diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
index c37d61682dfb1771b9b013d4669b59364f979656..823fce7674bb133e2bfd6a67e42c757e3f930db4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
@@ -199,6 +199,13 @@ Aggregate counts per processor socket for system-wide mode measurements.
 --per-core::
 Aggregate counts per physical processor for system-wide mode measurements.
 
+-M::
+--metrics::
+Print metrics or metricgroups specified in a comma separated list.
+For a group all metrics from the group are added.
+The events from the metrics are automatically measured.
+See perf list output for the possble metrics and metricgroups.
+
 -A::
 --no-aggr::
 Do not aggregate counts across all monitored CPUs.
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 7cc61eb0d83b7e927fbf8f12e22e44b88b6f2478..874bc6dd8d603962eb69cc4d72bde1489d183861 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 #include "util/tool.h"
 #include "util/group.h"
 #include "util/string2.h"
+#include "util/metricgroup.h"
 #include "asm/bug.h"
 
 #include <linux/time64.h>
@@ -133,6 +134,8 @@ static const char *smi_cost_attrs = {
 
 static struct perf_evlist	*evsel_list;
 
+static struct rblist		 metric_events;
+
 static struct target target = {
 	.uid	= UINT_MAX,
 };
@@ -1234,7 +1237,7 @@ static void printout(int id, int nr, struct perf_evsel *counter, double uval,
 
 	perf_stat__print_shadow_stats(counter, uval,
 				first_shadow_cpu(counter, id),
-				&out);
+				&out, &metric_events);
 	if (!csv_output && !metric_only) {
 		print_noise(counter, noise);
 		print_running(run, ena);
@@ -1565,7 +1568,8 @@ static void print_metric_headers(const char *prefix, bool no_indent)
 		os.evsel = counter;
 		perf_stat__print_shadow_stats(counter, 0,
 					      0,
-					      &out);
+					      &out,
+					      &metric_events);
 	}
 	fputc('\n', stat_config.output);
 }
@@ -1789,6 +1793,13 @@ static int enable_metric_only(const struct option *opt __maybe_unused,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int parse_metric_groups(const struct option *opt,
+			       const char *str,
+			       int unset __maybe_unused)
+{
+	return metricgroup__parse_groups(opt, str, &metric_events);
+}
+
 static const struct option stat_options[] = {
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('T', "transaction", &transaction_run,
 		    "hardware transaction statistics"),
@@ -1854,6 +1865,9 @@ static const struct option stat_options[] = {
 			"measure topdown level 1 statistics"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "smi-cost", &smi_cost,
 			"measure SMI cost"),
+	OPT_CALLBACK('M', "metrics", &evsel_list, "metric/metric group list",
+		     "monitor specified metrics or metric groups (separated by ,)",
+		     parse_metric_groups),
 	OPT_END()
 };
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/Build b/tools/perf/util/Build
index 94518c1bf8b6c37896c8f90430c4056012f6b29e..71ab8466714d8d86893db06a1f6f4af1cbd73502 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/util/Build
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ libperf-y += dso.o
 libperf-y += symbol.o
 libperf-y += symbol_fprintf.o
 libperf-y += color.o
+libperf-y += metricgroup.o
 libperf-y += header.o
 libperf-y += callchain.o
 libperf-y += values.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7516b1746594e0de0d06d6ee4169075325838a52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
@@ -0,0 +1,313 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, Intel Corporation.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
+ * version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
+ * more details.
+ *
+ */
+
+/* Manage metrics and groups of metrics from JSON files */
+
+#include "metricgroup.h"
+#include "evlist.h"
+#include "strbuf.h"
+#include "pmu.h"
+#include "expr.h"
+#include "rblist.h"
+#include "pmu.h"
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include "pmu-events/pmu-events.h"
+#include "strbuf.h"
+#include "strlist.h"
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+
+struct metric_event *metricgroup__lookup(struct rblist *metric_events,
+					 struct perf_evsel *evsel,
+					 bool create)
+{
+	struct rb_node *nd;
+	struct metric_event me = {
+		.evsel = evsel
+	};
+	nd = rblist__find(metric_events, &me);
+	if (nd)
+		return container_of(nd, struct metric_event, nd);
+	if (create) {
+		rblist__add_node(metric_events, &me);
+		nd = rblist__find(metric_events, &me);
+		if (nd)
+			return container_of(nd, struct metric_event, nd);
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static int metric_event_cmp(struct rb_node *rb_node, const void *entry)
+{
+	struct metric_event *a = container_of(rb_node,
+					      struct metric_event,
+					      nd);
+	const struct metric_event *b = entry;
+
+	if (a->evsel == b->evsel)
+		return 0;
+	if ((char *)a->evsel < (char *)b->evsel)
+		return -1;
+	return +1;
+}
+
+static struct rb_node *metric_event_new(struct rblist *rblist __maybe_unused,
+					const void *entry)
+{
+	struct metric_event *me = malloc(sizeof(struct metric_event));
+
+	if (!me)
+		return NULL;
+	memcpy(me, entry, sizeof(struct metric_event));
+	me->evsel = ((struct metric_event *)entry)->evsel;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&me->head);
+	return &me->nd;
+}
+
+static void metricgroup__rblist_init(struct rblist *metric_events)
+{
+	rblist__init(metric_events);
+	metric_events->node_cmp = metric_event_cmp;
+	metric_events->node_new = metric_event_new;
+}
+
+struct egroup {
+	struct list_head nd;
+	int idnum;
+	const char **ids;
+	const char *metric_name;
+	const char *metric_expr;
+};
+
+static struct perf_evsel *find_evsel(struct perf_evlist *perf_evlist,
+				     const char **ids,
+				     int idnum,
+				     struct perf_evsel **metric_events)
+{
+	struct perf_evsel *ev, *start = NULL;
+	int ind = 0;
+
+	evlist__for_each_entry (perf_evlist, ev) {
+		if (!strcmp(ev->name, ids[ind])) {
+			metric_events[ind] = ev;
+			if (ind == 0)
+				start = ev;
+			if (++ind == idnum) {
+				metric_events[ind] = NULL;
+				return start;
+			}
+		} else {
+			ind = 0;
+			start = NULL;
+		}
+	}
+	/*
+	 * This can happen when an alias expands to multiple
+	 * events, like for uncore events.
+	 * We don't support this case for now.
+	 */
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static int metricgroup__setup_events(struct list_head *groups,
+				     struct perf_evlist *perf_evlist,
+				     struct rblist *metric_events_list)
+{
+	struct metric_event *me;
+	struct metric_expr *expr;
+	int i = 0;
+	int ret = 0;
+	struct egroup *eg;
+	struct perf_evsel *evsel;
+
+	list_for_each_entry (eg, groups, nd) {
+		struct perf_evsel **metric_events;
+
+		metric_events = calloc(sizeof(void *), eg->idnum + 1);
+		if (!metric_events) {
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			break;
+		}
+		evsel = find_evsel(perf_evlist, eg->ids, eg->idnum,
+				   metric_events);
+		if (!evsel) {
+			pr_debug("Cannot resolve %s: %s\n",
+					eg->metric_name, eg->metric_expr);
+			continue;
+		}
+		for (i = 0; i < eg->idnum; i++)
+			metric_events[i]->collect_stat = true;
+		me = metricgroup__lookup(metric_events_list, evsel, true);
+		if (!me) {
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			break;
+		}
+		expr = malloc(sizeof(struct metric_expr));
+		if (!expr) {
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			break;
+		}
+		expr->metric_expr = eg->metric_expr;
+		expr->metric_name = eg->metric_name;
+		expr->metric_events = metric_events;
+		list_add(&expr->nd, &me->head);
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static bool match_metric(const char *n, const char *list)
+{
+	int len;
+	char *m;
+
+	if (!list)
+		return false;
+	if (!strcmp(list, "all"))
+		return true;
+	if (!n)
+		return !strcasecmp(list, "No_group");
+	len = strlen(list);
+	m = strcasestr(n, list);
+	if (!m)
+		return false;
+	if ((m == n || m[-1] == ';' || m[-1] == ' ') &&
+	    (m[len] == 0 || m[len] == ';'))
+		return true;
+	return false;
+}
+
+static int metricgroup__add_metric(const char *metric, struct strbuf *events,
+				   struct list_head *group_list)
+{
+	struct pmu_events_map *map = perf_pmu__find_map();
+	struct pmu_event *pe;
+	int ret = -EINVAL;
+	int i, j;
+
+	strbuf_init(events, 100);
+	strbuf_addf(events, "%s", "");
+
+	if (!map)
+		return 0;
+
+	for (i = 0; ; i++) {
+		pe = &map->table[i];
+
+		if (!pe->name && !pe->metric_group && !pe->metric_name)
+			break;
+		if (!pe->metric_expr)
+			continue;
+		if (match_metric(pe->metric_group, metric) ||
+		    match_metric(pe->metric_name, metric)) {
+			const char **ids;
+			int idnum;
+			struct egroup *eg;
+
+			pr_debug("metric expr %s for %s\n", pe->metric_expr, pe->metric_name);
+
+			if (expr__find_other(pe->metric_expr,
+					     NULL, &ids, &idnum) < 0)
+				continue;
+			if (events->len > 0)
+				strbuf_addf(events, ",");
+			for (j = 0; j < idnum; j++) {
+				pr_debug("found event %s\n", ids[j]);
+				strbuf_addf(events, "%s%s",
+					j == 0 ? "{" : ",",
+					ids[j]);
+			}
+			strbuf_addf(events, "}:W");
+
+			eg = malloc(sizeof(struct egroup));
+			if (!eg) {
+				ret = -ENOMEM;
+				break;
+			}
+			eg->ids = ids;
+			eg->idnum = idnum;
+			eg->metric_name = pe->metric_name;
+			eg->metric_expr = pe->metric_expr;
+			list_add_tail(&eg->nd, group_list);
+			ret = 0;
+		}
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int metricgroup__add_metric_list(const char *list, struct strbuf *events,
+				        struct list_head *group_list)
+{
+	char *llist, *nlist, *p;
+	int ret = -EINVAL;
+
+	nlist = strdup(list);
+	if (!nlist)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	llist = nlist;
+	while ((p = strsep(&llist, ",")) != NULL) {
+		ret = metricgroup__add_metric(p, events, group_list);
+		if (ret == -EINVAL) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "Cannot find metric or group `%s'\n",
+					p);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	free(nlist);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void metricgroup__free_egroups(struct list_head *group_list)
+{
+	struct egroup *eg, *egtmp;
+	int i;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe (eg, egtmp, group_list, nd) {
+		for (i = 0; i < eg->idnum; i++)
+			free((char *)eg->ids[i]);
+		free(eg->ids);
+		free(eg);
+	}
+}
+
+int metricgroup__parse_groups(const struct option *opt,
+			   const char *str,
+			   struct rblist *metric_events)
+{
+	struct parse_events_error parse_error;
+	struct perf_evlist *perf_evlist = *(struct perf_evlist **)opt->value;
+	struct strbuf extra_events;
+	LIST_HEAD(group_list);
+	int ret;
+
+	if (metric_events->nr_entries == 0)
+		metricgroup__rblist_init(metric_events);
+	ret = metricgroup__add_metric_list(str, &extra_events, &group_list);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+	pr_debug("adding %s\n", extra_events.buf);
+	memset(&parse_error, 0, sizeof(struct parse_events_error));
+	ret = parse_events(perf_evlist, extra_events.buf, &parse_error);
+	if (ret) {
+		pr_err("Cannot set up events %s\n", extra_events.buf);
+		goto out;
+	}
+	strbuf_release(&extra_events);
+	ret = metricgroup__setup_events(&group_list, perf_evlist,
+					metric_events);
+out:
+	metricgroup__free_egroups(&group_list);
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.h b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..06854e125ee71c9f7cae52dc2b81ae00329afdf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#ifndef METRICGROUP_H
+#define METRICGROUP_H 1
+
+#include "linux/list.h"
+#include "rblist.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
+#include "evlist.h"
+#include "strbuf.h"
+
+struct metric_event {
+	struct rb_node nd;
+	struct perf_evsel *evsel;
+	struct list_head head; /* list of metric_expr */
+};
+
+struct metric_expr {
+	struct list_head nd;
+	const char *metric_expr;
+	const char *metric_name;
+	struct perf_evsel **metric_events;
+};
+
+struct metric_event *metricgroup__lookup(struct rblist *metric_events,
+					 struct perf_evsel *evsel,
+					 bool create);
+int metricgroup__parse_groups(const struct option *opt,
+			const char *str,
+			struct rblist *metric_events);
+
+void metricgroup__print(bool metrics, bool groups, char *filter, bool raw);
+#endif
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index ed25d7f88731313a1faa495711ed7383c99301c3..7070638ab6009603aa8444a660152c53f30c74c1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -580,8 +580,11 @@ static void pmu_add_cpu_aliases(struct list_head *head, const char *name)
 		const char *pname;
 
 		pe = &map->table[i++];
-		if (!pe->name)
+		if (!pe->name) {
+			if (pe->metric_group || pe->metric_name)
+				continue;
 			break;
+		}
 
 		pname = pe->pmu ? pe->pmu : "cpu";
 		if (strncmp(pname, name, strlen(pname)))
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c b/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
index 8c7ab29169b9466d2acb2f9f0ce227873840e5b9..42e6c17be7ff823f957919bd5fcde7aa7b5f252e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "rblist.h"
 #include "evlist.h"
 #include "expr.h"
+#include "metricgroup.h"
 
 enum {
 	CTX_BIT_USER	= 1 << 0,
@@ -671,13 +672,16 @@ static void generic_metric(const char *metric_expr,
 
 void perf_stat__print_shadow_stats(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 				   double avg, int cpu,
-				   struct perf_stat_output_ctx *out)
+				   struct perf_stat_output_ctx *out,
+				   struct rblist *metric_events)
 {
 	void *ctxp = out->ctx;
 	print_metric_t print_metric = out->print_metric;
 	double total, ratio = 0.0, total2;
 	const char *color = NULL;
 	int ctx = evsel_context(evsel);
+	struct metric_event *me;
+	int num = 1;
 
 	if (perf_evsel__match(evsel, HARDWARE, HW_INSTRUCTIONS)) {
 		total = avg_stats(&runtime_cycles_stats[ctx][cpu]);
@@ -880,6 +884,20 @@ void perf_stat__print_shadow_stats(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 	} else if (perf_stat_evsel__is(evsel, SMI_NUM)) {
 		print_smi_cost(cpu, evsel, out);
 	} else {
-		print_metric(ctxp, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0);
+		num = 0;
 	}
+
+	if ((me = metricgroup__lookup(metric_events, evsel, false)) != NULL) {
+		struct metric_expr *mexp;
+
+		list_for_each_entry (mexp, &me->head, nd) {
+			if (num++ > 0)
+				out->new_line(ctxp);
+			generic_metric(mexp->metric_expr, mexp->metric_events,
+					evsel->name, mexp->metric_name,
+					avg, cpu, ctx, out);
+		}
+	}
+	if (num == 0)
+		print_metric(ctxp, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0);
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat.h b/tools/perf/util/stat.h
index eacaf958e19d2a2750af0ddc5de9f2fa993a3d86..47915df346fbc2b9f567c1b47db127be578921bc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat.h
@@ -91,9 +91,11 @@ struct perf_stat_output_ctx {
 	bool force_header;
 };
 
+struct rblist;
 void perf_stat__print_shadow_stats(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 				   double avg, int cpu,
-				   struct perf_stat_output_ctx *out);
+				   struct perf_stat_output_ctx *out,
+				   struct rblist *metric_events);
 void perf_stat__collect_metric_expr(struct perf_evlist *);
 
 int perf_evlist__alloc_stats(struct perf_evlist *evlist, bool alloc_raw);