diff --git a/tools/perf/examples/bpf/sys_enter_openat.c b/tools/perf/examples/bpf/sys_enter_openat.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9cd124b09392
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/examples/bpf/sys_enter_openat.c
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Hook into 'openat' syscall entry tracepoint
+ *
+ * Test it with:
+ *
+ * perf trace -e tools/perf/examples/bpf/sys_enter_openat.c cat /etc/passwd > /dev/null
+ *
+ * It'll catch some openat syscalls related to the dynamic linked and
+ * the last one should be the one for '/etc/passwd'.
+ *
+ * The syscall_enter_openat_args can be used to get the syscall fields
+ * and use them for filtering calls, i.e. use in expressions for
+ * the return value.
+ */
+
+#include <bpf.h>
+
+struct syscall_enter_openat_args {
+	unsigned long long unused;
+	long		   syscall_nr;
+	long		   dfd;
+	char		   *filename_ptr;
+	long		   flags;
+	long		   mode;
+};
+
+int syscall_enter(openat)(struct syscall_enter_openat_args *args)
+{
+	return 1;
+}
+
+license(GPL);
diff --git a/tools/perf/include/bpf/bpf.h b/tools/perf/include/bpf/bpf.h
index a63aa6241b7f..2873cdde293f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/include/bpf/bpf.h
+++ b/tools/perf/include/bpf/bpf.h
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 #define probe(function, vars) \
 	SEC(#function "=" #function " " #vars) function
 
+#define syscall_enter(name) \
+	SEC("syscalls:sys_enter_" #name) syscall_enter_ ## name
+
 #define license(name) \
 char _license[] SEC("license") = #name; \
 int _version SEC("version") = LINUX_VERSION_CODE;