diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index ae925b9ce6dd9f9693e172ee8246a87f4384f6a1..6cc97f37887dff1499c5c4420f60cb95a5d481b4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -836,6 +836,23 @@ int perf_evsel__set_filter(struct perf_evsel *evsel, const char *filter)
 	return -1;
 }
 
+int perf_evsel__append_filter(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
+			      const char *op, const char *filter)
+{
+	char *new_filter;
+
+	if (evsel->filter == NULL)
+		return perf_evsel__set_filter(evsel, filter);
+
+	if (asprintf(&new_filter,"(%s) %s (%s)", evsel->filter, op, filter) > 0) {
+		free(evsel->filter);
+		evsel->filter = new_filter;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return -1;
+}
+
 int perf_evsel__enable(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus, int nthreads)
 {
 	return perf_evsel__run_ioctl(evsel, ncpus, nthreads,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index 8aea4baca080acb231a42319df1a778eedbcdd6c..fe9f3279632b3282902f8d01df1ba3d2f1ddeb78 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -183,6 +183,8 @@ void perf_evsel__set_sample_id(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 			       bool use_sample_identifier);
 
 int perf_evsel__set_filter(struct perf_evsel *evsel, const char *filter);
+int perf_evsel__append_filter(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
+			      const char *op, const char *filter);
 int perf_evsel__apply_filter(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus, int nthreads,
 			     const char *filter);
 int perf_evsel__enable(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus, int nthreads);