diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 15851f52096b..fb57fdc6a433 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 
 #include <kvm/arm_vgic.h>
 #include <kvm/arm_arch_timer.h>
+#include <kvm/arm_pmu.h>
 
 #define KVM_MAX_VCPUS VGIC_V3_MAX_CPUS
 
@@ -213,6 +214,7 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_arch {
 	/* VGIC state */
 	struct vgic_cpu vgic_cpu;
 	struct arch_timer_cpu timer_cpu;
+	struct kvm_pmu pmu;
 
 	/*
 	 * Anything that is not used directly from assembly code goes
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig
index a5272c07d1cb..de7450df7629 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ config KVM
 	select HAVE_KVM_EVENTFD
 	select HAVE_KVM_IRQFD
 	select KVM_ARM_VGIC_V3
+	select KVM_ARM_PMU if HW_PERF_EVENTS
 	---help---
 	  Support hosting virtualized guest machines.
 	  We don't support KVM with 16K page tables yet, due to the multiple
@@ -48,6 +49,12 @@ config KVM_ARM_HOST
 	---help---
 	  Provides host support for ARM processors.
 
+config KVM_ARM_PMU
+	bool
+	---help---
+	  Adds support for a virtual Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU) in
+	  virtual machines.
+
 source drivers/vhost/Kconfig
 
 endif # VIRTUALIZATION
diff --git a/include/kvm/arm_pmu.h b/include/kvm/arm_pmu.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3c2fd568e0a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/kvm/arm_pmu.h
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Linaro Ltd.
+ * Author: Shannon Zhao <shannon.zhao@linaro.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __ASM_ARM_KVM_PMU_H
+#define __ASM_ARM_KVM_PMU_H
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_ARM_PMU
+
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
+#include <asm/perf_event.h>
+
+struct kvm_pmc {
+	u8 idx;	/* index into the pmu->pmc array */
+	struct perf_event *perf_event;
+	u64 bitmask;
+};
+
+struct kvm_pmu {
+	int irq_num;
+	struct kvm_pmc pmc[ARMV8_PMU_MAX_COUNTERS];
+	bool ready;
+};
+#else
+struct kvm_pmu {
+};
+#endif
+
+#endif