diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index 7c6e4b2f401a..b363e7b292b2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -1029,6 +1029,68 @@ static int list_available_scripts(const struct option *opt __maybe_unused,
 	exit(0);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Some scripts specify the required events in their "xxx-record" file,
+ * this function will check if the events in perf.data match those
+ * mentioned in the "xxx-record".
+ *
+ * Fixme: All existing "xxx-record" are all in good formats "-e event ",
+ * which is covered well now. And new parsing code should be added to
+ * cover the future complexing formats like event groups etc.
+ */
+static int check_ev_match(char *dir_name, char *scriptname,
+			struct perf_session *session)
+{
+	char filename[MAXPATHLEN], evname[128];
+	char line[BUFSIZ], *p;
+	struct perf_evsel *pos;
+	int match, len;
+	FILE *fp;
+
+	sprintf(filename, "%s/bin/%s-record", dir_name, scriptname);
+
+	fp = fopen(filename, "r");
+	if (!fp)
+		return -1;
+
+	while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp)) {
+		p = ltrim(line);
+		if (*p == '#')
+			continue;
+
+		while (strlen(p)) {
+			p = strstr(p, "-e");
+			if (!p)
+				break;
+
+			p += 2;
+			p = ltrim(p);
+			len = strcspn(p, " \t");
+			if (!len)
+				break;
+
+			snprintf(evname, len + 1, "%s", p);
+
+			match = 0;
+			list_for_each_entry(pos,
+					&session->evlist->entries, node) {
+				if (!strcmp(perf_evsel__name(pos), evname)) {
+					match = 1;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+
+			if (!match) {
+				fclose(fp);
+				return -1;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	fclose(fp);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Return -1 if none is found, otherwise the actual scripts number.
  *
@@ -1039,17 +1101,23 @@ static int list_available_scripts(const struct option *opt __maybe_unused,
 int find_scripts(char **scripts_array, char **scripts_path_array)
 {
 	struct dirent *script_next, *lang_next, script_dirent, lang_dirent;
-	char scripts_path[MAXPATHLEN];
+	char scripts_path[MAXPATHLEN], lang_path[MAXPATHLEN];
 	DIR *scripts_dir, *lang_dir;
-	char lang_path[MAXPATHLEN];
+	struct perf_session *session;
 	char *temp;
 	int i = 0;
 
+	session = perf_session__new(input_name, O_RDONLY, 0, false, NULL);
+	if (!session)
+		return -1;
+
 	snprintf(scripts_path, MAXPATHLEN, "%s/scripts", perf_exec_path());
 
 	scripts_dir = opendir(scripts_path);
-	if (!scripts_dir)
+	if (!scripts_dir) {
+		perf_session__delete(session);
 		return -1;
+	}
 
 	for_each_lang(scripts_path, scripts_dir, lang_dirent, lang_next) {
 		snprintf(lang_path, MAXPATHLEN, "%s/%s", scripts_path,
@@ -1077,10 +1145,18 @@ int find_scripts(char **scripts_array, char **scripts_path_array)
 			snprintf(scripts_array[i],
 				(temp - script_dirent.d_name) + 1,
 				"%s", script_dirent.d_name);
+
+			if (check_ev_match(lang_path,
+					scripts_array[i], session))
+				continue;
+
 			i++;
 		}
+		closedir(lang_dir);
 	}
 
+	closedir(scripts_dir);
+	perf_session__delete(session);
 	return i;
 }