diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index f321ce97d9ec..3ba6a1742f91 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -234,6 +234,74 @@ static int perf_pmu__parse_snapshot(struct perf_pmu_alias *alias,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void perf_pmu_assign_str(char *name, const char *field, char **old_str,
+				char **new_str)
+{
+	if (!*old_str)
+		goto set_new;
+
+	if (*new_str) {	/* Have new string, check with old */
+		if (strcasecmp(*old_str, *new_str))
+			pr_debug("alias %s differs in field '%s'\n",
+				 name, field);
+		zfree(old_str);
+	} else		/* Nothing new --> keep old string */
+		return;
+set_new:
+	*old_str = *new_str;
+	*new_str = NULL;
+}
+
+static void perf_pmu_update_alias(struct perf_pmu_alias *old,
+				  struct perf_pmu_alias *newalias)
+{
+	perf_pmu_assign_str(old->name, "desc", &old->desc, &newalias->desc);
+	perf_pmu_assign_str(old->name, "long_desc", &old->long_desc,
+			    &newalias->long_desc);
+	perf_pmu_assign_str(old->name, "topic", &old->topic, &newalias->topic);
+	perf_pmu_assign_str(old->name, "metric_expr", &old->metric_expr,
+			    &newalias->metric_expr);
+	perf_pmu_assign_str(old->name, "metric_name", &old->metric_name,
+			    &newalias->metric_name);
+	perf_pmu_assign_str(old->name, "value", &old->str, &newalias->str);
+	old->scale = newalias->scale;
+	old->per_pkg = newalias->per_pkg;
+	old->snapshot = newalias->snapshot;
+	memcpy(old->unit, newalias->unit, sizeof(old->unit));
+}
+
+/* Delete an alias entry. */
+static void perf_pmu_free_alias(struct perf_pmu_alias *newalias)
+{
+	zfree(&newalias->name);
+	zfree(&newalias->desc);
+	zfree(&newalias->long_desc);
+	zfree(&newalias->topic);
+	zfree(&newalias->str);
+	zfree(&newalias->metric_expr);
+	zfree(&newalias->metric_name);
+	parse_events_terms__purge(&newalias->terms);
+	free(newalias);
+}
+
+/* Merge an alias, search in alias list. If this name is already
+ * present merge both of them to combine all information.
+ */
+static bool perf_pmu_merge_alias(struct perf_pmu_alias *newalias,
+				 struct list_head *alist)
+{
+	struct perf_pmu_alias *a;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(a, alist, list) {
+		if (!strcasecmp(newalias->name, a->name)) {
+			perf_pmu_update_alias(a, newalias);
+			perf_pmu_free_alias(newalias);
+			return true;
+		}
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
 static int __perf_pmu__new_alias(struct list_head *list, char *dir, char *name,
 				 char *desc, char *val,
 				 char *long_desc, char *topic,
@@ -310,7 +378,8 @@ static int __perf_pmu__new_alias(struct list_head *list, char *dir, char *name,
 	alias->per_pkg = perpkg && sscanf(perpkg, "%d", &num) == 1 && num == 1;
 	alias->str = strdup(newval);
 
-	list_add_tail(&alias->list, list);
+	if (!perf_pmu_merge_alias(alias, list))
+		list_add_tail(&alias->list, list);
 
 	return 0;
 }