diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
index 18ed1b0fceb3..6345db33c533 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ Enable debugging output.
 Print how named events are resolved internally into perf events, and also
 any extra expressions computed by perf stat.
 
+--deprecated::
+Print deprecated events. By default the deprecated events are hidden.
+
 [[EVENT_MODIFIERS]]
 EVENT MODIFIERS
 ---------------
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-list.c b/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
index 08e62ae9d37e..965ef017496f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ int cmd_list(int argc, const char **argv)
 	int i;
 	bool raw_dump = false;
 	bool long_desc_flag = false;
+	bool deprecated = false;
 	struct option list_options[] = {
 		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "raw-dump", &raw_dump, "Dump raw events"),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN('d', "desc", &desc_flag,
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@ int cmd_list(int argc, const char **argv)
 			    "Print longer event descriptions."),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "details", &details_flag,
 			    "Print information on the perf event names and expressions used internally by events."),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "deprecated", &deprecated,
+			    "Print deprecated events."),
 		OPT_INCR(0, "debug", &verbose,
 			     "Enable debugging output"),
 		OPT_END()
@@ -55,7 +58,7 @@ int cmd_list(int argc, const char **argv)
 
 	if (argc == 0) {
 		print_events(NULL, raw_dump, !desc_flag, long_desc_flag,
-				details_flag);
+				details_flag, deprecated);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -78,7 +81,8 @@ int cmd_list(int argc, const char **argv)
 			print_hwcache_events(NULL, raw_dump);
 		else if (strcmp(argv[i], "pmu") == 0)
 			print_pmu_events(NULL, raw_dump, !desc_flag,
-						long_desc_flag, details_flag);
+						long_desc_flag, details_flag,
+						deprecated);
 		else if (strcmp(argv[i], "sdt") == 0)
 			print_sdt_events(NULL, NULL, raw_dump);
 		else if (strcmp(argv[i], "metric") == 0 || strcmp(argv[i], "metrics") == 0)
@@ -91,7 +95,8 @@ int cmd_list(int argc, const char **argv)
 			if (sep == NULL) {
 				print_events(argv[i], raw_dump, !desc_flag,
 							long_desc_flag,
-							details_flag);
+							details_flag,
+							deprecated);
 				continue;
 			}
 			sep_idx = sep - argv[i];
@@ -117,7 +122,8 @@ int cmd_list(int argc, const char **argv)
 			print_hwcache_events(s, raw_dump);
 			print_pmu_events(s, raw_dump, !desc_flag,
 						long_desc_flag,
-						details_flag);
+						details_flag,
+						deprecated);
 			print_tracepoint_events(NULL, s, raw_dump);
 			print_sdt_events(NULL, s, raw_dump);
 			metricgroup__print(true, true, s, raw_dump, details_flag);
diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.c b/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.c
index e2837260ca4d..7d69727f44bd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.c
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.c
@@ -322,7 +322,8 @@ static int print_events_table_entry(void *data, char *name, char *event,
 				    char *desc, char *long_desc,
 				    char *pmu, char *unit, char *perpkg,
 				    char *metric_expr,
-				    char *metric_name, char *metric_group)
+				    char *metric_name, char *metric_group,
+				    char *deprecated)
 {
 	struct perf_entry_data *pd = data;
 	FILE *outfp = pd->outfp;
@@ -354,6 +355,8 @@ static int print_events_table_entry(void *data, char *name, char *event,
 		fprintf(outfp, "\t.metric_name = \"%s\",\n", metric_name);
 	if (metric_group)
 		fprintf(outfp, "\t.metric_group = \"%s\",\n", metric_group);
+	if (deprecated)
+		fprintf(outfp, "\t.deprecated = \"%s\",\n", deprecated);
 	fprintf(outfp, "},\n");
 
 	return 0;
@@ -371,6 +374,7 @@ struct event_struct {
 	char *metric_expr;
 	char *metric_name;
 	char *metric_group;
+	char *deprecated;
 };
 
 #define ADD_EVENT_FIELD(field) do { if (field) {		\
@@ -398,6 +402,7 @@ struct event_struct {
 	op(metric_expr);					\
 	op(metric_name);					\
 	op(metric_group);					\
+	op(deprecated);						\
 } while (0)
 
 static LIST_HEAD(arch_std_events);
@@ -416,7 +421,8 @@ static void free_arch_std_events(void)
 static int save_arch_std_events(void *data, char *name, char *event,
 				char *desc, char *long_desc, char *pmu,
 				char *unit, char *perpkg, char *metric_expr,
-				char *metric_name, char *metric_group)
+				char *metric_name, char *metric_group,
+				char *deprecated)
 {
 	struct event_struct *es;
 
@@ -479,7 +485,8 @@ static int
 try_fixup(const char *fn, char *arch_std, char **event, char **desc,
 	  char **name, char **long_desc, char **pmu, char **filter,
 	  char **perpkg, char **unit, char **metric_expr, char **metric_name,
-	  char **metric_group, unsigned long long eventcode)
+	  char **metric_group, unsigned long long eventcode,
+	  char **deprecated)
 {
 	/* try to find matching event from arch standard values */
 	struct event_struct *es;
@@ -507,7 +514,8 @@ int json_events(const char *fn,
 		      char *long_desc,
 		      char *pmu, char *unit, char *perpkg,
 		      char *metric_expr,
-		      char *metric_name, char *metric_group),
+		      char *metric_name, char *metric_group,
+		      char *deprecated),
 	  void *data)
 {
 	int err;
@@ -536,6 +544,7 @@ int json_events(const char *fn,
 		char *metric_expr = NULL;
 		char *metric_name = NULL;
 		char *metric_group = NULL;
+		char *deprecated = NULL;
 		char *arch_std = NULL;
 		unsigned long long eventcode = 0;
 		struct msrmap *msr = NULL;
@@ -614,6 +623,8 @@ int json_events(const char *fn,
 				addfield(map, &unit, "", "", val);
 			} else if (json_streq(map, field, "PerPkg")) {
 				addfield(map, &perpkg, "", "", val);
+			} else if (json_streq(map, field, "Deprecated")) {
+				addfield(map, &deprecated, "", "", val);
 			} else if (json_streq(map, field, "MetricName")) {
 				addfield(map, &metric_name, "", "", val);
 			} else if (json_streq(map, field, "MetricGroup")) {
@@ -658,12 +669,14 @@ int json_events(const char *fn,
 			err = try_fixup(fn, arch_std, &event, &desc, &name,
 					&long_desc, &pmu, &filter, &perpkg,
 					&unit, &metric_expr, &metric_name,
-					&metric_group, eventcode);
+					&metric_group, eventcode,
+					&deprecated);
 			if (err)
 				goto free_strings;
 		}
 		err = func(data, name, real_event(name, event), desc, long_desc,
-			   pmu, unit, perpkg, metric_expr, metric_name, metric_group);
+			   pmu, unit, perpkg, metric_expr, metric_name,
+			   metric_group, deprecated);
 free_strings:
 		free(event);
 		free(desc);
@@ -673,6 +686,7 @@ free_strings:
 		free(pmu);
 		free(filter);
 		free(perpkg);
+		free(deprecated);
 		free(unit);
 		free(metric_expr);
 		free(metric_name);
diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.h b/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.h
index 4684c673c445..5cda49a42143 100644
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.h
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.h
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ int json_events(const char *fn,
 				char *long_desc,
 				char *pmu,
 				char *unit, char *perpkg, char *metric_expr,
-				char *metric_name, char *metric_group),
+				char *metric_name, char *metric_group,
+				char *deprecated),
 		void *data);
 char *get_cpu_str(void);
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/pmu-events.h b/tools/perf/pmu-events/pmu-events.h
index 92a4d15ee0b9..caeb577d36c9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/pmu-events.h
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/pmu-events.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ struct pmu_event {
 	const char *metric_expr;
 	const char *metric_name;
 	const char *metric_group;
+	const char *deprecated;
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index b5e2adef49de..db882f630f7e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -2600,7 +2600,7 @@ out_enomem:
  * Print the help text for the event symbols:
  */
 void print_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only, bool quiet_flag,
-			bool long_desc, bool details_flag)
+			bool long_desc, bool details_flag, bool deprecated)
 {
 	print_symbol_events(event_glob, PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE,
 			    event_symbols_hw, PERF_COUNT_HW_MAX, name_only);
@@ -2612,7 +2612,7 @@ void print_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only, bool quiet_flag,
 	print_hwcache_events(event_glob, name_only);
 
 	print_pmu_events(event_glob, name_only, quiet_flag, long_desc,
-			details_flag);
+			details_flag, deprecated);
 
 	if (event_glob != NULL)
 		return;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
index 616ca1eda0eb..769e07cddaa2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ void parse_events_evlist_error(struct parse_events_state *parse_state,
 			       int idx, const char *str);
 
 void print_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only, bool quiet,
-		  bool long_desc, bool details_flag);
+		  bool long_desc, bool details_flag, bool deprecated);
 
 struct event_symbol {
 	const char	*symbol;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index 5608da82ad23..adbe97e941dd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -308,7 +308,8 @@ static int __perf_pmu__new_alias(struct list_head *list, char *dir, char *name,
 				 char *long_desc, char *topic,
 				 char *unit, char *perpkg,
 				 char *metric_expr,
-				 char *metric_name)
+				 char *metric_name,
+				 char *deprecated)
 {
 	struct parse_events_term *term;
 	struct perf_pmu_alias *alias;
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ static int __perf_pmu__new_alias(struct list_head *list, char *dir, char *name,
 	alias->unit[0] = '\0';
 	alias->per_pkg = false;
 	alias->snapshot = false;
+	alias->deprecated = false;
 
 	ret = parse_events_terms(&alias->terms, val);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -379,6 +381,9 @@ static int __perf_pmu__new_alias(struct list_head *list, char *dir, char *name,
 	alias->per_pkg = perpkg && sscanf(perpkg, "%d", &num) == 1 && num == 1;
 	alias->str = strdup(newval);
 
+	if (deprecated)
+		alias->deprecated = true;
+
 	if (!perf_pmu_merge_alias(alias, list))
 		list_add_tail(&alias->list, list);
 
@@ -400,7 +405,7 @@ static int perf_pmu__new_alias(struct list_head *list, char *dir, char *name, FI
 	strim(buf);
 
 	return __perf_pmu__new_alias(list, dir, name, NULL, buf, NULL, NULL, NULL,
-				     NULL, NULL, NULL);
+				     NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 }
 
 static inline bool pmu_alias_info_file(char *name)
@@ -787,7 +792,8 @@ new_alias:
 				(char *)pe->long_desc, (char *)pe->topic,
 				(char *)pe->unit, (char *)pe->perpkg,
 				(char *)pe->metric_expr,
-				(char *)pe->metric_name);
+				(char *)pe->metric_name,
+				(char *)pe->deprecated);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1383,7 +1389,7 @@ static void wordwrap(char *s, int start, int max, int corr)
 }
 
 void print_pmu_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only, bool quiet_flag,
-			bool long_desc, bool details_flag)
+			bool long_desc, bool details_flag, bool deprecated)
 {
 	struct perf_pmu *pmu;
 	struct perf_pmu_alias *alias;
@@ -1414,6 +1420,9 @@ void print_pmu_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only, bool quiet_flag,
 				format_alias(buf, sizeof(buf), pmu, alias);
 			bool is_cpu = !strcmp(pmu->name, "cpu");
 
+			if (alias->deprecated && !deprecated)
+				continue;
+
 			if (event_glob != NULL &&
 			    !(strglobmatch_nocase(name, event_glob) ||
 			      (!is_cpu && strglobmatch_nocase(alias->name,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
index f36ade6df76d..3e8cd31a89cc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ struct perf_pmu_alias {
 	double scale;
 	bool per_pkg;
 	bool snapshot;
+	bool deprecated;
 	char *metric_expr;
 	char *metric_name;
 };
@@ -85,7 +86,8 @@ int perf_pmu__format_parse(char *dir, struct list_head *head);
 struct perf_pmu *perf_pmu__scan(struct perf_pmu *pmu);
 
 void print_pmu_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only, bool quiet,
-		      bool long_desc, bool details_flag);
+		      bool long_desc, bool details_flag,
+		      bool deprecated);
 bool pmu_have_event(const char *pname, const char *name);
 
 int perf_pmu__scan_file(struct perf_pmu *pmu, const char *name, const char *fmt, ...) __scanf(3, 4);