diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
index 18b06444f230d6563de86a571fac2f86bf4af0b8..6829dd416a9987ccbdd56b0173c38fe96b954cf3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
@@ -1309,6 +1309,14 @@ static int test__checkevent_config_cache(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int test__intel_pt(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
+{
+	struct perf_evsel *evsel = perf_evlist__first(evlist);
+
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong name setting", strcmp(evsel->name, "intel_pt//u") == 0);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int count_tracepoints(void)
 {
 	struct dirent *events_ent;
@@ -1637,6 +1645,11 @@ static struct evlist_test test__events[] = {
 		.check = test__checkevent_config_cache,
 		.id    = 51,
 	},
+	{
+		.name  = "intel_pt//u",
+		.check = test__intel_pt,
+		.id    = 52,
+	},
 };
 
 static struct evlist_test test__events_pmu[] = {