diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index db814a89599ce8141cc5b92603623946d5bee325..7407fe779053fece24ecea2e76bebd9dceb89d1c 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -1123,6 +1123,7 @@ F:	drivers/hwtracing/coresight/*
 F:	Documentation/trace/coresight.txt
 F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/coresight.txt
 F:	Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-coresight-devices-*
+F:	tools/perf/arch/arm/util/pmu.c
 
 ARM/CORGI MACHINE SUPPORT
 M:	Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net>
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/Build b/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/Build
index f98da17357c0ed19e76f66b194bf81323dc21fc5..4093fd146f467e9f9e368595a693c2a2413eee4c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/Build
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ libperf-$(CONFIG_DWARF) += dwarf-regs.o
 
 libperf-$(CONFIG_LOCAL_LIBUNWIND)    += unwind-libunwind.o
 libperf-$(CONFIG_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND) += unwind-libdw.o
+
+libperf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += pmu.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/pmu.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..af9fb666b44fe8008ecdda1286ac2376f95a42c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/pmu.c
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright(C) 2015 Linaro Limited. All rights reserved.
+ * Author: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
+ * more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ * this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <linux/coresight-pmu.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
+
+#include "../../util/pmu.h"
+
+struct perf_event_attr
+*perf_pmu__get_default_config(struct perf_pmu *pmu __maybe_unused)
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_AUXTRACE_SUPPORT
+	if (!strcmp(pmu->name, CORESIGHT_ETM_PMU_NAME)) {
+		/* add ETM default config here */
+		pmu->selectable = true;
+	}
+#endif
+	return NULL;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/Build b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/Build
index 02f41dba4f4fa75239bf395ebf037f327c665ee2..3876dd05bb8b4e34ed8b1be16ae9e6fdba023e75 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/Build
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 libperf-$(CONFIG_DWARF)     += dwarf-regs.o
 libperf-$(CONFIG_LOCAL_LIBUNWIND) += unwind-libunwind.o
+
+libperf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += ../../arm/util/pmu.o