1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
index c87efc12579d..e9d1134c2c68 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ num_dec		[0-9]+
 num_hex         0x[a-fA-F0-9]+
 num_raw_hex     [a-fA-F0-9]+
 name            [a-zA-Z_*?][a-zA-Z0-9_*?]*
-modifier_event  [ukhpGH]{1,8}
+name_minus      [a-zA-Z_*?][a-zA-Z0-9\-_*?]*
+modifier_event  [ukhpGH]+
 modifier_bp     [rwx]{1,3}
 
 %%
@@ -168,6 +169,7 @@ period			{ return term(yyscanner, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_SAMPLE_PERIOD); }
 branch_type             { return term(yyscanner, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_BRANCH_SAMPLE_TYPE); }
 ,                       { return ','; }
 "/"                     { BEGIN(INITIAL); return '/'; }
+{name_minus}            { return str(yyscanner, PE_NAME); }
 }
 
 mem:                    { BEGIN(mem); return PE_PREFIX_MEM; }