diff --git a/tools/perf/util/python-ext-sources b/tools/perf/util/python-ext-sources
index 5925fec90562..e23ded40c79e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/python-ext-sources
+++ b/tools/perf/util/python-ext-sources
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ util/stat.c
 util/strlist.c
 util/trace-event.c
 ../../lib/rbtree.c
+util/string.c
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread_map.c b/tools/perf/util/thread_map.c
index ed76c179cf4e..da7646d767fe 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread_map.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread_map.c
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include "strlist.h"
 #include <string.h>
+#include <api/fs/fs.h>
 #include "asm/bug.h"
 #include "thread_map.h"
 #include "util.h"
+#include "debug.h"
 
 /* Skip "." and ".." directories */
 static int filter(const struct dirent *dir)
@@ -319,8 +321,12 @@ struct thread_map *thread_map__new_str(const char *pid, const char *tid,
 static void thread_map__delete(struct thread_map *threads)
 {
 	if (threads) {
+		int i;
+
 		WARN_ONCE(atomic_read(&threads->refcnt) != 0,
 			  "thread map refcnt unbalanced\n");
+		for (i = 0; i < threads->nr; i++)
+			free(thread_map__comm(threads, i));
 		free(threads);
 	}
 }
@@ -348,3 +354,56 @@ size_t thread_map__fprintf(struct thread_map *threads, FILE *fp)
 
 	return printed + fprintf(fp, "\n");
 }
+
+static int get_comm(char **comm, pid_t pid)
+{
+	char *path;
+	size_t size;
+	int err;
+
+	if (asprintf(&path, "%s/%d/comm", procfs__mountpoint(), pid) == -1)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	err = filename__read_str(path, comm, &size);
+	if (!err) {
+		/*
+		 * We're reading 16 bytes, while filename__read_str
+		 * allocates data per BUFSIZ bytes, so we can safely
+		 * mark the end of the string.
+		 */
+		(*comm)[size] = 0;
+		rtrim(*comm);
+	}
+
+	free(path);
+	return err;
+}
+
+static void comm_init(struct thread_map *map, int i)
+{
+	pid_t pid = thread_map__pid(map, i);
+	char *comm = NULL;
+
+	/* dummy pid comm initialization */
+	if (pid == -1) {
+		map->map[i].comm = strdup("dummy");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * The comm name is like extra bonus ;-),
+	 * so just warn if we fail for any reason.
+	 */
+	if (get_comm(&comm, pid))
+		pr_warning("Couldn't resolve comm name for pid %d\n", pid);
+
+	map->map[i].comm = comm;
+}
+
+void thread_map__read_comms(struct thread_map *threads)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < threads->nr; ++i)
+		comm_init(threads, i);
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread_map.h b/tools/perf/util/thread_map.h
index 6b0cd2dc006b..af679d8a50f8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread_map.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread_map.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 struct thread_map_data {
 	pid_t    pid;
+	char	*comm;
 };
 
 struct thread_map {
@@ -44,4 +45,11 @@ thread_map__set_pid(struct thread_map *map, int thread, pid_t pid)
 {
 	map->map[thread].pid = pid;
 }
+
+static inline char *thread_map__comm(struct thread_map *map, int thread)
+{
+	return map->map[thread].comm;
+}
+
+void thread_map__read_comms(struct thread_map *threads);
 #endif	/* __PERF_THREAD_MAP_H */