diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index e8745fb635a7..3612183e2cc5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ const char *perf_evsel__sw_names[PERF_COUNT_SW_MAX] = {
 	"major-faults",
 	"alignment-faults",
 	"emulation-faults",
+	"dummy",
 };
 
 static const char *__perf_evsel__sw_name(u64 config)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 9cba92386a82..b2dd0779dacc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ static struct event_symbol event_symbols_sw[PERF_COUNT_SW_MAX] = {
 		.symbol = "emulation-faults",
 		.alias  = "",
 	},
+	[PERF_COUNT_SW_DUMMY] = {
+		.symbol = "dummy",
+		.alias  = "",
+	},
 };
 
 #define __PERF_EVENT_FIELD(config, name) \
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
index 0790452658b3..91346b753960 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ context-switches|cs				{ return sym(yyscanner, PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE, PERF_COUNT_SW
 cpu-migrations|migrations			{ return sym(yyscanner, PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE, PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_MIGRATIONS); }
 alignment-faults				{ return sym(yyscanner, PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE, PERF_COUNT_SW_ALIGNMENT_FAULTS); }
 emulation-faults				{ return sym(yyscanner, PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE, PERF_COUNT_SW_EMULATION_FAULTS); }
+dummy						{ return sym(yyscanner, PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE, PERF_COUNT_SW_DUMMY); }
 
 L1-dcache|l1-d|l1d|L1-data		|
 L1-icache|l1-i|l1i|L1-instruction	|
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/python.c b/tools/perf/util/python.c
index 381f4fda9654..71b5412bbbb9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/python.c
@@ -987,6 +987,7 @@ static struct {
 	{ "COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ",  PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ },
 	{ "COUNT_SW_ALIGNMENT_FAULTS", PERF_COUNT_SW_ALIGNMENT_FAULTS },
 	{ "COUNT_SW_EMULATION_FAULTS", PERF_COUNT_SW_EMULATION_FAULTS },
+	{ "COUNT_SW_DUMMY",            PERF_COUNT_SW_DUMMY },
 
 	{ "SAMPLE_IP",	      PERF_SAMPLE_IP },
 	{ "SAMPLE_TID",	      PERF_SAMPLE_TID },