO,
+	HISTC_THREAD,
+	HISTC_COMM,
+	HISTC_PARENT,
+	HISTC_CPU,
+	HISTC_NR_COLS, /* Last entry */
+};
+
 struct hists {
 	struct rb_node		rb_node;
 	struct rb_root		entries;
@@ -64,7 +74,7 @@
 	u64			config;
 	u64			event_stream;
 	u32			type;
-	u32			max_sym_namelen;
+	u16			col_len[HISTC_NR_COLS];
 };
 
 struct hist_entry *__hists__add_entry(struct hists *self,
@@ -72,12 +82,13 @@
 				      struct symbol *parent, u64 period);
 extern int64_t hist_entry__cmp(struct hist_entry *, struct hist_entry *);
 extern int64_t hist_entry__collapse(struct hist_entry *, struct hist_entry *);
-int hist_entry__fprintf(struct hist_entry *self, struct hists *pair_hists,
-			bool show_displacement, long displacement, FILE *fp,
-			u64 total);
+int hist_entry__fprintf(struct hist_entry *self, struct hists *hists,
+			struct hists *pair_hists, bool show_displacement,
+			long displacement, FILE *fp, u64 total);
 int hist_entry__snprintf(struct hist_entry *self, char *bf, size_t size,
-			 struct hists *pair_hists, bool show_displacement,
-			 long displacement, bool color, u64 total);
+			 struct hists *hists, struct hists *pair_hists,
+			 bool show_displacement, long displacement,
+			 bool color, u64 total);
 void hist_entry__free(struct hist_entry *);
 
 void hists__output_resort(struct hists *self);
@@ -95,6 +106,10 @@
 void hists__filter_by_dso(struct hists *self, const struct dso *dso);
 void hists__filter_by_thread(struct hists *self, const struct thread *thread);
 
+u16 hists__col_len(struct hists *self, enum hist_column col);
+void hists__set_col_len(struct hists *self, enum hist_column col, u16 len);
+bool hists__new_col_len(struct hists *self, enum hist_column col, u16 len);
+
 #ifdef NO_NEWT_SUPPORT
 static inline int hists__browse(struct hists *self __used,
 				const char *helpline __used,