diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index b0b329539db533937d02372b3429db9361529202..a5dd6703a56b9d4002446bdf7b946c9b18ac40af 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -672,17 +672,63 @@ int parse_events_load_bpf_obj(struct parse_events_evlist *data,
 	return err;
 }
 
+static int
+parse_events_config_bpf(struct parse_events_evlist *data,
+			struct bpf_object *obj,
+			struct list_head *head_config)
+{
+	struct parse_events_term *term;
+	int error_pos;
+
+	if (!head_config || list_empty(head_config))
+		return 0;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(term, head_config, list) {
+		char errbuf[BUFSIZ];
+		int err;
+
+		if (term->type_term != PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER) {
+			snprintf(errbuf, sizeof(errbuf),
+				 "Invalid config term for BPF object");
+			errbuf[BUFSIZ - 1] = '\0';
+
+			data->error->idx = term->err_term;
+			data->error->str = strdup(errbuf);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+
+		err = bpf__config_obj(obj, term, NULL, &error_pos);
+		if (err) {
+			bpf__strerror_config_obj(obj, term, NULL,
+						 &error_pos, err, errbuf,
+						 sizeof(errbuf));
+			data->error->help = strdup(
+"Hint:\tValid config term:\n"
+"     \tmap:[<arraymap>].value=[value]\n"
+"     \t(add -v to see detail)");
+			data->error->str = strdup(errbuf);
+			if (err == -BPF_LOADER_ERRNO__OBJCONF_MAP_VALUE)
+				data->error->idx = term->err_val;
+			else
+				data->error->idx = term->err_term + error_pos;
+			return err;
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int parse_events_load_bpf(struct parse_events_evlist *data,
 			  struct list_head *list,
 			  char *bpf_file_name,
-			  bool source)
+			  bool source,
+			  struct list_head *head_config)
 {
 	struct bpf_object *obj;
+	int err;
 
 	obj = bpf__prepare_load(bpf_file_name, source);
 	if (IS_ERR(obj)) {
 		char errbuf[BUFSIZ];
-		int err;
 
 		err = PTR_ERR(obj);
 
@@ -700,7 +746,10 @@ int parse_events_load_bpf(struct parse_events_evlist *data,
 		return err;
 	}
 
-	return parse_events_load_bpf_obj(data, list, obj);
+	err = parse_events_load_bpf_obj(data, list, obj);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+	return parse_events_config_bpf(data, obj, head_config);
 }
 
 static int
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
index d5eb2af788261e7f31fa984704868a4f6428e925..c48377ad4e82433edd102a541770403423bd3407 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
@@ -129,7 +129,8 @@ int parse_events_add_tracepoint(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
 int parse_events_load_bpf(struct parse_events_evlist *data,
 			  struct list_head *list,
 			  char *bpf_file_name,
-			  bool source);
+			  bool source,
+			  struct list_head *head_config);
 /* Provide this function for perf test */
 struct bpf_object;
 int parse_events_load_bpf_obj(struct parse_events_evlist *data,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
index 99486e6a8b97c8f82143a8733887956ecd6ada1a..0cc6b84a740a836555901a554d64941fa96c89bb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ num_dec		[0-9]+
 num_hex		0x[a-fA-F0-9]+
 num_raw_hex	[a-fA-F0-9]+
 name		[a-zA-Z_*?][a-zA-Z0-9_*?.]*
-name_minus	[a-zA-Z_*?][a-zA-Z0-9\-_*?.]*
+name_minus	[a-zA-Z_*?][a-zA-Z0-9\-_*?.:]*
 /* If you add a modifier you need to update check_modifier() */
 modifier_event	[ukhpPGHSDI]+
 modifier_bp	[rwx]{1,3}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
index 6a2d006ea77f31e95b9f208818acda0bb7d15c59..0e2d433e4ffa71c99071895abb0f85fc5f64311a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
@@ -437,24 +437,26 @@ PE_RAW opt_event_config
 }
 
 event_bpf_file:
-PE_BPF_OBJECT
+PE_BPF_OBJECT opt_event_config
 {
 	struct parse_events_evlist *data = _data;
 	struct parse_events_error *error = data->error;
 	struct list_head *list;
 
 	ALLOC_LIST(list);
-	ABORT_ON(parse_events_load_bpf(data, list, $1, false));
+	ABORT_ON(parse_events_load_bpf(data, list, $1, false, $2));
+	parse_events_terms__delete($2);
 	$$ = list;
 }
 |
-PE_BPF_SOURCE
+PE_BPF_SOURCE opt_event_config
 {
 	struct parse_events_evlist *data = _data;
 	struct list_head *list;
 
 	ALLOC_LIST(list);
-	ABORT_ON(parse_events_load_bpf(data, list, $1, true));
+	ABORT_ON(parse_events_load_bpf(data, list, $1, true, $2));
+	parse_events_terms__delete($2);
 	$$ = list;
 }