diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/utils/helpers/cpuid.c b/tools/power/cpupower/utils/helpers/cpuid.c
index 5cc39d4e23ed..73bfafc60e9b 100644
--- a/tools/power/cpupower/utils/helpers/cpuid.c
+++ b/tools/power/cpupower/utils/helpers/cpuid.c
@@ -131,6 +131,10 @@ int get_cpu_info(struct cpupower_cpu_info *cpu_info)
 		if (ext_cpuid_level >= 0x80000007 &&
 		    (cpuid_edx(0x80000007) & (1 << 9)))
 			cpu_info->caps |= CPUPOWER_CAP_AMD_CBP;
+
+		if (ext_cpuid_level >= 0x80000008 &&
+		    cpuid_ebx(0x80000008) & (1 << 4))
+			cpu_info->caps |= CPUPOWER_CAP_AMD_RDPRU;
 	}
 
 	if (cpu_info->vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL) {
diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/utils/helpers/helpers.h b/tools/power/cpupower/utils/helpers/helpers.h
index 357b19bb136e..c258eeccd05f 100644
--- a/tools/power/cpupower/utils/helpers/helpers.h
+++ b/tools/power/cpupower/utils/helpers/helpers.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ enum cpupower_cpu_vendor {X86_VENDOR_UNKNOWN = 0, X86_VENDOR_INTEL,
 #define CPUPOWER_CAP_HAS_TURBO_RATIO	0x00000010
 #define CPUPOWER_CAP_IS_SNB		0x00000020
 #define CPUPOWER_CAP_INTEL_IDA		0x00000040
+#define CPUPOWER_CAP_AMD_RDPRU		0x00000080
 
 #define CPUPOWER_AMD_CPBDIS		0x02000000
 
diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/utils/idle_monitor/mperf_monitor.c b/tools/power/cpupower/utils/idle_monitor/mperf_monitor.c
index afb2e6f8edd3..e7d48cb563c0 100644
--- a/tools/power/cpupower/utils/idle_monitor/mperf_monitor.c
+++ b/tools/power/cpupower/utils/idle_monitor/mperf_monitor.c
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
 #define MSR_APERF	0xE8
 #define MSR_MPERF	0xE7
 
+#define RDPRU ".byte 0x0f, 0x01, 0xfd"
+#define RDPRU_ECX_MPERF	0
+#define RDPRU_ECX_APERF	1
+
 #define MSR_TSC	0x10
 
 #define MSR_AMD_HWCR 0xc0010015
@@ -89,6 +93,8 @@ static int mperf_get_tsc(unsigned long long *tsc)
 static int get_aperf_mperf(int cpu, unsigned long long *aval,
 				    unsigned long long *mval)
 {
+	unsigned long low_a, high_a;
+	unsigned long low_m, high_m;
 	int ret;
 
 	/*
@@ -101,6 +107,20 @@ static int get_aperf_mperf(int cpu, unsigned long long *aval,
 			return 1;
 	}
 
+	if (cpupower_cpu_info.caps & CPUPOWER_CAP_AMD_RDPRU) {
+		asm volatile(RDPRU
+			     : "=a" (low_a), "=d" (high_a)
+			     : "c" (RDPRU_ECX_APERF));
+		asm volatile(RDPRU
+			     : "=a" (low_m), "=d" (high_m)
+			     : "c" (RDPRU_ECX_MPERF));
+
+		*aval = ((low_a) | (high_a) << 32);
+		*mval = ((low_m) | (high_m) << 32);
+
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	ret  = read_msr(cpu, MSR_APERF, aval);
 	ret |= read_msr(cpu, MSR_MPERF, mval);