diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index 4d8c05523988fcf74dcaf91a2b439344bc04c7f6..26fde8e2525905bd53c780cbff554e91514eb3f4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -597,6 +597,7 @@ static struct perf_cpu_map *__pmu_cpumask(const char *path)
  * Uncore PMUs have a "cpumask" file under sysfs. CPU PMUs (e.g. on arm/arm64)
  * may have a "cpus" file.
  */
+#define SYS_TEMPLATE_ID	"./bus/event_source/devices/%s/identifier"
 #define CPUS_TEMPLATE_UNCORE	"%s/bus/event_source/devices/%s/cpumask"
 #define CPUS_TEMPLATE_CPU	"%s/bus/event_source/devices/%s/cpus"
 
@@ -635,6 +636,21 @@ static bool pmu_is_uncore(const char *name)
 	return file_available(path);
 }
 
+static char *pmu_id(const char *name)
+{
+	char path[PATH_MAX], *str;
+	size_t len;
+
+	snprintf(path, PATH_MAX, SYS_TEMPLATE_ID, name);
+
+	if (sysfs__read_str(path, &str, &len) < 0)
+		return NULL;
+
+	str[len - 1] = 0; /* remove line feed */
+
+	return str;
+}
+
 /*
  *  PMU CORE devices have different name other than cpu in sysfs on some
  *  platforms.
@@ -852,6 +868,8 @@ static struct perf_pmu *pmu_lookup(const char *name)
 	pmu->name = strdup(name);
 	pmu->type = type;
 	pmu->is_uncore = pmu_is_uncore(name);
+	if (pmu->is_uncore)
+		pmu->id = pmu_id(name);
 	pmu->max_precise = pmu_max_precise(name);
 	pmu_add_cpu_aliases(&aliases, pmu);
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
index 9a09f5a432bbcc5125d53cff64b5429401e7f934..d7e84331d9b95a0951c7add0d1b10b5502a618b8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ struct perf_pmu_caps {
 
 struct perf_pmu {
 	char *name;
+	char *id;
 	__u32 type;
 	bool selectable;
 	bool is_uncore;