diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index 4f9b247fb312..e909d43cf542 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -2093,6 +2093,35 @@ static int read_attr(int fd, struct perf_header *ph,
 	return ret <= 0 ? -1 : 0;
 }
 
+static int perf_evsel__set_tracepoint_name(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
+{
+	struct event_format *event = trace_find_event(evsel->attr.config);
+	char bf[128];
+
+	if (event == NULL)
+		return -1;
+
+	snprintf(bf, sizeof(bf), "%s:%s", event->system, event->name);
+	evsel->name = strdup(bf);
+	if (event->name == NULL)
+		return -1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int perf_evlist__set_tracepoint_names(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
+{
+	struct perf_evsel *pos;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(pos, &evlist->entries, node) {
+		if (pos->attr.type == PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT &&
+		    perf_evsel__set_tracepoint_name(pos))
+			return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int perf_session__read_header(struct perf_session *session, int fd)
 {
 	struct perf_header *header = &session->header;
@@ -2174,6 +2203,9 @@ int perf_session__read_header(struct perf_session *session, int fd)
 
 	lseek(fd, header->data_offset, SEEK_SET);
 
+	if (perf_evlist__set_tracepoint_names(session->evlist))
+		goto out_delete_evlist;
+
 	header->frozen = 1;
 	return 0;
 out_errno: