diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index 8139a1f3ed39..55f4de6442e3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -701,6 +701,46 @@ struct pmu_events_map *perf_pmu__find_map(struct perf_pmu *pmu)
 	return map;
 }
 
+static bool pmu_uncore_alias_match(const char *pmu_name, const char *name)
+{
+	char *tmp = NULL, *tok, *str;
+	bool res;
+
+	str = strdup(pmu_name);
+	if (!str)
+		return false;
+
+	/*
+	 * uncore alias may be from different PMU with common prefix
+	 */
+	tok = strtok_r(str, ",", &tmp);
+	if (strncmp(pmu_name, tok, strlen(tok))) {
+		res = false;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Match more complex aliases where the alias name is a comma-delimited
+	 * list of tokens, orderly contained in the matching PMU name.
+	 *
+	 * Example: For alias "socket,pmuname" and PMU "socketX_pmunameY", we
+	 *	    match "socket" in "socketX_pmunameY" and then "pmuname" in
+	 *	    "pmunameY".
+	 */
+	for (; tok; name += strlen(tok), tok = strtok_r(NULL, ",", &tmp)) {
+		name = strstr(name, tok);
+		if (!name) {
+			res = false;
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+	res = true;
+out:
+	free(str);
+	return res;
+}
+
 /*
  * From the pmu_events_map, find the table of PMU events that corresponds
  * to the current running CPU. Then, add all PMU events from that table
@@ -731,12 +771,8 @@ static void pmu_add_cpu_aliases(struct list_head *head, struct perf_pmu *pmu)
 			break;
 		}
 
-		/*
-		 * uncore alias may be from different PMU
-		 * with common prefix
-		 */
 		if (pmu_is_uncore(name) &&
-		    !strncmp(pname, name, strlen(pname)))
+		    pmu_uncore_alias_match(pname, name))
 			goto new_alias;
 
 		if (strcmp(pname, name))