diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.py b/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.py
index e82dff3a12289..40b9e626fc152 100755
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.py
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 
 # Attributes that are in pmu_metric rather than pmu_event.
 _json_metric_attributes = [
-    'metric_name', 'metric_group', 'metric_expr', 'desc',
+    'metric_name', 'metric_group', 'metric_expr', 'metric_threshold', 'desc',
     'long_desc', 'unit', 'compat', 'aggr_mode', 'event_grouping'
 ]
 # Attributes that are bools or enum int values, encoded as '0', '1',...
@@ -306,6 +306,9 @@ def unit_to_pmu(unit: str) -> Optional[str]:
     self.metric_expr = None
     if 'MetricExpr' in jd:
       self.metric_expr = metric.ParsePerfJson(jd['MetricExpr']).Simplify()
+    # Note, the metric formula for the threshold isn't parsed as the &
+    # and > have incorrect precedence.
+    self.metric_threshold = jd.get('MetricThreshold')
 
     arch_std = jd.get('ArchStdEvent')
     if precise and self.desc and '(Precise Event)' not in self.desc:
@@ -362,6 +365,8 @@ def build_c_string(self, metric: bool) -> str:
         # Convert parsed metric expressions into a string. Slashes
         # must be doubled in the file.
         x = x.ToPerfJson().replace('\\', '\\\\')
+      if metric and x and attr == 'metric_threshold':
+        x = x.replace('\\', '\\\\')
       if attr in _json_enum_attributes:
         s += x if x else '0'
       else:
diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/pmu-events.h b/tools/perf/pmu-events/pmu-events.h
index 57a38e3e5c325..b7dff8f1021fd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/pmu-events.h
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/pmu-events.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ struct pmu_metric {
 	const char *metric_name;
 	const char *metric_group;
 	const char *metric_expr;
+	const char *metric_threshold;
 	const char *unit;
 	const char *compat;
 	const char *desc;