diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 8c54df61fe64..b16f1621ce3e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ void perf_evsel__init(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 	evsel->bpf_fd	   = -1;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&evsel->node);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&evsel->config_terms);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&evsel->drv_config_terms);
 	perf_evsel__object.init(evsel);
 	evsel->sample_size = __perf_evsel__sample_size(attr->sample_type);
 	perf_evsel__calc_id_pos(evsel);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index 8a4a6c9f1480..e25fd5e4c740 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ enum {
 	PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_INHERIT,
 	PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_MAX_STACK,
 	PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_OVERWRITE,
+	PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_DRV_CFG,
 	PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_MAX,
 };
 
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ struct perf_evsel_config_term {
 		u64	freq;
 		bool	time;
 		char	*callgraph;
+		char	*drv_cfg;
 		u64	stack_user;
 		int	max_stack;
 		bool	inherit;
@@ -79,6 +81,7 @@ struct perf_evsel_config_term {
  *          PERF_SAMPLE_IDENTIFIER) in a non-sample event i.e. if sample_id_all
  *          is used there is an id sample appended to non-sample events
  * @priv:   And what is in its containing unnamed union are tool specific
+ * @drv_config_terms: List of configurables sent directly to the PMU driver
  */
 struct perf_evsel {
 	struct list_head	node;
@@ -125,6 +128,7 @@ struct perf_evsel {
 	char			*group_name;
 	bool			cmdline_group_boundary;
 	struct list_head	config_terms;
+	struct list_head	drv_config_terms;
 	int			bpf_fd;
 };
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 6c913c3914fb..697a21c11fc5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -303,7 +303,8 @@ static struct perf_evsel *
 __add_event(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
 	    struct perf_event_attr *attr,
 	    char *name, struct cpu_map *cpus,
-	    struct list_head *config_terms)
+	    struct list_head *config_terms,
+	    struct list_head *drv_config_terms)
 {
 	struct perf_evsel *evsel;
 
@@ -322,6 +323,10 @@ __add_event(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
 	if (config_terms)
 		list_splice(config_terms, &evsel->config_terms);
 
+	if (drv_config_terms)
+		list_splice(drv_config_terms, &evsel->drv_config_terms);
+
+
 	list_add_tail(&evsel->node, list);
 	return evsel;
 }
@@ -330,7 +335,8 @@ static int add_event(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
 		     struct perf_event_attr *attr, char *name,
 		     struct list_head *config_terms)
 {
-	return __add_event(list, idx, attr, name, NULL, config_terms) ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
+	return __add_event(list, idx, attr, name,
+			   NULL, config_terms, NULL) ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 static int parse_aliases(char *str, const char *names[][PERF_EVSEL__MAX_ALIASES], int size)
@@ -904,6 +910,7 @@ static const char *config_term_names[__PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NR] = {
 	[PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_MAX_STACK]		= "max-stack",
 	[PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_OVERWRITE]		= "overwrite",
 	[PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NOOVERWRITE]		= "no-overwrite",
+	[PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_DRV_CFG]		= "driver-config",
 };
 
 static bool config_term_shrinked;
@@ -1034,7 +1041,8 @@ static int config_term_pmu(struct perf_event_attr *attr,
 			   struct parse_events_term *term,
 			   struct parse_events_error *err)
 {
-	if (term->type_term == PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER)
+	if (term->type_term == PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER ||
+	    term->type_term == PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_DRV_CFG)
 		/*
 		 * Always succeed for sysfs terms, as we dont know
 		 * at this point what type they need to have.
@@ -1083,10 +1091,7 @@ static int config_attr(struct perf_event_attr *attr,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int get_config_terms(struct list_head *head_config,
-			    struct list_head *head_terms __maybe_unused)
-{
-#define ADD_CONFIG_TERM(__type, __name, __val)			\
+#define ADD_CONFIG_TERM(__type, __name, __val, __head_terms)	\
 do {								\
 	struct perf_evsel_config_term *__t;			\
 								\
@@ -1097,42 +1102,53 @@ do {								\
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&__t->list);				\
 	__t->type       = PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_ ## __type;	\
 	__t->val.__name = __val;				\
-	list_add_tail(&__t->list, head_terms);			\
+	list_add_tail(&__t->list, __head_terms);		\
 } while (0)
 
+static int get_config_terms(struct list_head *head_config,
+			    struct list_head *head_terms)
+{
 	struct parse_events_term *term;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(term, head_config, list) {
 		switch (term->type_term) {
 		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_SAMPLE_PERIOD:
-			ADD_CONFIG_TERM(PERIOD, period, term->val.num);
+			ADD_CONFIG_TERM(PERIOD, period,
+					term->val.num, head_terms);
 			break;
 		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_SAMPLE_FREQ:
-			ADD_CONFIG_TERM(FREQ, freq, term->val.num);
+			ADD_CONFIG_TERM(FREQ, freq, term->val.num, head_terms);
 			break;
 		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_TIME:
-			ADD_CONFIG_TERM(TIME, time, term->val.num);
+			ADD_CONFIG_TERM(TIME, time, term->val.num, head_terms);
 			break;
 		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_CALLGRAPH:
-			ADD_CONFIG_TERM(CALLGRAPH, callgraph, term->val.str);
+			ADD_CONFIG_TERM(CALLGRAPH, callgraph,
+					term->val.str, head_terms);
 			break;
 		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_STACKSIZE:
-			ADD_CONFIG_TERM(STACK_USER, stack_user, term->val.num);
+			ADD_CONFIG_TERM(STACK_USER, stack_user,
+					term->val.num, head_terms);
 			break;
 		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_INHERIT:
-			ADD_CONFIG_TERM(INHERIT, inherit, term->val.num ? 1 : 0);
+			ADD_CONFIG_TERM(INHERIT, inherit,
+					term->val.num ? 1 : 0, head_terms);
 			break;
 		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NOINHERIT:
-			ADD_CONFIG_TERM(INHERIT, inherit, term->val.num ? 0 : 1);
+			ADD_CONFIG_TERM(INHERIT, inherit,
+					term->val.num ? 0 : 1, head_terms);
 			break;
 		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_MAX_STACK:
-			ADD_CONFIG_TERM(MAX_STACK, max_stack, term->val.num);
+			ADD_CONFIG_TERM(MAX_STACK, max_stack,
+					term->val.num, head_terms);
 			break;
 		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_OVERWRITE:
-			ADD_CONFIG_TERM(OVERWRITE, overwrite, term->val.num ? 1 : 0);
+			ADD_CONFIG_TERM(OVERWRITE, overwrite,
+					term->val.num ? 1 : 0, head_terms);
 			break;
 		case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NOOVERWRITE:
-			ADD_CONFIG_TERM(OVERWRITE, overwrite, term->val.num ? 0 : 1);
+			ADD_CONFIG_TERM(OVERWRITE, overwrite,
+					term->val.num ? 0 : 1, head_terms);
 			break;
 		default:
 			break;
@@ -1142,6 +1158,21 @@ do {								\
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int get_drv_config_terms(struct list_head *head_config,
+				struct list_head *head_terms)
+{
+	struct parse_events_term *term;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(term, head_config, list) {
+		if (term->type_term != PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_DRV_CFG)
+			continue;
+
+		ADD_CONFIG_TERM(DRV_CFG, drv_cfg, term->val.str, head_terms);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int parse_events_add_tracepoint(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
 				const char *sys, const char *event,
 				struct parse_events_error *err,
@@ -1197,6 +1228,7 @@ int parse_events_add_pmu(struct parse_events_evlist *data,
 	struct perf_pmu *pmu;
 	struct perf_evsel *evsel;
 	LIST_HEAD(config_terms);
+	LIST_HEAD(drv_config_terms);
 
 	pmu = perf_pmu__find(name);
 	if (!pmu)
@@ -1211,7 +1243,8 @@ int parse_events_add_pmu(struct parse_events_evlist *data,
 
 	if (!head_config) {
 		attr.type = pmu->type;
-		evsel = __add_event(list, &data->idx, &attr, NULL, pmu->cpus, NULL);
+		evsel = __add_event(list, &data->idx, &attr,
+				    NULL, pmu->cpus, NULL, NULL);
 		return evsel ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
@@ -1228,12 +1261,15 @@ int parse_events_add_pmu(struct parse_events_evlist *data,
 	if (get_config_terms(head_config, &config_terms))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	if (get_drv_config_terms(head_config, &drv_config_terms))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	if (perf_pmu__config(pmu, &attr, head_config, data->error))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	evsel = __add_event(list, &data->idx, &attr,
 			    get_config_name(head_config), pmu->cpus,
-			    &config_terms);
+			    &config_terms, &drv_config_terms);
 	if (evsel) {
 		evsel->unit = info.unit;
 		evsel->scale = info.scale;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
index d1edbf8cc66a..8d09a976fca8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ enum {
 	PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_MAX_STACK,
 	PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NOOVERWRITE,
 	PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_OVERWRITE,
+	PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_DRV_CFG,
 	__PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NR,
 };
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
index 7a2519435da0..1f7e11a6c5b3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
@@ -53,6 +53,16 @@ static int str(yyscan_t scanner, int token)
 	return token;
 }
 
+static int drv_str(yyscan_t scanner, int token)
+{
+	YYSTYPE *yylval = parse_events_get_lval(scanner);
+	char *text = parse_events_get_text(scanner);
+
+	/* Strip off the '@' */
+	yylval->str = strdup(text + 1);
+	return token;
+}
+
 #define REWIND(__alloc)				\
 do {								\
 	YYSTYPE *__yylval = parse_events_get_lval(yyscanner);	\
@@ -124,6 +134,7 @@ 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\-_*?.:]*
+drv_cfg_term	[a-zA-Z0-9_\.]+(=[a-zA-Z0-9_*?\.:]+)?
 /* If you add a modifier you need to update check_modifier() */
 modifier_event	[ukhpPGHSDI]+
 modifier_bp	[rwx]{1,3}
@@ -209,6 +220,7 @@ no-overwrite		{ return term(yyscanner, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NOOVERWRITE); }
 {name_minus}		{ return str(yyscanner, PE_NAME); }
 \[all\]			{ return PE_ARRAY_ALL; }
 "["			{ BEGIN(array); return '['; }
+@{drv_cfg_term}		{ return drv_str(yyscanner, PE_DRV_CFG_TERM); }
 }
 
 <mem>{
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
index 5be4a5f216d6..879115f93edc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ static void inc_group_count(struct list_head *list,
 %token PE_ERROR
 %token PE_PMU_EVENT_PRE PE_PMU_EVENT_SUF PE_KERNEL_PMU_EVENT
 %token PE_ARRAY_ALL PE_ARRAY_RANGE
+%token PE_DRV_CFG_TERM
 %type <num> PE_VALUE
 %type <num> PE_VALUE_SYM_HW
 %type <num> PE_VALUE_SYM_SW
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ static void inc_group_count(struct list_head *list,
 %type <str> PE_MODIFIER_BP
 %type <str> PE_EVENT_NAME
 %type <str> PE_PMU_EVENT_PRE PE_PMU_EVENT_SUF PE_KERNEL_PMU_EVENT
+%type <str> PE_DRV_CFG_TERM
 %type <num> value_sym
 %type <head> event_config
 %type <head> opt_event_config
@@ -599,6 +601,15 @@ PE_NAME array '=' PE_VALUE
 	term->array = $2;
 	$$ = term;
 }
+|
+PE_DRV_CFG_TERM
+{
+	struct parse_events_term *term;
+
+	ABORT_ON(parse_events_term__str(&term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_DRV_CFG,
+					$1, $1, &@1, NULL));
+	$$ = term;
+}
 
 array:
 '[' array_terms ']'
