diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf.txt b/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf.txt
index 0c74c30ed23a..a2c73df191ca 100644
--- a/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf.txt
+++ b/tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf.txt
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
                        struct perf_thread_map *threads);
   void perf_evsel__close(struct perf_evsel *evsel);
   void perf_evsel__close_cpu(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int cpu);
+  int perf_evsel__mmap(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int pages);
+  void *perf_evsel__mmap_base(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int cpu, int thread);
   int perf_evsel__read(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int cpu, int thread,
                        struct perf_counts_values *count);
   int perf_evsel__enable(struct perf_evsel *evsel);
diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/evsel.c b/tools/lib/perf/evsel.c
index 4dc06289f4c7..0b5bdf4badae 100644
--- a/tools/lib/perf/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/lib/perf/evsel.c
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <internal/xyarray.h>
 #include <internal/cpumap.h>
+#include <internal/mmap.h>
 #include <internal/threadmap.h>
 #include <internal/lib.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
 
 void perf_evsel__init(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct perf_event_attr *attr)
 {
@@ -37,11 +39,17 @@ void perf_evsel__delete(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 	free(evsel);
 }
 
-#define FD(e, x, y) (*(int *) xyarray__entry(e->fd, x, y))
+struct evsel_fd {
+	int fd;
+	struct perf_mmap mmap;
+};
+
+#define FD(e, x, y) ((struct evsel_fd *) xyarray__entry(e->fd, x, y))->fd
+#define MMAP(e, x, y) (&(((struct evsel_fd *) xyarray__entry(e->fd, x, y))->mmap))
 
 int perf_evsel__alloc_fd(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus, int nthreads)
 {
-	evsel->fd = xyarray__new(ncpus, nthreads, sizeof(int));
+	evsel->fd = xyarray__new(ncpus, nthreads, sizeof(struct evsel_fd));
 
 	if (evsel->fd) {
 		int cpu, thread;
@@ -156,6 +164,41 @@ void perf_evsel__close_cpu(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int cpu)
 	perf_evsel__close_fd_cpu(evsel, cpu);
 }
 
+int perf_evsel__mmap(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int pages)
+{
+	int ret, cpu, thread;
+	struct perf_mmap_param mp = {
+		.prot = PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+		.mask = (pages * page_size) - 1,
+	};
+
+	for (cpu = 0; cpu < xyarray__max_x(evsel->fd); cpu++) {
+		for (thread = 0; thread < xyarray__max_y(evsel->fd); thread++) {
+			int fd = FD(evsel, cpu, thread);
+			struct perf_mmap *map = MMAP(evsel, cpu, thread);
+
+			if (fd < 0)
+				continue;
+
+			perf_mmap__init(map, NULL, false, NULL);
+
+			ret = perf_mmap__mmap(map, &mp, fd, cpu);
+			if (ret)
+				return -1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void *perf_evsel__mmap_base(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int cpu, int thread)
+{
+	if (FD(evsel, cpu, thread) < 0)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return MMAP(evsel, cpu, thread)->base;
+}
+
 int perf_evsel__read_size(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 {
 	u64 read_format = evsel->attr.read_format;
diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/include/internal/evsel.h b/tools/lib/perf/include/internal/evsel.h
index 1ffd083b235e..a7985dbb68ff 100644
--- a/tools/lib/perf/include/internal/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/lib/perf/include/internal/evsel.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 struct perf_cpu_map;
 struct perf_thread_map;
+struct perf_mmap;
 struct xyarray;
 
 /*
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ struct perf_evsel {
 	struct perf_cpu_map	*cpus;
 	struct perf_cpu_map	*own_cpus;
 	struct perf_thread_map	*threads;
+	struct perf_mmap	*mmap;
 	struct xyarray		*fd;
 	struct xyarray		*sample_id;
 	u64			*id;
diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/include/perf/evsel.h b/tools/lib/perf/include/perf/evsel.h
index c82ec39a4ad0..9f5265f2f39f 100644
--- a/tools/lib/perf/include/perf/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/lib/perf/include/perf/evsel.h
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ LIBPERF_API int perf_evsel__open(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct perf_cpu_map *
 				 struct perf_thread_map *threads);
 LIBPERF_API void perf_evsel__close(struct perf_evsel *evsel);
 LIBPERF_API void perf_evsel__close_cpu(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int cpu);
+LIBPERF_API int perf_evsel__mmap(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int pages);
+LIBPERF_API void *perf_evsel__mmap_base(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int cpu, int thread);
 LIBPERF_API int perf_evsel__read(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int cpu, int thread,
 				 struct perf_counts_values *count);
 LIBPERF_API int perf_evsel__enable(struct perf_evsel *evsel);
diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/libperf.map b/tools/lib/perf/libperf.map
index 7be1af8a546c..0b993de15830 100644
--- a/tools/lib/perf/libperf.map
+++ b/tools/lib/perf/libperf.map
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ LIBPERF_0.0.1 {
 		perf_evsel__disable;
 		perf_evsel__open;
 		perf_evsel__close;
+		perf_evsel__mmap;
+		perf_evsel__mmap_base;
 		perf_evsel__read;
 		perf_evsel__cpus;
 		perf_evsel__threads;
