diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-list.c b/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
index ba9322ff858b..3b9d98b5feef 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "util/parse-events.h"
 #include "util/cache.h"
 #include "util/pmu.h"
+#include "util/debug.h"
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 
 static bool desc_flag = true;
@@ -29,6 +30,8 @@ int cmd_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 			    "Print extra event descriptions. --no-desc to not print."),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "long-desc", &long_desc_flag,
 			    "Print longer event descriptions."),
+		OPT_INCR(0, "debug", &verbose,
+			     "Enable debugging output"),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
 	const char * const list_usage[] = {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
index f3b5ec901600..3a5196380609 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include "util.h"
 #include "pmu.h"
+#include "debug.h"
 #include "parse-events.h"
 #include "parse-events-bison.h"
 
@@ -254,6 +255,8 @@ PE_KERNEL_PMU_EVENT sep_dc
 
 				if (!parse_events_add_pmu(data, list,
 						  pmu->name, head)) {
+					pr_debug("%s -> %s/%s/\n", $1,
+						 pmu->name, alias->str);
 					ok++;
 				}
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index 8e9d00fd418e..82a654dec666 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -275,6 +275,8 @@ static int __perf_pmu__new_alias(struct list_head *list, char *dir, char *name,
 		snprintf(alias->unit, sizeof(alias->unit), "%s", unit);
 	}
 	alias->per_pkg = perpkg && sscanf(perpkg, "%d", &num) == 1 && num == 1;
+	alias->str = strdup(val);
+
 	list_add_tail(&alias->list, list);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1087,6 +1089,8 @@ struct sevent {
 	char *name;
 	char *desc;
 	char *topic;
+	char *str;
+	char *pmu;
 };
 
 static int cmp_sevent(const void *a, const void *b)
@@ -1183,6 +1187,8 @@ void print_pmu_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only, bool quiet_flag,
 			aliases[j].desc = long_desc ? alias->long_desc :
 						alias->desc;
 			aliases[j].topic = alias->topic;
+			aliases[j].str = alias->str;
+			aliases[j].pmu = pmu->name;
 			j++;
 		}
 		if (pmu->selectable &&
@@ -1217,6 +1223,8 @@ void print_pmu_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only, bool quiet_flag,
 			printf("%*s", 8, "[");
 			wordwrap(aliases[j].desc, 8, columns, 0);
 			printf("]\n");
+			if (verbose)
+				printf("%*s%s/%s/\n", 8, "", aliases[j].pmu, aliases[j].str);
 		} else
 			printf("  %-50s [Kernel PMU event]\n", aliases[j].name);
 		printed++;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
index 25712034c815..00852ddc7741 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ struct perf_pmu_alias {
 	char *desc;
 	char *long_desc;
 	char *topic;
+	char *str;
 	struct list_head terms; /* HEAD struct parse_events_term -> list */
 	struct list_head list;  /* ELEM */
 	char unit[UNIT_MAX_LEN+1];