diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index 5c93bed8e8d9..792b0ea8a8b8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ struct perf_evsel {
 	bool			immediate;
 	bool			system_wide;
 	bool			tracking;
+	bool			per_pkg;
 	/* parse modifier helper */
 	int			exclude_GH;
 	int			nr_members;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index c659a3ca1283..5a373483f0e4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -681,6 +681,7 @@ int parse_events_add_pmu(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
 	if (evsel) {
 		evsel->unit = info.unit;
 		evsel->scale = info.scale;
+		evsel->per_pkg = info.per_pkg;
 	}
 
 	return evsel ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index 881b75490533..f003b5a9e059 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -163,6 +163,24 @@ error:
 	return -1;
 }
 
+static int
+perf_pmu__parse_per_pkg(struct perf_pmu_alias *alias, char *dir, char *name)
+{
+	char path[PATH_MAX];
+	int fd;
+
+	snprintf(path, PATH_MAX, "%s/%s.per-pkg", dir, name);
+
+	fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
+	if (fd == -1)
+		return -1;
+
+	close(fd);
+
+	alias->per_pkg = true;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int perf_pmu__new_alias(struct list_head *list, char *dir, char *name, FILE *file)
 {
 	struct perf_pmu_alias *alias;
@@ -181,6 +199,7 @@ static int perf_pmu__new_alias(struct list_head *list, char *dir, char *name, FI
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&alias->terms);
 	alias->scale = 1.0;
 	alias->unit[0] = '\0';
+	alias->per_pkg = false;
 
 	ret = parse_events_terms(&alias->terms, buf);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -194,6 +213,7 @@ static int perf_pmu__new_alias(struct list_head *list, char *dir, char *name, FI
 	 */
 	perf_pmu__parse_unit(alias, dir, name);
 	perf_pmu__parse_scale(alias, dir, name);
+	perf_pmu__parse_per_pkg(alias, dir, name);
 
 	list_add_tail(&alias->list, list);
 
@@ -209,6 +229,8 @@ static inline bool pmu_alias_info_file(char *name)
 		return true;
 	if (len > 6 && !strcmp(name + len - 6, ".scale"))
 		return true;
+	if (len > 8 && !strcmp(name + len - 8, ".per-pkg"))
+		return true;
 
 	return false;
 }
@@ -649,6 +671,8 @@ int perf_pmu__check_alias(struct perf_pmu *pmu, struct list_head *head_terms,
 	struct perf_pmu_alias *alias;
 	int ret;
 
+	info->per_pkg = false;
+
 	/*
 	 * Mark unit and scale as not set
 	 * (different from default values, see below)
@@ -668,6 +692,9 @@ int perf_pmu__check_alias(struct perf_pmu *pmu, struct list_head *head_terms,
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 
+		if (alias->per_pkg)
+			info->per_pkg = true;
+
 		list_del(&term->list);
 		free(term);
 	}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
index 8092de78e818..c3a74e0e17a2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ struct perf_pmu {
 struct perf_pmu_info {
 	const char *unit;
 	double scale;
+	bool per_pkg;
 };
 
 #define UNIT_MAX_LEN	31 /* max length for event unit name */
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ struct perf_pmu_alias {
 	struct list_head list;  /* ELEM */
 	char unit[UNIT_MAX_LEN+1];
 	double scale;
+	bool per_pkg;
 };
 
 struct perf_pmu *perf_pmu__find(const char *name);