diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.c b/tools/perf/perf.c
index 5437134..3d4c7c0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "util/run-command.h"
 #include "util/parse-events.h"
 #include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include "util/bpf-loader.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
 #include <api/fs/tracing_path.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
@@ -385,6 +386,7 @@ static int run_builtin(struct cmd_struct *p, int argc, const char **argv)
 	status = p->fn(argc, argv, prefix);
 	exit_browser(status);
 	perf_env__exit(&perf_env);
+	bpf__clear();
 
 	if (status)
 		return status & 0xff;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/Build b/tools/perf/util/Build
index 9217119..591b3fe 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/util/Build
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ libperf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += intel-bts.o
 libperf-y += parse-branch-options.o
 libperf-y += parse-regs-options.o
 
+libperf-$(CONFIG_LIBBPF) += bpf-loader.o
 libperf-$(CONFIG_LIBELF) += symbol-elf.o
 libperf-$(CONFIG_LIBELF) += probe-file.o
 libperf-$(CONFIG_LIBELF) += probe-event.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 991bbd4..a02abd3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "symbol.h"
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "header.h"
+#include "bpf-loader.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include <api/fs/tracing_path.h>
 #include "parse-events-bison.h"
@@ -529,6 +530,62 @@ static int add_tracepoint_multi_sys(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+int parse_events_load_bpf_obj(struct parse_events_evlist *data,
+			      struct list_head *list,
+			      struct bpf_object *obj)
+{
+	int err;
+	char errbuf[BUFSIZ];
+
+	if (IS_ERR(obj) || !obj) {
+		snprintf(errbuf, sizeof(errbuf),
+			 "Internal error: load bpf obj with NULL");
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto errout;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Temporary add a dummy event here so we can check whether
+	 * basic bpf loader works. Following patches will replace
+	 * dummy event by useful evsels.
+	 */
+	return parse_events_add_numeric(data, list, PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE,
+					PERF_COUNT_SW_DUMMY, NULL);
+errout:
+	data->error->help = strdup("(add -v to see detail)");
+	data->error->str = strdup(errbuf);
+	return err;
+}
+
+int parse_events_load_bpf(struct parse_events_evlist *data,
+			  struct list_head *list,
+			  char *bpf_file_name)
+{
+	struct bpf_object *obj;
+
+	obj = bpf__prepare_load(bpf_file_name);
+	if (IS_ERR(obj) || !obj) {
+		char errbuf[BUFSIZ];
+		int err;
+
+		err = obj ? PTR_ERR(obj) : -EINVAL;
+
+		if (err == -ENOTSUP)
+			snprintf(errbuf, sizeof(errbuf),
+				 "BPF support is not compiled");
+		else
+			snprintf(errbuf, sizeof(errbuf),
+				 "BPF object file '%s' is invalid",
+				 bpf_file_name);
+
+		data->error->help = strdup("(add -v to see detail)");
+		data->error->str = strdup(errbuf);
+		return err;
+	}
+
+	return parse_events_load_bpf_obj(data, list, obj);
+}
+
 static int
 parse_breakpoint_type(const char *type, struct perf_event_attr *attr)
 {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
index f13d3cc..fbb16c7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
@@ -121,6 +121,14 @@ int parse_events_add_tracepoint(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
 				char *sys, char *event,
 				struct parse_events_error *error,
 				struct list_head *head_config);
+int parse_events_load_bpf(struct parse_events_evlist *data,
+			  struct list_head *list,
+			  char *bpf_file_name);
+/* Provide this function for perf test */
+struct bpf_object;
+int parse_events_load_bpf_obj(struct parse_events_evlist *data,
+			      struct list_head *list,
+			      struct bpf_object *obj);
 int parse_events_add_numeric(struct parse_events_evlist *data,
 			     struct list_head *list,
 			     u32 type, u64 config,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
index be24457..5e5d31a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ do {							\
 group		[^,{}/]*[{][^}]*[}][^,{}/]*
 event_pmu	[^,{}/]+[/][^/]*[/][^,{}/]*
 event		[^,{}/]+
+bpf_object	.*\.(o|bpf)
 
 num_dec		[0-9]+
 num_hex		0x[a-fA-F0-9]+
@@ -159,6 +160,7 @@ modifier_bp	[rwx]{1,3}
 		}
 
 {event_pmu}	|
+{bpf_object}	|
 {event}		{
 			BEGIN(INITIAL);
 			REWIND(1);
@@ -264,6 +266,7 @@ r{num_raw_hex}		{ return raw(yyscanner); }
 {num_hex}		{ return value(yyscanner, 16); }
 
 {modifier_event}	{ return str(yyscanner, PE_MODIFIER_EVENT); }
+{bpf_object}		{ return str(yyscanner, PE_BPF_OBJECT); }
 {name}			{ return pmu_str_check(yyscanner); }
 "/"			{ BEGIN(config); return '/'; }
 -			{ return '-'; }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
index ae6af26..497f19b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ static inc_group_count(struct list_head *list,
 %token PE_VALUE PE_VALUE_SYM_HW PE_VALUE_SYM_SW PE_RAW PE_TERM
 %token PE_EVENT_NAME
 %token PE_NAME
+%token PE_BPF_OBJECT
 %token PE_MODIFIER_EVENT PE_MODIFIER_BP
 %token PE_NAME_CACHE_TYPE PE_NAME_CACHE_OP_RESULT
 %token PE_PREFIX_MEM PE_PREFIX_RAW PE_PREFIX_GROUP
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ static inc_group_count(struct list_head *list,
 %type <num> PE_RAW
 %type <num> PE_TERM
 %type <str> PE_NAME
+%type <str> PE_BPF_OBJECT
 %type <str> PE_NAME_CACHE_TYPE
 %type <str> PE_NAME_CACHE_OP_RESULT
 %type <str> PE_MODIFIER_EVENT
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ static inc_group_count(struct list_head *list,
 %type <tracepoint_name> tracepoint_name
 %type <head> event_legacy_numeric
 %type <head> event_legacy_raw
+%type <head> event_bpf_file
 %type <head> event_def
 %type <head> event_mod
 %type <head> event_name
@@ -203,7 +206,8 @@ event_def: event_pmu |
 	   event_legacy_mem |
 	   event_legacy_tracepoint sep_dc |
 	   event_legacy_numeric sep_dc |
-	   event_legacy_raw sep_dc
+	   event_legacy_raw sep_dc |
+	   event_bpf_file
 
 event_pmu:
 PE_NAME '/' event_config '/'
@@ -449,6 +453,18 @@ PE_RAW
 	$$ = list;
 }
 
+event_bpf_file:
+PE_BPF_OBJECT
+{
+	struct parse_events_evlist *data = _data;
+	struct parse_events_error *error = data->error;
+	struct list_head *list;
+
+	ALLOC_LIST(list);
+	ABORT_ON(parse_events_load_bpf(data, list, $1));
+	$$ = list;
+}
+
 start_terms: event_config
 {
 	struct parse_events_terms *data = _data;
