diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index f9828a48f16a..6e02e62fa1d9 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -391,6 +391,14 @@ struct pmu {
 	 * Filter events for PMU-specific reasons.
 	 */
 	int (*filter_match)		(struct perf_event *event); /* optional */
+
+	/*
+	 * Initial, PMU driver specific configuration.
+	 */
+	int (*get_drv_configs)		(struct perf_event *event,
+					 void __user *arg); /* optional */
+	void (*free_drv_configs)	(struct perf_event *event);
+					/* optional */
 };
 
 /**
@@ -558,6 +566,7 @@ struct perf_event {
 	struct irq_work			pending;
 
 	atomic_t			event_limit;
+	struct list_head		drv_configs;
 
 	void (*destroy)(struct perf_event *);
 	struct rcu_head			rcu_head;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
index d801bb0d9f6d..cd2e88450faa 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@ struct perf_event_attr {
 #define PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_FILTER	_IOW('$', 6, char *)
 #define PERF_EVENT_IOC_ID		_IOR('$', 7, __u64 *)
 #define PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_BPF		_IOW('$', 8, __u32)
+#define PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_DRV_CONFIGS	_IOW('$', 10, char *)
 
 enum perf_event_ioc_flags {
 	PERF_IOC_FLAG_GROUP		= 1U << 0,
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index cda4b292135a..59552da6d6aa 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -3729,6 +3729,9 @@ static void __free_event(struct perf_event *event)
 	if (event->destroy)
 		event->destroy(event);
 
+	if (event->pmu->free_drv_configs)
+		event->pmu->free_drv_configs(event);
+
 	if (event->ctx)
 		put_ctx(event->ctx);
 
@@ -4281,6 +4284,8 @@ static int perf_event_set_output(struct perf_event *event,
 				 struct perf_event *output_event);
 static int perf_event_set_filter(struct perf_event *event, void __user *arg);
 static int perf_event_set_bpf_prog(struct perf_event *event, u32 prog_fd);
+static int perf_event_drv_configs(struct perf_event *event,
+				  void __user *arg);
 
 static long _perf_ioctl(struct perf_event *event, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
@@ -4337,6 +4342,9 @@ static long _perf_ioctl(struct perf_event *event, unsigned int cmd, unsigned lon
 	case PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_BPF:
 		return perf_event_set_bpf_prog(event, arg);
 
+	case PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_DRV_CONFIGS:
+		return perf_event_drv_configs(event, (void __user *)arg);
+
 	default:
 		return -ENOTTY;
 	}
@@ -4369,6 +4377,7 @@ static long perf_compat_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 	switch (_IOC_NR(cmd)) {
 	case _IOC_NR(PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_FILTER):
 	case _IOC_NR(PERF_EVENT_IOC_ID):
+	case _IOC_NR(PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_DRV_CONFIGS):
 		/* Fix up pointer size (usually 4 -> 8 in 32-on-64-bit case */
 		if (_IOC_SIZE(cmd) == sizeof(compat_uptr_t)) {
 			cmd &= ~IOCSIZE_MASK;
@@ -7268,6 +7277,15 @@ void perf_bp_event(struct perf_event *bp, void *data)
 }
 #endif
 
+static int perf_event_drv_configs(struct perf_event *event,
+				  void __user *arg)
+{
+	if (!event->pmu->get_drv_configs)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return event->pmu->get_drv_configs(event, arg);
+}
+
 /*
  * hrtimer based swevent callback
  */
@@ -8004,6 +8022,7 @@ perf_event_alloc(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int cpu,
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&event->sibling_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&event->rb_entry);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&event->active_entry);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&event->drv_configs);
 	INIT_HLIST_NODE(&event->hlist_entry);