diff --git a/tools/perf/util/perf_event_attr_fprintf.c b/tools/perf/util/perf_event_attr_fprintf.c
index 29e66835da3a7..59fbbba796974 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/perf_event_attr_fprintf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/perf_event_attr_fprintf.c
@@ -222,8 +222,14 @@ static void __p_config_tracepoint_id(char *buf, size_t size, u64 value)
 }
 #endif
 
-static void __p_config_id(char *buf, size_t size, u32 type, u64 value)
+static void __p_config_id(struct perf_pmu *pmu, char *buf, size_t size, u32 type, u64 value)
 {
+	const char *name = perf_pmu__name_from_config(pmu, value);
+
+	if (name) {
+		print_id_hex(name);
+		return;
+	}
 	switch (type) {
 	case PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE:
 		return __p_config_hw_id(buf, size, value);
@@ -252,7 +258,7 @@ static void __p_config_id(char *buf, size_t size, u32 type, u64 value)
 #define p_branch_sample_type(val) __p_branch_sample_type(buf, BUF_SIZE, val)
 #define p_read_format(val)	__p_read_format(buf, BUF_SIZE, val)
 #define p_type_id(val)		__p_type_id(pmu, buf, BUF_SIZE, val)
-#define p_config_id(val)	__p_config_id(buf, BUF_SIZE, attr->type, val)
+#define p_config_id(val)	__p_config_id(pmu, buf, BUF_SIZE, attr->type, val)
 
 #define PRINT_ATTRn(_n, _f, _p, _a)			\
 do {							\
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index 81952c6cd3c6f..ab30f22eaf10a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -2146,3 +2146,21 @@ void perf_pmu__delete(struct perf_pmu *pmu)
 	zfree(&pmu->id);
 	free(pmu);
 }
+
+const char *perf_pmu__name_from_config(struct perf_pmu *pmu, u64 config)
+{
+	struct perf_pmu_alias *event;
+
+	if (!pmu)
+		return NULL;
+
+	pmu_add_cpu_aliases(pmu);
+	list_for_each_entry(event, &pmu->aliases, list) {
+		struct perf_event_attr attr = {.config = 0,};
+		int ret = perf_pmu__config(pmu, &attr, &event->terms, NULL);
+
+		if (ret == 0 && config == attr.config)
+			return event->name;
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
index 9f5284b29ecf4..152700f784556 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
@@ -276,5 +276,6 @@ struct perf_pmu *perf_pmu__lookup(struct list_head *pmus, int dirfd, const char
 struct perf_pmu *perf_pmu__create_placeholder_core_pmu(struct list_head *core_pmus);
 void perf_pmu__delete(struct perf_pmu *pmu);
 struct perf_pmu *perf_pmus__find_core_pmu(void);
+const char *perf_pmu__name_from_config(struct perf_pmu *pmu, u64 config);
 
 #endif /* __PMU_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/python.c b/tools/perf/util/python.c
index 075c0f79b1b92..0aeb97c11c030 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/python.c
@@ -103,6 +103,16 @@ int perf_pmu__scan_file(const struct perf_pmu *pmu, const char *name, const char
 	return EOF;
 }
 
+const char *perf_pmu__name_from_config(struct perf_pmu *pmu __maybe_unused, u64 config __maybe_unused)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+struct perf_pmu *perf_pmus__find_by_type(unsigned int type __maybe_unused)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 int perf_pmus__num_core_pmus(void)
 {
 	return 1;