diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 67a898cda86a..989c56d4a23f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -2474,7 +2474,7 @@ static bool evsel__detect_missing_features(struct evsel *evsel, struct perf_cpu
 	/* Please add new feature detection here. */
 
 	attr.inherit = true;
-	attr.sample_type = PERF_SAMPLE_READ;
+	attr.sample_type = PERF_SAMPLE_READ | PERF_SAMPLE_TID;
 	if (has_attr_feature(&attr, /*flags=*/0))
 		goto found;
 	perf_missing_features.inherit_sample_read = true;