diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-list.c b/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
index e290f6b348d8..08e62ae9d37e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ int cmd_list(int argc, const char **argv)
 						long_desc_flag, details_flag);
 		else if (strcmp(argv[i], "sdt") == 0)
 			print_sdt_events(NULL, NULL, raw_dump);
-		else if (strcmp(argv[i], "metric") == 0)
+		else if (strcmp(argv[i], "metric") == 0 || strcmp(argv[i], "metrics") == 0)
 			metricgroup__print(true, false, NULL, raw_dump, details_flag);
-		else if (strcmp(argv[i], "metricgroup") == 0)
+		else if (strcmp(argv[i], "metricgroup") == 0 || strcmp(argv[i], "metricgroups") == 0)
 			metricgroup__print(false, true, NULL, raw_dump, details_flag);
 		else if ((sep = strchr(argv[i], ':')) != NULL) {
 			int sep_idx;