diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index c9e0de5b00c1..5ccf6d6adf36 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -1017,6 +1017,7 @@ SKEL_OUT := $(abspath $(OUTPUT)util/bpf_skel)
 SKEL_TMP_OUT := $(abspath $(SKEL_OUT)/.tmp)
 SKELETONS := $(SKEL_OUT)/bpf_prog_profiler.skel.h
 SKELETONS += $(SKEL_OUT)/bperf_leader.skel.h $(SKEL_OUT)/bperf_follower.skel.h
+SKELETONS += $(SKEL_OUT)/bperf_cgroup.skel.h
 
 ifdef BUILD_BPF_SKEL
 BPFTOOL := $(SKEL_TMP_OUT)/bootstrap/bpftool
@@ -1030,7 +1031,21 @@ $(BPFTOOL): | $(SKEL_TMP_OUT)
 	CFLAGS= $(MAKE) -C ../bpf/bpftool \
 		OUTPUT=$(SKEL_TMP_OUT)/ bootstrap
 
-$(SKEL_TMP_OUT)/%.bpf.o: util/bpf_skel/%.bpf.c $(LIBBPF) | $(SKEL_TMP_OUT)
+VMLINUX_BTF_PATHS ?= $(if $(O),$(O)/vmlinux)				\
+		     $(if $(KBUILD_OUTPUT),$(KBUILD_OUTPUT)/vmlinux)	\
+		     ../../vmlinux					\
+		     /sys/kernel/btf/vmlinux				\
+		     /boot/vmlinux-$(shell uname -r)
+VMLINUX_BTF ?= $(abspath $(firstword $(wildcard $(VMLINUX_BTF_PATHS))))
+
+$(SKEL_OUT)/vmlinux.h: $(VMLINUX_BTF) $(BPFTOOL)
+ifeq ($(VMLINUX_H),)
+	$(QUIET_GEN)$(BPFTOOL) btf dump file $< format c > $@
+else
+	$(Q)cp "$(VMLINUX_H)" $@
+endif
+
+$(SKEL_TMP_OUT)/%.bpf.o: util/bpf_skel/%.bpf.c $(LIBBPF) $(SKEL_OUT)/vmlinux.h | $(SKEL_TMP_OUT)
 	$(QUIET_CLANG)$(CLANG) -g -O2 -target bpf -Wall -Werror $(BPF_INCLUDE) \
 	  -c $(filter util/bpf_skel/%.bpf.c,$^) -o $@ && $(LLVM_STRIP) -g $@
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/Build b/tools/perf/util/Build
index 1a909b53dc15..2d4fa1304178 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/util/Build
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ perf-y += clockid.o
 perf-$(CONFIG_LIBBPF) += bpf-loader.o
 perf-$(CONFIG_LIBBPF) += bpf_map.o
 perf-$(CONFIG_PERF_BPF_SKEL) += bpf_counter.o
+perf-$(CONFIG_PERF_BPF_SKEL) += bpf_counter_cgroup.o
 perf-$(CONFIG_BPF_PROLOGUE) += bpf-prologue.o
 perf-$(CONFIG_LIBELF) += symbol-elf.o
 perf-$(CONFIG_LIBELF) += probe-file.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf_counter.c b/tools/perf/util/bpf_counter.c
index 21c8e71162b1..1d0b9742f727 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/bpf_counter.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf_counter.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "evsel.h"
 #include "evlist.h"
 #include "target.h"
+#include "cgroup.h"
 #include "cpumap.h"
 #include "thread_map.h"
 
@@ -742,6 +743,8 @@ struct bpf_counter_ops bperf_ops = {
 	.destroy    = bperf__destroy,
 };
 
+extern struct bpf_counter_ops bperf_cgrp_ops;
+
 static inline bool bpf_counter_skip(struct evsel *evsel)
 {
 	return list_empty(&evsel->bpf_counter_list) &&
@@ -759,6 +762,8 @@ int bpf_counter__load(struct evsel *evsel, struct target *target)
 {
 	if (target->bpf_str)
 		evsel->bpf_counter_ops = &bpf_program_profiler_ops;
+	else if (cgrp_event_expanded && target->use_bpf)
+		evsel->bpf_counter_ops = &bperf_cgrp_ops;
 	else if (target->use_bpf || evsel->bpf_counter ||
 		 evsel__match_bpf_counter_events(evsel->name))
 		evsel->bpf_counter_ops = &bperf_ops;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf_counter_cgroup.c b/tools/perf/util/bpf_counter_cgroup.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..21261f1a0501
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf_counter_cgroup.c
@@ -0,0 +1,307 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+/* Copyright (c) 2021 Facebook */
+/* Copyright (c) 2021 Google */
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/file.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <sys/resource.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
+#include <linux/zalloc.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
+#include <api/fs/fs.h>
+#include <perf/bpf_perf.h>
+
+#include "affinity.h"
+#include "bpf_counter.h"
+#include "cgroup.h"
+#include "counts.h"
+#include "debug.h"
+#include "evsel.h"
+#include "evlist.h"
+#include "target.h"
+#include "cpumap.h"
+#include "thread_map.h"
+
+#include "bpf_skel/bperf_cgroup.skel.h"
+
+static struct perf_event_attr cgrp_switch_attr = {
+	.type = PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE,
+	.config = PERF_COUNT_SW_CGROUP_SWITCHES,
+	.size = sizeof(cgrp_switch_attr),
+	.sample_period = 1,
+	.disabled = 1,
+};
+
+static struct evsel *cgrp_switch;
+static struct bperf_cgroup_bpf *skel;
+
+#define FD(evt, cpu) (*(int *)xyarray__entry(evt->core.fd, cpu, 0))
+
+static int bperf_load_program(struct evlist *evlist)
+{
+	struct bpf_link *link;
+	struct evsel *evsel;
+	struct cgroup *cgrp, *leader_cgrp;
+	__u32 i, cpu;
+	__u32 nr_cpus = evlist->core.all_cpus->nr;
+	int total_cpus = cpu__max_cpu();
+	int map_size, map_fd;
+	int prog_fd, err;
+
+	skel = bperf_cgroup_bpf__open();
+	if (!skel) {
+		pr_err("Failed to open cgroup skeleton\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	skel->rodata->num_cpus = total_cpus;
+	skel->rodata->num_events = evlist->core.nr_entries / nr_cgroups;
+
+	BUG_ON(evlist->core.nr_entries % nr_cgroups != 0);
+
+	/* we need one copy of events per cpu for reading */
+	map_size = total_cpus * evlist->core.nr_entries / nr_cgroups;
+	bpf_map__resize(skel->maps.events, map_size);
+	bpf_map__resize(skel->maps.cgrp_idx, nr_cgroups);
+	/* previous result is saved in a per-cpu array */
+	map_size = evlist->core.nr_entries / nr_cgroups;
+	bpf_map__resize(skel->maps.prev_readings, map_size);
+	/* cgroup result needs all events (per-cpu) */
+	map_size = evlist->core.nr_entries;
+	bpf_map__resize(skel->maps.cgrp_readings, map_size);
+
+	set_max_rlimit();
+
+	err = bperf_cgroup_bpf__load(skel);
+	if (err) {
+		pr_err("Failed to load cgroup skeleton\n");
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (cgroup_is_v2("perf_event") > 0)
+		skel->bss->use_cgroup_v2 = 1;
+
+	err = -1;
+
+	cgrp_switch = evsel__new(&cgrp_switch_attr);
+	if (evsel__open_per_cpu(cgrp_switch, evlist->core.all_cpus, -1) < 0) {
+		pr_err("Failed to open cgroup switches event\n");
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_cpus; i++) {
+		link = bpf_program__attach_perf_event(skel->progs.on_cgrp_switch,
+						      FD(cgrp_switch, i));
+		if (IS_ERR(link)) {
+			pr_err("Failed to attach cgroup program\n");
+			err = PTR_ERR(link);
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Update cgrp_idx map from cgroup-id to event index.
+	 */
+	cgrp = NULL;
+	i = 0;
+
+	evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, evsel) {
+		if (cgrp == NULL || evsel->cgrp == leader_cgrp) {
+			leader_cgrp = evsel->cgrp;
+			evsel->cgrp = NULL;
+
+			/* open single copy of the events w/o cgroup */
+			err = evsel__open_per_cpu(evsel, evlist->core.all_cpus, -1);
+			if (err) {
+				pr_err("Failed to open first cgroup events\n");
+				goto out;
+			}
+
+			map_fd = bpf_map__fd(skel->maps.events);
+			for (cpu = 0; cpu < nr_cpus; cpu++) {
+				int fd = FD(evsel, cpu);
+				__u32 idx = evsel->idx * total_cpus +
+					evlist->core.all_cpus->map[cpu];
+
+				err = bpf_map_update_elem(map_fd, &idx, &fd,
+							  BPF_ANY);
+				if (err < 0) {
+					pr_err("Failed to update perf_event fd\n");
+					goto out;
+				}
+			}
+
+			evsel->cgrp = leader_cgrp;
+		}
+		evsel->supported = true;
+
+		if (evsel->cgrp == cgrp)
+			continue;
+
+		cgrp = evsel->cgrp;
+
+		if (read_cgroup_id(cgrp) < 0) {
+			pr_err("Failed to get cgroup id\n");
+			err = -1;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		map_fd = bpf_map__fd(skel->maps.cgrp_idx);
+		err = bpf_map_update_elem(map_fd, &cgrp->id, &i, BPF_ANY);
+		if (err < 0) {
+			pr_err("Failed to update cgroup index map\n");
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		i++;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * bperf uses BPF_PROG_TEST_RUN to get accurate reading. Check
+	 * whether the kernel support it
+	 */
+	prog_fd = bpf_program__fd(skel->progs.trigger_read);
+	err = bperf_trigger_reading(prog_fd, 0);
+	if (err) {
+		pr_warning("The kernel does not support test_run for raw_tp BPF programs.\n"
+			   "Therefore, --for-each-cgroup might show inaccurate readings\n");
+		err = 0;
+	}
+
+out:
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int bperf_cgrp__load(struct evsel *evsel,
+			    struct target *target __maybe_unused)
+{
+	static bool bperf_loaded = false;
+
+	evsel->bperf_leader_prog_fd = -1;
+	evsel->bperf_leader_link_fd = -1;
+
+	if (!bperf_loaded && bperf_load_program(evsel->evlist))
+		return -1;
+
+	bperf_loaded = true;
+	/* just to bypass bpf_counter_skip() */
+	evsel->follower_skel = (struct bperf_follower_bpf *)skel;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int bperf_cgrp__install_pe(struct evsel *evsel __maybe_unused,
+				  int cpu __maybe_unused, int fd __maybe_unused)
+{
+	/* nothing to do */
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * trigger the leader prog on each cpu, so the cgrp_reading map could get
+ * the latest results.
+ */
+static int bperf_cgrp__sync_counters(struct evlist *evlist)
+{
+	int i, cpu;
+	int nr_cpus = evlist->core.all_cpus->nr;
+	int prog_fd = bpf_program__fd(skel->progs.trigger_read);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_cpus; i++) {
+		cpu = evlist->core.all_cpus->map[i];
+		bperf_trigger_reading(prog_fd, cpu);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int bperf_cgrp__enable(struct evsel *evsel)
+{
+	if (evsel->idx)
+		return 0;
+
+	bperf_cgrp__sync_counters(evsel->evlist);
+
+	skel->bss->enabled = 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int bperf_cgrp__disable(struct evsel *evsel)
+{
+	if (evsel->idx)
+		return 0;
+
+	bperf_cgrp__sync_counters(evsel->evlist);
+
+	skel->bss->enabled = 0;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int bperf_cgrp__read(struct evsel *evsel)
+{
+	struct evlist *evlist = evsel->evlist;
+	int i, cpu, nr_cpus = evlist->core.all_cpus->nr;
+	int total_cpus = cpu__max_cpu();
+	struct perf_counts_values *counts;
+	struct bpf_perf_event_value *values;
+	int reading_map_fd, err = 0;
+	__u32 idx;
+
+	if (evsel->idx)
+		return 0;
+
+	bperf_cgrp__sync_counters(evsel->evlist);
+
+	values = calloc(total_cpus, sizeof(*values));
+	if (values == NULL)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	reading_map_fd = bpf_map__fd(skel->maps.cgrp_readings);
+
+	evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, evsel) {
+		idx = evsel->idx;
+		err = bpf_map_lookup_elem(reading_map_fd, &idx, values);
+		if (err) {
+			pr_err("bpf map lookup falied: idx=%u, event=%s, cgrp=%s\n",
+			       idx, evsel__name(evsel), evsel->cgrp->name);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		for (i = 0; i < nr_cpus; i++) {
+			cpu = evlist->core.all_cpus->map[i];
+
+			counts = perf_counts(evsel->counts, i, 0);
+			counts->val = values[cpu].counter;
+			counts->ena = values[cpu].enabled;
+			counts->run = values[cpu].running;
+		}
+	}
+
+out:
+	free(values);
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int bperf_cgrp__destroy(struct evsel *evsel)
+{
+	if (evsel->idx)
+		return 0;
+
+	bperf_cgroup_bpf__destroy(skel);
+	evsel__delete(cgrp_switch);  // it'll destroy on_switch progs too
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+struct bpf_counter_ops bperf_cgrp_ops = {
+	.load       = bperf_cgrp__load,
+	.enable     = bperf_cgrp__enable,
+	.disable    = bperf_cgrp__disable,
+	.read       = bperf_cgrp__read,
+	.install_pe = bperf_cgrp__install_pe,
+	.destroy    = bperf_cgrp__destroy,
+};
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/bperf_cgroup.bpf.c b/tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/bperf_cgroup.bpf.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..292c430768b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/bperf_cgroup.bpf.c
@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
+// Copyright (c) 2021 Facebook
+// Copyright (c) 2021 Google
+#include "vmlinux.h"
+#include <bpf/bpf_helpers.h>
+#include <bpf/bpf_tracing.h>
+#include <bpf/bpf_core_read.h>
+
+#define MAX_LEVELS  10  // max cgroup hierarchy level: arbitrary
+#define MAX_EVENTS  32  // max events per cgroup: arbitrary
+
+// NOTE: many of map and global data will be modified before loading
+//       from the userspace (perf tool) using the skeleton helpers.
+
+// single set of global perf events to measure
+struct {
+	__uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERF_EVENT_ARRAY);
+	__uint(key_size, sizeof(__u32));
+	__uint(value_size, sizeof(int));
+	__uint(max_entries, 1);
+} events SEC(".maps");
+
+// from cgroup id to event index
+struct {
+	__uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_HASH);
+	__uint(key_size, sizeof(__u64));
+	__uint(value_size, sizeof(__u32));
+	__uint(max_entries, 1);
+} cgrp_idx SEC(".maps");
+
+// per-cpu event snapshots to calculate delta
+struct {
+	__uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERCPU_ARRAY);
+	__uint(key_size, sizeof(__u32));
+	__uint(value_size, sizeof(struct bpf_perf_event_value));
+} prev_readings SEC(".maps");
+
+// aggregated event values for each cgroup (per-cpu)
+// will be read from the user-space
+struct {
+	__uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERCPU_ARRAY);
+	__uint(key_size, sizeof(__u32));
+	__uint(value_size, sizeof(struct bpf_perf_event_value));
+} cgrp_readings SEC(".maps");
+
+const volatile __u32 num_events = 1;
+const volatile __u32 num_cpus = 1;
+
+int enabled = 0;
+int use_cgroup_v2 = 0;
+
+static inline int get_cgroup_v1_idx(__u32 *cgrps, int size)
+{
+	struct task_struct *p = (void *)bpf_get_current_task();
+	struct cgroup *cgrp;
+	register int i = 0;
+	__u32 *elem;
+	int level;
+	int cnt;
+
+	cgrp = BPF_CORE_READ(p, cgroups, subsys[perf_event_cgrp_id], cgroup);
+	level = BPF_CORE_READ(cgrp, level);
+
+	for (cnt = 0; i < MAX_LEVELS; i++) {
+		__u64 cgrp_id;
+
+		if (i > level)
+			break;
+
+		// convert cgroup-id to a map index
+		cgrp_id = BPF_CORE_READ(cgrp, ancestor_ids[i]);
+		elem = bpf_map_lookup_elem(&cgrp_idx, &cgrp_id);
+		if (!elem)
+			continue;
+
+		cgrps[cnt++] = *elem;
+		if (cnt == size)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	return cnt;
+}
+
+static inline int get_cgroup_v2_idx(__u32 *cgrps, int size)
+{
+	register int i = 0;
+	__u32 *elem;
+	int cnt;
+
+	for (cnt = 0; i < MAX_LEVELS; i++) {
+		__u64 cgrp_id = bpf_get_current_ancestor_cgroup_id(i);
+
+		if (cgrp_id == 0)
+			break;
+
+		// convert cgroup-id to a map index
+		elem = bpf_map_lookup_elem(&cgrp_idx, &cgrp_id);
+		if (!elem)
+			continue;
+
+		cgrps[cnt++] = *elem;
+		if (cnt == size)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	return cnt;
+}
+
+static int bperf_cgroup_count(void)
+{
+	register __u32 idx = 0;  // to have it in a register to pass BPF verifier
+	register int c = 0;
+	struct bpf_perf_event_value val, delta, *prev_val, *cgrp_val;
+	__u32 cpu = bpf_get_smp_processor_id();
+	__u32 cgrp_idx[MAX_LEVELS];
+	int cgrp_cnt;
+	__u32 key, cgrp;
+	long err;
+
+	if (use_cgroup_v2)
+		cgrp_cnt = get_cgroup_v2_idx(cgrp_idx, MAX_LEVELS);
+	else
+		cgrp_cnt = get_cgroup_v1_idx(cgrp_idx, MAX_LEVELS);
+
+	for ( ; idx < MAX_EVENTS; idx++) {
+		if (idx == num_events)
+			break;
+
+		// XXX: do not pass idx directly (for verifier)
+		key = idx;
+		// this is per-cpu array for diff
+		prev_val = bpf_map_lookup_elem(&prev_readings, &key);
+		if (!prev_val) {
+			val.counter = val.enabled = val.running = 0;
+			bpf_map_update_elem(&prev_readings, &key, &val, BPF_ANY);
+
+			prev_val = bpf_map_lookup_elem(&prev_readings, &key);
+			if (!prev_val)
+				continue;
+		}
+
+		// read from global perf_event array
+		key = idx * num_cpus + cpu;
+		err = bpf_perf_event_read_value(&events, key, &val, sizeof(val));
+		if (err)
+			continue;
+
+		if (enabled) {
+			delta.counter = val.counter - prev_val->counter;
+			delta.enabled = val.enabled - prev_val->enabled;
+			delta.running = val.running - prev_val->running;
+
+			for (c = 0; c < MAX_LEVELS; c++) {
+				if (c == cgrp_cnt)
+					break;
+
+				cgrp = cgrp_idx[c];
+
+				// aggregate the result by cgroup
+				key = cgrp * num_events + idx;
+				cgrp_val = bpf_map_lookup_elem(&cgrp_readings, &key);
+				if (cgrp_val) {
+					cgrp_val->counter += delta.counter;
+					cgrp_val->enabled += delta.enabled;
+					cgrp_val->running += delta.running;
+				} else {
+					bpf_map_update_elem(&cgrp_readings, &key,
+							    &delta, BPF_ANY);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		*prev_val = val;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+// This will be attached to cgroup-switches event for each cpu
+SEC("perf_events")
+int BPF_PROG(on_cgrp_switch)
+{
+	return bperf_cgroup_count();
+}
+
+SEC("raw_tp/sched_switch")
+int BPF_PROG(trigger_read)
+{
+	return bperf_cgroup_count();
+}
+
+char LICENSE[] SEC("license") = "Dual BSD/GPL";
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c b/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c
index e819a4f30fc2..851531102fd6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <regex.h>
 
 int nr_cgroups;
+bool cgrp_event_expanded;
 
 /* used to match cgroup name with patterns */
 struct cgroup_name {
@@ -484,6 +485,7 @@ int evlist__expand_cgroup(struct evlist *evlist, const char *str,
 	}
 
 	ret = 0;
+	cgrp_event_expanded = true;
 
 out_err:
 	evlist__delete(orig_list);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cgroup.h b/tools/perf/util/cgroup.h
index de5b272560ab..12256b78608c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cgroup.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cgroup.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ struct cgroup {
 };
 
 extern int nr_cgroups; /* number of explicit cgroups defined */
+extern bool cgrp_event_expanded;
 
 struct cgroup *cgroup__get(struct cgroup *cgroup);
 void cgroup__put(struct cgroup *cgroup);