diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-evlist.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-evlist.txt
index 15217345c2fab7d13a451ff08473d5faf29d7171..1ceb3700ffbb4f6807d5a77fa4071fedb0aa60f6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-evlist.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-evlist.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ OPTIONS
 --verbose=::
 	Show all fields.
 
+-g::
+--group::
+	Show event group information.
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-list[1],
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-evlist.c b/tools/perf/builtin-evlist.c
index 1312a5e03ec78e98d59b85e2e85afb5a1181d170..85a5e35dd1477aaedc4af940e5dc254b4eed6c1a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-evlist.c
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ int cmd_evlist(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('F', "freq", &details.freq, "Show the sample frequency"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "verbose", &details.verbose,
 		    "Show all event attr details"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN('g', "group", &symbol_conf.event_group,
+		    "Show event group information"),
 	OPT_END()
 	};
 	const char * const evlist_usage[] = {
@@ -50,5 +52,10 @@ int cmd_evlist(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 	if (argc)
 		usage_with_options(evlist_usage, options);
 
+	if (symbol_conf.event_group && (details.verbose || details.freq)) {
+		pr_err("--group option is not compatible with other options\n");
+		usage_with_options(evlist_usage, options);
+	}
+
 	return __cmd_evlist(input_name, &details);
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 94e74043ded80c73a9afc5fb02d430222b92e3aa..a54701504606f7145460c48cc08633b29bc39bae 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -1389,7 +1389,27 @@ int perf_evsel__fprintf(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 			struct perf_attr_details *details, FILE *fp)
 {
 	bool first = true;
-	int printed = fprintf(fp, "%s", perf_evsel__name(evsel));
+	int printed = 0;
+
+	if (symbol_conf.event_group) {
+		struct perf_evsel *pos;
+
+		if (!perf_evsel__is_group_leader(evsel))
+			return 0;
+
+		if (evsel->nr_members > 1)
+			printed += fprintf(fp, "%s{", evsel->group_name ?: "");
+
+		printed += fprintf(fp, "%s", perf_evsel__name(evsel));
+		for_each_group_member(pos, evsel)
+			printed += fprintf(fp, ",%s", perf_evsel__name(pos));
+
+		if (evsel->nr_members > 1)
+			printed += fprintf(fp, "}");
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	printed += fprintf(fp, "%s", perf_evsel__name(evsel));
 
 	if (details->verbose || details->freq) {
 		printed += comma_fprintf(fp, &first, " sample_freq=%" PRIu64,
@@ -1430,7 +1450,7 @@ int perf_evsel__fprintf(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 		if_print(bp_type);
 		if_print(branch_sample_type);
 	}
-
+out:
 	fputc('\n', fp);
 	return ++printed;
 }