diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
index b72a29c9223c..f334aabdc809 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
@@ -162,6 +162,9 @@ null run - Don't start any counters.
 This can be useful to measure just elapsed wall-clock time - or to assess the
 raw overhead of perf stat itself, without running any counters.
 
+--hide-zero-events::
+Do not show events with a zero count.
+
 -v::
 --verbose::
         be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc)
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index a85a4f30221a..d68a2617a920 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -2505,6 +2505,8 @@ int cmd_stat(int argc, const char **argv)
 			"display details about each run (only with -r option)"),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN('n', "null", &stat_config.null_run,
 			"null run - dont start any counters"),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "hide-zero-events", &stat_config.hide_zero,
+			"Do not show events with a zero count"),
 		OPT_INCR('d', "detailed", &detailed_run,
 			"detailed run - start a lot of events"),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN('S', "sync", &sync_run,
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat.sh
index 649de1166fed..298ce454b45a 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/stat.sh
@@ -546,6 +546,51 @@ test_csv_json_fail() {
   fi
 }
 
+test_hide_zero_events_stat() {
+  echo "Hide zero events stat test"
+  if ! perf stat -e context-switches,cpu-migrations true > "${stat_output}" 2>&1
+  then
+    echo "Hide zero events stat test [Skipped event parsing failed]"
+    return
+  fi
+
+  zero_event=""
+  if grep -q -E "[[:space:]]+0[[:space:]]+context-switches" "${stat_output}"; then
+    zero_event="context-switches"
+  elif grep -q -E "[[:space:]]+0[[:space:]]+cpu-migrations" "${stat_output}"; then
+    zero_event="cpu-migrations"
+  fi
+
+  if [ -z "$zero_event" ]; then
+    echo "Hide zero events stat test [Skipped - no zero count event found]"
+    return
+  fi
+
+  if ! perf stat --hide-zero-events -e context-switches,cpu-migrations true > "${stat_output}" 2>&1
+  then
+    echo "Hide zero events stat test [Failed - command failed]"
+    err=1
+    return
+  fi
+
+  if grep -q -E "$zero_event" "${stat_output}"
+  then
+    echo "Hide zero events stat test [Failed - zero event $zero_event was not hidden]"
+    err=1
+    return
+  fi
+
+  # Check that --metric-only works with --hide-zero-events
+  if ! perf stat --hide-zero-events --metric-only -e instructions,cycles true > "${stat_output}" 2>&1
+  then
+    echo "Hide zero events stat test [Failed - metric-only command failed]"
+    err=1
+    return
+  fi
+
+  echo "Hide zero events stat test [Success]"
+}
+
 test_default_stat
 test_null_stat
 test_offline_cpu_stat
@@ -563,6 +608,7 @@ test_stat_repeat
 test_stat_pid
 test_stat_delay
 test_csv_json_fail
+test_hide_zero_events_stat
 
 cleanup
 exit $err
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c b/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c
index f94f1324d24a..b337cc23f413 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c
@@ -907,6 +907,9 @@ static bool should_skip_zero_counter(struct perf_stat_config *config,
 	/* Metric only counts won't be displayed but the metric wants to be computed. */
 	if (config->metric_only)
 		return false;
+
+	if (config->hide_zero && counter->supported)
+		return true;
 	/*
 	 * Skip value 0 when enabling --per-thread globally,
 	 * otherwise it will have too many 0 output.
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat.h b/tools/perf/util/stat.h
index 4bced233d2fc..e3598037a6aa 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ struct perf_stat_config {
 	bool			 interval_clear;
 	bool			 metric_only;
 	bool			 null_run;
+	bool			 hide_zero;
 	bool			 ru_display;
 	bool			 big_num;
 	bool			 hybrid_merge;