diff --git a/include/sysemu/kvm_int.h b/include/sysemu/kvm_int.h
index fd846394be..8f4601474f 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/kvm_int.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/kvm_int.h
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ struct KVMState
     uint32_t xen_caps;
     uint16_t xen_gnttab_max_frames;
     uint16_t xen_evtchn_max_pirq;
+    char *kvm_pmu_filter;
 };
 
 void kvm_memory_listener_register(KVMState *s, KVMMemoryListener *kml,
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 42fd09e4de..dd3518092c 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ DEF("accel", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_accel,
     "                tb-size=n (TCG translation block cache size)\n"
     "                dirty-ring-size=n (KVM dirty ring GFN count, default 0)\n"
     "                eager-split-size=n (KVM Eager Page Split chunk size, default 0, disabled. ARM only)\n"
+    "                pmu-filter={A,D}:start-end[;...] (KVM PMU Event Filter, default no filter. ARM only)\n"
     "                notify-vmexit=run|internal-error|disable,notify-window=n (enable notify VM exit and set notify window, x86 only)\n"
     "                thread=single|multi (enable multi-threaded TCG)\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
 SRST
@@ -259,6 +260,21 @@ SRST
         impact on the memory. By default, this feature is disabled
         (eager-split-size=0).
 
+    ``pmu-filter={A,D}:start-end[;...]``
+        KVM implements pmu event filtering to prevent a guest from being able to
+	sample certain events. It has the following format:
+
+	pmu-filter="{A,D}:start-end[;{A,D}:start-end...]"
+
+	The A means "allow" and D means "deny", start if the first event of the
+	range and the end is the last one. For example:
+
+	pmu-filter="A:0x11-0x11;A:0x23-0x3a,D:0x30-0x30"
+
+	This will allow event 0x11 (The cycle counter), events 0x23 to 0x3a is
+	also allowed except the event 0x30 is denied, and all the other events
+	are disallowed.
+
     ``notify-vmexit=run|internal-error|disable,notify-window=n``
         Enables or disables notify VM exit support on x86 host and specify
         the corresponding notify window to trigger the VM exit if enabled.
diff --git a/target/arm/kvm.c b/target/arm/kvm.c
index 7903e2ddde..74796de055 100644
--- a/target/arm/kvm.c
+++ b/target/arm/kvm.c
@@ -1108,6 +1108,21 @@ static void kvm_arch_set_eager_split_size(Object *obj, Visitor *v,
     s->kvm_eager_split_size = value;
 }
 
+static char *kvm_arch_get_pmu_filter(Object *obj, Error **errp)
+{
+    KVMState *s = KVM_STATE(obj);
+
+    return g_strdup(s->kvm_pmu_filter);
+}
+
+static void kvm_arch_set_pmu_filter(Object *obj, const char *pmu_filter,
+                                    Error **errp)
+{
+    KVMState *s = KVM_STATE(obj);
+
+    s->kvm_pmu_filter = g_strdup(pmu_filter);
+}
+
 void kvm_arch_accel_class_init(ObjectClass *oc)
 {
     object_class_property_add(oc, "eager-split-size", "size",
@@ -1116,4 +1131,11 @@ void kvm_arch_accel_class_init(ObjectClass *oc)
 
     object_class_property_set_description(oc, "eager-split-size",
         "Eager Page Split chunk size for hugepages. (default: 0, disabled)");
+
+    object_class_property_add_str(oc, "pmu-filter",
+                                  kvm_arch_get_pmu_filter,
+                                  kvm_arch_set_pmu_filter);
+
+    object_class_property_set_description(oc, "pmu-filter",
+        "PMU Event Filtering description for guest pmu. (default: NULL, disabled)");
 }
diff --git a/target/arm/kvm64.c b/target/arm/kvm64.c
index 3c175c93a7..6eac328b48 100644
--- a/target/arm/kvm64.c
+++ b/target/arm/kvm64.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include <asm-arm64/kvm.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <sys/ptrace.h>
 
@@ -131,6 +132,53 @@ static bool kvm_arm_set_device_attr(CPUState *cs, struct kvm_device_attr *attr,
     return true;
 }
 
+static void kvm_arm_pmu_filter_init(CPUState *cs)
+{
+    static bool pmu_filter_init = false;
+    struct kvm_pmu_event_filter filter;
+    struct kvm_device_attr attr = {
+        .group      = KVM_ARM_VCPU_PMU_V3_CTRL,
+        .attr       = KVM_ARM_VCPU_PMU_V3_FILTER,
+        .addr       = (uint64_t)&filter,
+    };
+    KVMState *kvm_state = cs->kvm_state;
+    char *tmp;
+    char *str, act;
+
+    if (!kvm_state->kvm_pmu_filter)
+        return;
+
+    /* This only needs to be called for 1 vcpu. */
+    if (!pmu_filter_init)
+        pmu_filter_init = true;
+
+    tmp = g_strdup(kvm_state->kvm_pmu_filter);
+
+    for (str = strtok(tmp, ";"); str != NULL; str = strtok(NULL, ";")) {
+        unsigned short start = 0, end = 0;
+
+        sscanf(str, "%c:%hx-%hx", &act, &start, &end);
+        if ((act != 'A' && act != 'D') || (!start && !end)) {
+            error_report("skipping invalid filter %s\n", str);
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        filter = (struct kvm_pmu_event_filter) {
+            .base_event     = start,
+            .nevents        = end - start + 1,
+            .action         = act == 'A' ? KVM_PMU_EVENT_ALLOW :
+                                           KVM_PMU_EVENT_DENY,
+        };
+
+        if (!kvm_arm_set_device_attr(cs, &attr, "PMU Event Filter")) {
+            error_report("Failed to init PMU Event Filter\n");
+            abort();
+        }
+    }
+
+    g_free(tmp);
+}
+
 void kvm_arm_pmu_init(CPUState *cs)
 {
     struct kvm_device_attr attr = {
@@ -141,6 +189,9 @@ void kvm_arm_pmu_init(CPUState *cs)
     if (!ARM_CPU(cs)->has_pmu) {
         return;
     }
+
+    kvm_arm_pmu_filter_init(cs);
+
     if (!kvm_arm_set_device_attr(cs, &attr, "PMU")) {
         error_report("failed to init PMU");
         abort();
