diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
index 53b5699101756da9c35ff7608d8b635b965a586f..116b040a73a8e2aea3f0eedfe6ace24c46d2ba0b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
 
 #include <asm/apic.h>
 #include <asm/stacktrace.h>
@@ -1210,7 +1211,8 @@ x86_pmu_notifier(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
 		break;
 
 	case CPU_STARTING:
-		set_in_cr4(X86_CR4_PCE);
+		if (x86_pmu.attr_rdpmc)
+			set_in_cr4(X86_CR4_PCE);
 		if (x86_pmu.cpu_starting)
 			x86_pmu.cpu_starting(cpu);
 		break;
@@ -1320,6 +1322,8 @@ static int __init init_hw_perf_events(void)
 		}
 	}
 
+	x86_pmu.attr_rdpmc = 1; /* enable userspace RDPMC usage by default */
+
 	pr_info("... version:                %d\n",     x86_pmu.version);
 	pr_info("... bit width:              %d\n",     x86_pmu.cntval_bits);
 	pr_info("... generic registers:      %d\n",     x86_pmu.num_counters);
@@ -1555,10 +1559,59 @@ static int x86_pmu_event_idx(struct perf_event *event)
 	return idx + 1;
 }
 
+static ssize_t get_attr_rdpmc(struct device *cdev,
+			      struct device_attribute *attr,
+			      char *buf)
+{
+	return snprintf(buf, 40, "%d\n", x86_pmu.attr_rdpmc);
+}
+
+static void change_rdpmc(void *info)
+{
+	bool enable = !!(unsigned long)info;
+
+	if (enable)
+		set_in_cr4(X86_CR4_PCE);
+	else
+		clear_in_cr4(X86_CR4_PCE);
+}
+
+static ssize_t set_attr_rdpmc(struct device *cdev,
+			      struct device_attribute *attr,
+			      const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	unsigned long val = simple_strtoul(buf, NULL, 0);
+
+	if (!!val != !!x86_pmu.attr_rdpmc) {
+		x86_pmu.attr_rdpmc = !!val;
+		smp_call_function(change_rdpmc, (void *)val, 1);
+	}
+
+	return count;
+}
+
+static DEVICE_ATTR(rdpmc, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR, get_attr_rdpmc, set_attr_rdpmc);
+
+static struct attribute *x86_pmu_attrs[] = {
+	&dev_attr_rdpmc.attr,
+	NULL,
+};
+
+static struct attribute_group x86_pmu_attr_group = {
+	.attrs = x86_pmu_attrs,
+};
+
+static const struct attribute_group *x86_pmu_attr_groups[] = {
+	&x86_pmu_attr_group,
+	NULL,
+};
+
 static struct pmu pmu = {
 	.pmu_enable	= x86_pmu_enable,
 	.pmu_disable	= x86_pmu_disable,
 
+	.attr_groups	= x86_pmu_attr_groups,
+
 	.event_init	= x86_pmu_event_init,
 
 	.add		= x86_pmu_add,
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h
index 8944062f46e284faaa65ec043403352ea7c5f14c..513d617b93c43f7145db0e9be5e62ba0d467461f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h
@@ -307,6 +307,14 @@ struct x86_pmu {
 	struct x86_pmu_quirk *quirks;
 	int		perfctr_second_write;
 
+	/*
+	 * sysfs attrs
+	 */
+	int		attr_rdpmc;
+
+	/*
+	 * CPU Hotplug hooks
+	 */
 	int		(*cpu_prepare)(int cpu);
 	void		(*cpu_starting)(int cpu);
 	void		(*cpu_dying)(int cpu);
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index 02545e6df95b5380ec64a2c6a96e7b4597803625..5311b79fe62cc2d684425e27447f7722592bdb38 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -615,6 +615,7 @@ struct pmu {
 	struct list_head		entry;
 
 	struct device			*dev;
+	const struct attribute_group	**attr_groups;
 	char				*name;
 	int				type;
 
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 05affc3878ff931fbc475e86e8d0e8210c539d7e..dcd4049e92fcf1832aecb50ff5dfa94245108293 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -5505,6 +5505,7 @@ static int pmu_dev_alloc(struct pmu *pmu)
 	if (!pmu->dev)
 		goto out;
 
+	pmu->dev->groups = pmu->attr_groups;
 	device_initialize(pmu->dev);
 	ret = dev_set_name(pmu->dev, "%s", pmu->name);
 	if (ret)