diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
index 6648274f4601d5e8f0840496c8fa3094ef2a2c39..15e2d055321e74cbffbee15d3171cc86674eaf53 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
@@ -1271,6 +1271,31 @@ static int test__checkevent_precise_max_modifier(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int test__checkevent_config_symbol(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
+{
+	struct perf_evsel *evsel = perf_evlist__first(evlist);
+
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong name setting", strcmp(evsel->name, "insn") == 0);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int test__checkevent_config_raw(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
+{
+	struct perf_evsel *evsel = perf_evlist__first(evlist);
+
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong name setting", strcmp(evsel->name, "rawpmu") == 0);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int test__checkevent_config_num(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
+{
+	struct perf_evsel *evsel = perf_evlist__first(evlist);
+
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong name setting", strcmp(evsel->name, "numpmu") == 0);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
 static int count_tracepoints(void)
 {
 	struct dirent *events_ent;
@@ -1579,6 +1604,21 @@ static struct evlist_test test__events[] = {
 		.check = test__checkevent_precise_max_modifier,
 		.id    = 47,
 	},
+	{
+		.name  = "instructions/name=insn/",
+		.check = test__checkevent_config_symbol,
+		.id    = 48,
+	},
+	{
+		.name  = "r1234/name=rawpmu/",
+		.check = test__checkevent_config_raw,
+		.id    = 49,
+	},
+	{
+		.name  = "4:0x6530160/name=numpmu/",
+		.check = test__checkevent_config_num,
+		.id    = 50,
+	},
 };
 
 static struct evlist_test test__events_pmu[] = {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 3243e95eb1c7d006edac9dd51c98343f4b450508..75576e130e16ecd8e419e645fa94f2c4db420553 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -1043,7 +1043,8 @@ int parse_events_add_numeric(struct parse_events_evlist *data,
 			return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	return add_event(list, &data->idx, &attr, NULL, &config_terms);
+	return add_event(list, &data->idx, &attr,
+			 get_config_name(head_config), &config_terms);
 }
 
 int parse_events_add_pmu(struct parse_events_evlist *data,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
index ce68746bdc89a8708d68af0b2b6e10a49442ac5e..82029f92c4d297a9f293247ed553a472ef737c5e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
@@ -407,24 +407,26 @@ PE_NAME ':' PE_NAME
 }
 
 event_legacy_numeric:
-PE_VALUE ':' PE_VALUE
+PE_VALUE ':' PE_VALUE opt_event_config
 {
 	struct parse_events_evlist *data = _data;
 	struct list_head *list;
 
 	ALLOC_LIST(list);
-	ABORT_ON(parse_events_add_numeric(data, list, (u32)$1, $3, NULL));
+	ABORT_ON(parse_events_add_numeric(data, list, (u32)$1, $3, $4));
+	parse_events_terms__delete($4);
 	$$ = list;
 }
 
 event_legacy_raw:
-PE_RAW
+PE_RAW opt_event_config
 {
 	struct parse_events_evlist *data = _data;
 	struct list_head *list;
 
 	ALLOC_LIST(list);
-	ABORT_ON(parse_events_add_numeric(data, list, PERF_TYPE_RAW, $1, NULL));
+	ABORT_ON(parse_events_add_numeric(data, list, PERF_TYPE_RAW, $1, $2));
+	parse_events_terms__delete($2);
 	$$ = list;
 }