diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 0d852d1bc90f0a514b00c6d6abcfb725f748f1c0..afbe45ef7e3ec00b164036ea15d5d1f6319cb161 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ OPTIONS
 	  These params can be used to overload default config values per event.
 	  Here is a list of the params.
 	  - 'period': Set event sampling period
+	  - 'freq': Set event sampling frequency
 	  - 'time': Disable/enable time stamping. Acceptable values are 1 for
 		    enabling time stamping. 0 for disabling time stamping.
 		    The default is 1.
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index a59710f88d8acb91a1567c5d082f2b7d6c3c54ba..f664a22b5fea8af7dc1a5a7f00a5ec4d3f3b3431 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -600,6 +600,10 @@ static void apply_config_terms(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 			attr->sample_period = term->val.period;
 			attr->freq = 0;
 			break;
+		case PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_FREQ:
+			attr->sample_freq = term->val.freq;
+			attr->freq = 1;
+			break;
 		case PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_TIME:
 			if (term->val.time)
 				perf_evsel__set_sample_bit(evsel, TIME);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index b948f69d255888463abd2ed6d76c9564624355a3..fdf2674ab339785c4217df7eb68bf6632066d540 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ struct cgroup_sel;
 */
 enum {
 	PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_PERIOD,
+	PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_FREQ,
 	PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_TIME,
 	PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_MAX,
 };
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ struct perf_evsel_config_term {
 	int	type;
 	union {
 		u64	period;
+		u64	freq;
 		bool	time;
 	} val;
 };
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 828936dc3f1ee9bd77d9142634c7fc1676ea66b2..dbf315df422016c48952cd072eb8d2a2c1056dfb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -597,6 +597,9 @@ do {									   \
 	case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_SAMPLE_PERIOD:
 		CHECK_TYPE_VAL(NUM);
 		break;
+	case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_SAMPLE_FREQ:
+		CHECK_TYPE_VAL(NUM);
+		break;
 	case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_BRANCH_SAMPLE_TYPE:
 		/*
 		 * TODO uncomment when the field is available
@@ -659,6 +662,9 @@ do {								\
 		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_SAMPLE_PERIOD:
 			ADD_CONFIG_TERM(PERIOD, period, term->val.num);
 			break;
+		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_SAMPLE_FREQ:
+			ADD_CONFIG_TERM(FREQ, freq, term->val.num);
+			break;
 		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_TIME:
 			ADD_CONFIG_TERM(TIME, time, term->val.num);
 			break;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
index e6f9aacc1ccecd38079634dda34c364e4206bf9b..ce2d13a16226e8fe73c02aaccb34a95c9b45cc09 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ enum {
 	PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_CONFIG2,
 	PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NAME,
 	PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_SAMPLE_PERIOD,
+	PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_SAMPLE_FREQ,
 	PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_BRANCH_SAMPLE_TYPE,
 	PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_TIME,
 };
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
index f5427505ae77b319d0910f220fcdd7bfc9b13599..4306f5ad75c756b74ad7350773ec273b6043988b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ config1			{ return term(yyscanner, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_CONFIG1); }
 config2			{ return term(yyscanner, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_CONFIG2); }
 name			{ return term(yyscanner, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NAME); }
 period			{ return term(yyscanner, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_SAMPLE_PERIOD); }
+freq			{ return term(yyscanner, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_SAMPLE_FREQ); }
 branch_type		{ return term(yyscanner, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_BRANCH_SAMPLE_TYPE); }
 time			{ return term(yyscanner, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_TIME); }
 ,			{ return ','; }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index d4b0e6454bc627e8491d5bcf04e732c36226a3dd..d85f11b8cacf00cefeb7b97c6b3aa42da69ed4bc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ static char *formats_error_string(struct list_head *formats)
 {
 	struct perf_pmu_format *format;
 	char *err, *str;
-	static const char *static_terms = "config,config1,config2,name,period,branch_type,time\n";
+	static const char *static_terms = "config,config1,config2,name,period,freq,branch_type,time\n";
 	unsigned i = 0;
 
 	if (!asprintf(&str, "valid terms:"))