diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index d64ff299a3b3aaea9aba52c557ac934b1897c898..626c120f00da0a58f159c964773a5e2a0c3c4903 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -380,8 +380,8 @@ static int add_tracepoint(struct list_head **listp, int *idx,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int add_tracepoint_multi(struct list_head **list, int *idx,
-				char *sys_name, char *evt_name)
+static int add_tracepoint_multi_event(struct list_head **list, int *idx,
+				      char *sys_name, char *evt_name)
 {
 	char evt_path[MAXPATHLEN];
 	struct dirent *evt_ent;
@@ -412,6 +412,46 @@ static int add_tracepoint_multi(struct list_head **list, int *idx,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int add_tracepoint_event(struct list_head **list, int *idx,
+				char *sys_name, char *evt_name)
+{
+	return strpbrk(evt_name, "*?") ?
+	       add_tracepoint_multi_event(list, idx, sys_name, evt_name) :
+	       add_tracepoint(list, idx, sys_name, evt_name);
+}
+
+static int add_tracepoint_multi_sys(struct list_head **list, int *idx,
+				    char *sys_name, char *evt_name)
+{
+	struct dirent *events_ent;
+	DIR *events_dir;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	events_dir = opendir(tracing_events_path);
+	if (!events_dir) {
+		perror("Can't open event dir");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	while (!ret && (events_ent = readdir(events_dir))) {
+		if (!strcmp(events_ent->d_name, ".")
+		    || !strcmp(events_ent->d_name, "..")
+		    || !strcmp(events_ent->d_name, "enable")
+		    || !strcmp(events_ent->d_name, "header_event")
+		    || !strcmp(events_ent->d_name, "header_page"))
+			continue;
+
+		if (!strglobmatch(events_ent->d_name, sys_name))
+			continue;
+
+		ret = add_tracepoint_event(list, idx, events_ent->d_name,
+					   evt_name);
+	}
+
+	closedir(events_dir);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 int parse_events_add_tracepoint(struct list_head **list, int *idx,
 				char *sys, char *event)
 {
@@ -421,9 +461,10 @@ int parse_events_add_tracepoint(struct list_head **list, int *idx,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	return strpbrk(event, "*?") ?
-	       add_tracepoint_multi(list, idx, sys, event) :
-	       add_tracepoint(list, idx, sys, event);
+	if (strpbrk(sys, "*?"))
+		return add_tracepoint_multi_sys(list, idx, sys, event);
+	else
+		return add_tracepoint_event(list, idx, sys, event);
 }
 
 static int