diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
index a508f1dbcb2ad4f19c5b6ab99c955c4b771e3584..e71efadb24f5e8e151dc2946b3555508f4e03e60 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
@@ -2069,6 +2069,31 @@ static int test_event(struct evlist_test *e)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int test_event_fake_pmu(const char *str)
+{
+	struct parse_events_error err;
+	struct evlist *evlist;
+	int ret;
+
+	evlist = evlist__new();
+	if (!evlist)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	parse_events_error__init(&err);
+	perf_pmu__test_parse_init();
+	ret = __parse_events(evlist, str, &err, &perf_pmu__fake);
+	if (ret) {
+		pr_debug("failed to parse event '%s', err %d, str '%s'\n",
+			 str, ret, err.str);
+		parse_events_error__print(&err, str);
+	}
+
+	parse_events_error__exit(&err);
+	evlist__delete(evlist);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static int test_events(struct evlist_test *events, unsigned cnt)
 {
 	int ret1, ret2 = 0;
@@ -2276,6 +2301,26 @@ static int test_pmu_events_alias(char *event, char *alias)
 	return test_event(&e);
 }
 
+static int test_pmu_events_alias2(void)
+{
+	static const char events[][30] = {
+			"event-hyphen",
+			"event-two-hyph",
+	};
+	unsigned long i;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(events); i++) {
+		ret = test_event_fake_pmu(&events[i][0]);
+		if (ret) {
+			pr_err("check_parse_fake %s failed\n", &events[i][0]);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static int test__parse_events(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused, int subtest __maybe_unused)
 {
 	int ret1, ret2 = 0;
@@ -2313,6 +2358,10 @@ do {							\
 			return ret;
 	}
 
+	ret1 = test_pmu_events_alias2();
+	if (!ret2)
+		ret2 = ret1;
+
 	ret1 = test_terms(test__terms, ARRAY_SIZE(test__terms));
 	if (!ret2)
 		ret2 = ret1;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 879f606e07e6c65913608aad488af3406aebb5b2..9739b05b999eb0de8fa4a28cac452881bd3f5974 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -1697,6 +1697,15 @@ int parse_events_multi_pmu_add(struct parse_events_state *parse_state,
 			}
 		}
 	}
+
+	if (parse_state->fake_pmu) {
+		if (!parse_events_add_pmu(parse_state, list, str, head,
+					  true, true)) {
+			pr_debug("%s -> %s/%s/\n", str, "fake_pmu", str);
+			ok++;
+		}
+	}
+
 out_err:
 	if (ok)
 		*listp = list;
@@ -2168,23 +2177,38 @@ static void perf_pmu__parse_init(void)
  */
 int perf_pmu__test_parse_init(void)
 {
-	struct perf_pmu_event_symbol *list;
+	struct perf_pmu_event_symbol *list, *tmp, symbols[] = {
+		{(char *)"read", PMU_EVENT_SYMBOL},
+		{(char *)"event", PMU_EVENT_SYMBOL_PREFIX},
+		{(char *)"two", PMU_EVENT_SYMBOL_SUFFIX},
+		{(char *)"hyphen", PMU_EVENT_SYMBOL_SUFFIX},
+		{(char *)"hyph", PMU_EVENT_SYMBOL_SUFFIX2},
+	};
+	unsigned long i, j;
 
-	list = malloc(sizeof(*list) * 1);
+	tmp = list = malloc(sizeof(*list) * ARRAY_SIZE(symbols));
 	if (!list)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	list->type   = PMU_EVENT_SYMBOL;
-	list->symbol = strdup("read");
-
-	if (!list->symbol) {
-		free(list);
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(symbols); i++, tmp++) {
+		tmp->type = symbols[i].type;
+		tmp->symbol = strdup(symbols[i].symbol);
+		if (!list->symbol)
+			goto err_free;
 	}
 
 	perf_pmu_events_list = list;
-	perf_pmu_events_list_num = 1;
+	perf_pmu_events_list_num = ARRAY_SIZE(symbols);
+
+	qsort(perf_pmu_events_list, ARRAY_SIZE(symbols),
+	      sizeof(struct perf_pmu_event_symbol), comp_pmu);
 	return 0;
+
+err_free:
+	for (j = 0, tmp = list; j < i; j++, tmp++)
+		free(tmp->symbol);
+	free(list);
+	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 enum perf_pmu_event_symbol_type