diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/power8-events-list.h b/arch/powerpc/perf/power8-events-list.h
index 3a2e6e8ebb92..0f1d184627cc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/power8-events-list.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/power8-events-list.h
@@ -89,3 +89,9 @@ EVENT(PM_MRK_FILT_MATCH,			0x2013c)
 EVENT(PM_MRK_FILT_MATCH_ALT,			0x3012e)
 /* Alternate event code for PM_LD_MISS_L1 */
 EVENT(PM_LD_MISS_L1_ALT,			0x400f0)
+/*
+ * Memory Access Event -- mem_access
+ * Primary PMU event used here is PM_MRK_INST_CMPL, along with
+ * Random Load/Store Facility Sampling (RIS) in Random sampling mode (MMCRA[SM]).
+ */
+EVENT(MEM_ACCESS,				0x10401e0)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/power8-pmu.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/power8-pmu.c
index 932d7536f0eb..5463516e369b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/power8-pmu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/power8-pmu.c
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ GENERIC_EVENT_ATTR(branch-instructions,		PM_BRU_FIN);
 GENERIC_EVENT_ATTR(branch-misses,		PM_BR_MPRED_CMPL);
 GENERIC_EVENT_ATTR(cache-references,		PM_LD_REF_L1);
 GENERIC_EVENT_ATTR(cache-misses,		PM_LD_MISS_L1);
+GENERIC_EVENT_ATTR(mem_access,			MEM_ACCESS);
 
 CACHE_EVENT_ATTR(L1-dcache-load-misses,		PM_LD_MISS_L1);
 CACHE_EVENT_ATTR(L1-dcache-loads,		PM_LD_REF_L1);
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ static struct attribute *power8_events_attr[] = {
 	GENERIC_EVENT_PTR(PM_BR_MPRED_CMPL),
 	GENERIC_EVENT_PTR(PM_LD_REF_L1),
 	GENERIC_EVENT_PTR(PM_LD_MISS_L1),
+	GENERIC_EVENT_PTR(MEM_ACCESS),
 
 	CACHE_EVENT_PTR(PM_LD_MISS_L1),
 	CACHE_EVENT_PTR(PM_LD_REF_L1),