diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
index 5a0160d359a18a832a0795737f54cafde973bd8f..21494806c0abf419bfe95eb8be1a0bb5d83330e4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ OPTIONS
 -f::
 --fields::
         Comma separated list of fields to print. Options are:
-        comm, tid, pid, time, cpu, event, trace, ip, sym, dso, addr, symoff, srcline.
+        comm, tid, pid, time, cpu, event, trace, ip, sym, dso, addr, symoff, srcline, period.
         Field list can be prepended with the type, trace, sw or hw,
         to indicate to which event type the field list applies.
         e.g., -f sw:comm,tid,time,ip,sym  and -f trace:time,cpu,trace
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index a6b2132c666f709922e066d65e0cb4874453d23f..2583a9b043178453890c8006b41f138afb9db8f0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "util/parse-events.h"
 
 #include "util/callchain.h"
+#include "util/cgroup.h"
 #include "util/header.h"
 #include "util/event.h"
 #include "util/evlist.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index 6b4925f65bf02f42bfa98641842ea6df9a826c5f..9708a12905715e78759c88c397dcf27d5c5a863b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ enum perf_output_field {
 	PERF_OUTPUT_ADDR            = 1U << 10,
 	PERF_OUTPUT_SYMOFFSET       = 1U << 11,
 	PERF_OUTPUT_SRCLINE         = 1U << 12,
+	PERF_OUTPUT_PERIOD          = 1U << 13,
 };
 
 struct output_option {
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ struct output_option {
 	{.str = "addr",  .field = PERF_OUTPUT_ADDR},
 	{.str = "symoff", .field = PERF_OUTPUT_SYMOFFSET},
 	{.str = "srcline", .field = PERF_OUTPUT_SRCLINE},
+	{.str = "period", .field = PERF_OUTPUT_PERIOD},
 };
 
 /* default set to maintain compatibility with current format */
@@ -80,7 +82,8 @@ static struct {
 		.fields = PERF_OUTPUT_COMM | PERF_OUTPUT_TID |
 			      PERF_OUTPUT_CPU | PERF_OUTPUT_TIME |
 			      PERF_OUTPUT_EVNAME | PERF_OUTPUT_IP |
-				  PERF_OUTPUT_SYM | PERF_OUTPUT_DSO,
+			      PERF_OUTPUT_SYM | PERF_OUTPUT_DSO |
+			      PERF_OUTPUT_PERIOD,
 
 		.invalid_fields = PERF_OUTPUT_TRACE,
 	},
@@ -91,7 +94,8 @@ static struct {
 		.fields = PERF_OUTPUT_COMM | PERF_OUTPUT_TID |
 			      PERF_OUTPUT_CPU | PERF_OUTPUT_TIME |
 			      PERF_OUTPUT_EVNAME | PERF_OUTPUT_IP |
-				  PERF_OUTPUT_SYM | PERF_OUTPUT_DSO,
+			      PERF_OUTPUT_SYM | PERF_OUTPUT_DSO |
+			      PERF_OUTPUT_PERIOD,
 
 		.invalid_fields = PERF_OUTPUT_TRACE,
 	},
@@ -110,7 +114,8 @@ static struct {
 		.fields = PERF_OUTPUT_COMM | PERF_OUTPUT_TID |
 			      PERF_OUTPUT_CPU | PERF_OUTPUT_TIME |
 			      PERF_OUTPUT_EVNAME | PERF_OUTPUT_IP |
-				  PERF_OUTPUT_SYM | PERF_OUTPUT_DSO,
+			      PERF_OUTPUT_SYM | PERF_OUTPUT_DSO |
+			      PERF_OUTPUT_PERIOD,
 
 		.invalid_fields = PERF_OUTPUT_TRACE,
 	},
@@ -229,6 +234,11 @@ static int perf_evsel__check_attr(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 					PERF_OUTPUT_CPU))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (PRINT_FIELD(PERIOD) &&
+		perf_evsel__check_stype(evsel, PERF_SAMPLE_PERIOD, "PERIOD",
+					PERF_OUTPUT_PERIOD))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -448,6 +458,9 @@ static void process_event(union perf_event *event, struct perf_sample *sample,
 
 	print_sample_start(sample, thread, evsel);
 
+	if (PRINT_FIELD(PERIOD))
+		printf("%10" PRIu64 " ", sample->period);
+
 	if (PRINT_FIELD(EVNAME)) {
 		const char *evname = perf_evsel__name(evsel);
 		printf("%s: ", evname ? evname : "[unknown]");
@@ -1543,7 +1556,7 @@ int cmd_script(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 		     "comma separated output fields prepend with 'type:'. "
 		     "Valid types: hw,sw,trace,raw. "
 		     "Fields: comm,tid,pid,time,cpu,event,trace,ip,sym,dso,"
-		     "addr,symoff", parse_output_fields),
+		     "addr,symoff,period", parse_output_fields),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all-cpus", &system_wide,
 		    "system-wide collection from all CPUs"),
 	OPT_STRING('S', "symbols", &symbol_conf.sym_list_str, "symbol[,symbol...]",
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index b22c62f80078771d9167a2311a6e504cdd3a5690..055ce9232c9ee0a887e9767e9ba018fe5f501660 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 
 #include "perf.h"
 #include "builtin.h"
+#include "util/cgroup.h"
 #include "util/util.h"
 #include "util/parse-options.h"
 #include "util/parse-events.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
index bd312b01e8766e97dd50f8661f3e4213f8513fde..649b0c597283427572ffb2e43cf0521cb4a971fb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ int perf_evlist__prepare_workload(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 						     void *ucontext));
 int perf_evlist__start_workload(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 
+struct option;
+
 int perf_evlist__parse_mmap_pages(const struct option *opt,
 				  const char *str,
 				  int unset);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index d1ecde0fd56c456a8b3abcb56ff08a97690e090e..2f9e68025ede6615d60ca0c3aacc8e6b11c7011e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <sys/resource.h>
 #include "asm/bug.h"
 #include "callchain.h"
+#include "cgroup.h"
 #include "evsel.h"
 #include "evlist.h"
 #include "util.h"
@@ -850,17 +851,17 @@ void perf_evsel__exit(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 	assert(list_empty(&evsel->node));
 	perf_evsel__free_fd(evsel);
 	perf_evsel__free_id(evsel);
+	close_cgroup(evsel->cgrp);
+	zfree(&evsel->group_name);
+	if (evsel->tp_format)
+		pevent_free_format(evsel->tp_format);
+	zfree(&evsel->name);
 	perf_evsel__object.fini(evsel);
 }
 
 void perf_evsel__delete(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 {
 	perf_evsel__exit(evsel);
-	close_cgroup(evsel->cgrp);
-	zfree(&evsel->group_name);
-	if (evsel->tp_format)
-		pevent_free_format(evsel->tp_format);
-	zfree(&evsel->name);
 	free(evsel);
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index 1d5c754aebc4dfd38f823c2d74d5482ac2770454..163c5604e5d15d97ff682716da589caf8dec148e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include "xyarray.h"
-#include "cgroup.h"
 #include "symbol.h"
 
 struct perf_counts_values {
@@ -42,6 +41,8 @@ struct perf_sample_id {
 	u64			period;
 };
 
+struct cgroup_sel;
+
 /** struct perf_evsel - event selector
  *
  * @name - Can be set to retain the original event name passed by the user,