diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat.c b/tools/perf/util/stat.c
index 2d9d8306dbd3f97f3d1f9734ace17b25d9ed583a..0ad59cea318c1a97306146c85bfa4a0e16f3c163 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat.c
@@ -341,3 +341,26 @@ int perf_stat_process_counter(struct perf_stat_config *config,
 
 	return 0;
 }
+
+int perf_event__process_stat_event(struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,
+				   union perf_event *event,
+				   struct perf_session *session)
+{
+	struct perf_counts_values count;
+	struct stat_event *st = &event->stat;
+	struct perf_evsel *counter;
+
+	count.val = st->val;
+	count.ena = st->ena;
+	count.run = st->run;
+
+	counter = perf_evlist__id2evsel(session->evlist, st->id);
+	if (!counter) {
+		pr_err("Failed to resolve counter for stat event.\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	*perf_counts(counter->counts, st->cpu, st->thread) = count;
+	counter->supported = true;
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat.h b/tools/perf/util/stat.h
index da1d11c4f8c193cff476fec76868277b12f7c623..afe6844e5219cbb4bb65a3407667550dba023495 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat.h
@@ -90,4 +90,10 @@ void perf_evlist__reset_stats(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 
 int perf_stat_process_counter(struct perf_stat_config *config,
 			      struct perf_evsel *counter);
+struct perf_tool;
+union perf_event;
+struct perf_session;
+int perf_event__process_stat_event(struct perf_tool *tool,
+				   union perf_event *event,
+				   struct perf_session *session);
 #endif