diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.c b/tools/perf/util/event.c
index 052eaeccc202..571fb25f7eb9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.c
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ static int event__synthesize_mmap_events(pid_t pid, pid_t tgid,
 			continue;
 		pbf += n + 3;
 		if (*pbf == 'x') { /* vm_exec */
+			u64 vm_pgoff;
 			char *execname = strchr(bf, '/');
 
 			/* Catch VDSO */
@@ -139,6 +140,14 @@ static int event__synthesize_mmap_events(pid_t pid, pid_t tgid,
 			if (execname == NULL)
 				continue;
 
+			pbf += 3;
+			n = hex2u64(pbf, &vm_pgoff);
+			/* pgoff is in bytes, not pages */
+			if (n >= 0)
+				ev.mmap.pgoff = vm_pgoff << getpagesize();
+			else
+				ev.mmap.pgoff = 0;
+
 			size = strlen(execname);
 			execname[size - 1] = '\0'; /* Remove \n */
 			memcpy(ev.mmap.filename, execname, size);