1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-evlist.c b/tools/perf/builtin-evlist.c
index 1312a5e03ec7..85a5e35dd147 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-evlist.c
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ int cmd_evlist(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
         OPT_BOOLEAN('F', "freq", &details.freq, "Show the sample frequency"),
         OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "verbose", &details.verbose,
                     "Show all event attr details"),
+        OPT_BOOLEAN('g', "group", &symbol_conf.event_group,
+                    "Show event group information"),
         OPT_END()
         };
         const char * const evlist_usage[] = {
@@ -50,5 +52,10 @@ int cmd_evlist(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
         if (argc)
                 usage_with_options(evlist_usage, options);
 
+        if (symbol_conf.event_group && (details.verbose || details.freq)) {
+                pr_err("--group option is not compatible with other options\n");
+                usage_with_options(evlist_usage, options);
+        }
+
         return __cmd_evlist(input_name, &details);
 }