diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/s390/util/Build b/tools/perf/arch/s390/util/Build
index db68840869979..fa66f15a14ec0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/s390/util/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/s390/util/Build
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ perf-$(CONFIG_DWARF) += dwarf-regs.o
 perf-$(CONFIG_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND) += unwind-libdw.o
 
 perf-y += machine.o
+perf-y += pmu.o
 
 perf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += auxtrace.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/s390/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/arch/s390/util/pmu.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..11f03f32e3fd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/s390/util/pmu.c
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+/*
+ * Copyright IBM Corp. 2023
+ * Author(s): Thomas Richter <tmricht@linux.ibm.com>
+ */
+
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "../../../util/pmu.h"
+
+#define	S390_PMUPAI_CRYPTO	"pai_crypto"
+#define	S390_PMUPAI_EXT		"pai_ext"
+#define	S390_PMUCPUM_CF		"cpum_cf"
+
+struct perf_event_attr *perf_pmu__get_default_config(struct perf_pmu *pmu)
+{
+	if (!strcmp(pmu->name, S390_PMUPAI_CRYPTO) ||
+	    !strcmp(pmu->name, S390_PMUPAI_EXT) ||
+	    !strcmp(pmu->name, S390_PMUCPUM_CF))
+		pmu->selectable = true;
+	return NULL;
+}