diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/power7-pmu.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/power7-pmu.c
index b554879bd31e4c48cc6769092695c7f32a899af4..3c475d6267c75b0db98584b0f4c7cd0379fd19d1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/power7-pmu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/power7-pmu.c
@@ -420,7 +420,20 @@ static struct attribute_group power7_pmu_events_group = {
 	.attrs = power7_events_attr,
 };
 
+PMU_FORMAT_ATTR(event, "config:0-19");
+
+static struct attribute *power7_pmu_format_attr[] = {
+	&format_attr_event.attr,
+	NULL,
+};
+
+struct attribute_group power7_pmu_format_group = {
+	.name = "format",
+	.attrs = power7_pmu_format_attr,
+};
+
 static const struct attribute_group *power7_pmu_attr_groups[] = {
+	&power7_pmu_format_group,
 	&power7_pmu_events_group,
 	NULL,
 };