diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index 064bdcb7bd78dcce2303bd24563bddcf42dc86d2..61a5e5027338159e6c4d7ec8472e0b732bc037f2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -562,6 +562,12 @@ static int is_pmu_core(const char *name)
 	if (stat(path, &st) == 0)
 		return 1;
 
+	/* Look for cpu sysfs (specific to s390) */
+	scnprintf(path, PATH_MAX, "%s/bus/event_source/devices/%s",
+		  sysfs, name);
+	if (stat(path, &st) == 0 && !strncmp(name, "cpum_", 5))
+		return 1;
+
 	return 0;
 }