diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.h b/tools/perf/util/event.h
index 0d80201ce8441d82fa4a44a959b00ee717819337..cbdeaad9c5e5c3f01b749d7c515eb16a99320612 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.h
@@ -199,6 +199,9 @@ const char *perf_event__name(unsigned int id);
 int perf_event__parse_sample(const union perf_event *event, u64 type,
 			     int sample_size, bool sample_id_all,
 			     struct perf_sample *sample, bool swapped);
+int perf_event__synthesize_sample(union perf_event *event, u64 type,
+				  const struct perf_sample *sample,
+				  bool swapped);
 
 size_t perf_event__fprintf_comm(union perf_event *event, FILE *fp);
 size_t perf_event__fprintf_mmap(union perf_event *event, FILE *fp);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index ee68d6944e61883ca62660b1071e30ff3e4ddd06..4a8c8b02e9cc4961298477eb4dab10e35f0db16c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -574,3 +574,82 @@ int perf_event__parse_sample(const union perf_event *event, u64 type,
 
 	return 0;
 }
+
+int perf_event__synthesize_sample(union perf_event *event, u64 type,
+				  const struct perf_sample *sample,
+				  bool swapped)
+{
+	u64 *array;
+
+	/*
+	 * used for cross-endian analysis. See git commit 65014ab3
+	 * for why this goofiness is needed.
+	 */
+	union {
+		u64 val64;
+		u32 val32[2];
+	} u;
+
+	array = event->sample.array;
+
+	if (type & PERF_SAMPLE_IP) {
+		event->ip.ip = sample->ip;
+		array++;
+	}
+
+	if (type & PERF_SAMPLE_TID) {
+		u.val32[0] = sample->pid;
+		u.val32[1] = sample->tid;
+		if (swapped) {
+			/*
+			 * Inverse of what is done in perf_event__parse_sample
+			 */
+			u.val32[0] = bswap_32(u.val32[0]);
+			u.val32[1] = bswap_32(u.val32[1]);
+			u.val64 = bswap_64(u.val64);
+		}
+
+		*array = u.val64;
+		array++;
+	}
+
+	if (type & PERF_SAMPLE_TIME) {
+		*array = sample->time;
+		array++;
+	}
+
+	if (type & PERF_SAMPLE_ADDR) {
+		*array = sample->addr;
+		array++;
+	}
+
+	if (type & PERF_SAMPLE_ID) {
+		*array = sample->id;
+		array++;
+	}
+
+	if (type & PERF_SAMPLE_STREAM_ID) {
+		*array = sample->stream_id;
+		array++;
+	}
+
+	if (type & PERF_SAMPLE_CPU) {
+		u.val32[0] = sample->cpu;
+		if (swapped) {
+			/*
+			 * Inverse of what is done in perf_event__parse_sample
+			 */
+			u.val32[0] = bswap_32(u.val32[0]);
+			u.val64 = bswap_64(u.val64);
+		}
+		*array = u.val64;
+		array++;
+	}
+
+	if (type & PERF_SAMPLE_PERIOD) {
+		*array = sample->period;
+		array++;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.h b/tools/perf/util/session.h
index 30e9c6b6fc3c1809debc107f54356c7ec8b8038b..fb696124ad61a32407127ddb874771ed7b95a1f0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.h
@@ -134,6 +134,14 @@ static inline int perf_session__parse_sample(struct perf_session *session,
 					session->header.needs_swap);
 }
 
+static inline int perf_session__synthesize_sample(struct perf_session *session,
+						  union perf_event *event,
+						  const struct perf_sample *sample)
+{
+	return perf_event__synthesize_sample(event, session->sample_type,
+					     sample, session->header.needs_swap);
+}
+
 struct perf_evsel *perf_session__find_first_evtype(struct perf_session *session,
 					    unsigned int type);