diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index e032716..5a520f8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -137,6 +137,17 @@
 where the information in the perf.data file (which includes buildids)
 is sufficient.
 
+-G name,...::
+--cgroup name,...::
+monitor only in the container (cgroup) called "name". This option is available only
+in per-cpu mode. The cgroup filesystem must be mounted. All threads belonging to
+container "name" are monitored when they run on the monitored CPUs. Multiple cgroups
+can be provided. Each cgroup is applied to the corresponding event, i.e., first cgroup
+to first event, second cgroup to second event and so on. It is possible to provide
+an empty cgroup (monitor all the time) using, e.g., -G foo,,bar. Cgroups must have
+corresponding events, i.e., they always refer to events defined earlier on the command
+line.
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-list[1]
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
index b6da7af..918cc38 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
@@ -83,6 +83,17 @@
 print counts using a CSV-style output to make it easy to import directly into
 spreadsheets. Columns are separated by the string specified in SEP.
 
+-G name::
+--cgroup name::
+monitor only in the container (cgroup) called "name". This option is available only
+in per-cpu mode. The cgroup filesystem must be mounted. All threads belonging to
+container "name" are monitored when they run on the monitored CPUs. Multiple cgroups
+can be provided. Each cgroup is applied to the corresponding event, i.e., first cgroup
+to first event, second cgroup to second event and so on. It is possible to provide
+an empty cgroup (monitor all the time) using, e.g., -G foo,,bar. Cgroups must have
+corresponding events, i.e., they always refer to events defined earlier on the command
+line.
+
 EXAMPLES
 --------
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index 94f73ab..bc4d9bf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -442,6 +442,7 @@
 LIB_H += util/cpumap.h
 LIB_H += util/top.h
 LIB_H += $(ARCH_INCLUDE)
+LIB_H += util/cgroup.h
 
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/abspath.o
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/alias.o
@@ -496,6 +497,7 @@
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/util.o
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/xyarray.o
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/cpumap.o
+LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/cgroup.o
 
 BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)builtin-annotate.o
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 12e0e41..a4aaadc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -807,6 +807,9 @@
 		    "do not update the buildid cache"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('B', "no-buildid", &no_buildid,
 		    "do not collect buildids in perf.data"),
+	OPT_CALLBACK('G', "cgroup", &evsel_list, "name",
+		     "monitor event in cgroup name only",
+		     parse_cgroups),
 	OPT_END()
 };
 
@@ -835,6 +838,12 @@
 		write_mode = WRITE_FORCE;
 	}
 
+	if (nr_cgroups && !system_wide) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "cgroup monitoring only available in"
+			" system-wide mode\n");
+		usage_with_options(record_usage, record_options);
+	}
+
 	symbol__init();
 
 	if (no_buildid_cache || no_buildid)
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 806a999..21c0252 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -390,6 +390,9 @@
 
 	fprintf(stderr, fmt, cpustr, msecs, csv_sep, event_name(evsel));
 
+	if (evsel->cgrp)
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s%s", csv_sep, evsel->cgrp->name);
+
 	if (csv_output)
 		return;
 
@@ -420,6 +423,9 @@
 
 	fprintf(stderr, fmt, cpustr, avg, csv_sep, event_name(evsel));
 
+	if (evsel->cgrp)
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s%s", csv_sep, evsel->cgrp->name);
+
 	if (csv_output)
 		return;
 
@@ -460,9 +466,17 @@
 	int scaled = counter->counts->scaled;
 
 	if (scaled == -1) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "%*s%s%-24s\n",
+		fprintf(stderr, "%*s%s%*s",
 			csv_output ? 0 : 18,
-			"<not counted>", csv_sep, event_name(counter));
+			"<not counted>",
+			csv_sep,
+			csv_output ? 0 : -24,
+			event_name(counter));
+
+		if (counter->cgrp)
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s%s", csv_sep, counter->cgrp->name);
+
+		fputc('\n', stderr);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -487,7 +501,6 @@
 		fprintf(stderr, "  (scaled from %.2f%%)",
 				100 * avg_running / avg_enabled);
 	}
-
 	fprintf(stderr, "\n");
 }
 
@@ -505,14 +518,18 @@
 		ena = counter->counts->cpu[cpu].ena;
 		run = counter->counts->cpu[cpu].run;
 		if (run == 0 || ena == 0) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "CPU%*d%s%*s%s%-24s",
+			fprintf(stderr, "CPU%*d%s%*s%s%*s",
 				csv_output ? 0 : -4,
 				evsel_list->cpus->map[cpu], csv_sep,
 				csv_output ? 0 : 18,
 				"<not counted>", csv_sep,
+				csv_output ? 0 : -24,
 				event_name(counter));
 
-			fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+			if (counter->cgrp)
+				fprintf(stderr, "%s%s", csv_sep, counter->cgrp->name);
+
+			fputc('\n', stderr);
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -529,7 +546,7 @@
 					100.0 * run / ena);
 			}
 		}
-		fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+		fputc('\n', stderr);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -642,6 +659,9 @@
 		    "disable CPU count aggregation"),
 	OPT_STRING('x', "field-separator", &csv_sep, "separator",
 		   "print counts with custom separator"),
+	OPT_CALLBACK('G', "cgroup", &evsel_list, "name",
+		     "monitor event in cgroup name only",
+		     parse_cgroups),
 	OPT_END()
 };
 
@@ -682,9 +702,13 @@
 	if (run_count <= 0)
 		usage_with_options(stat_usage, options);
 
-	/* no_aggr is for system-wide only */
-	if (no_aggr && !system_wide)
+	/* no_aggr, cgroup are for system-wide only */
+	if ((no_aggr || nr_cgroups) && !system_wide) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "both cgroup and no-aggregation "
+			"modes only available in system-wide mode\n");
+
 		usage_with_options(stat_usage, options);
+	}
 
 	/* Set attrs and nr_counters if no event is selected and !null_run */
 	if (!null_run && !evsel_list->nr_entries) {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c b/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9fea755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+#include "util.h"
+#include "../perf.h"
+#include "parse-options.h"
+#include "evsel.h"
+#include "cgroup.h"
+#include "debugfs.h" /* MAX_PATH, STR() */
+#include "evlist.h"
+
+int nr_cgroups;
+
+static int
+cgroupfs_find_mountpoint(char *buf, size_t maxlen)
+{
+	FILE *fp;
+	char mountpoint[MAX_PATH+1], tokens[MAX_PATH+1], type[MAX_PATH+1];
+	char *token, *saved_ptr;
+	int found = 0;
+
+	fp = fopen("/proc/mounts", "r");
+	if (!fp)
+		return -1;
+
+	/*
+	 * in order to handle split hierarchy, we need to scan /proc/mounts
+	 * and inspect every cgroupfs mount point to find one that has
+	 * perf_event subsystem
+	 */
+	while (fscanf(fp, "%*s %"STR(MAX_PATH)"s %"STR(MAX_PATH)"s %"
+				STR(MAX_PATH)"s %*d %*d\n",
+				mountpoint, type, tokens) == 3) {
+
+		if (!strcmp(type, "cgroup")) {
+
+			token = strtok_r(tokens, ",", &saved_ptr);
+
+			while (token != NULL) {
+				if (!strcmp(token, "perf_event")) {
+					found = 1;
+					break;
+				}
+				token = strtok_r(NULL, ",", &saved_ptr);
+			}
+		}
+		if (found)
+			break;
+	}
+	fclose(fp);
+	if (!found)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (strlen(mountpoint) < maxlen) {
+		strcpy(buf, mountpoint);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	return -1;
+}
+
+static int open_cgroup(char *name)
+{
+	char path[MAX_PATH+1];
+	char mnt[MAX_PATH+1];
+	int fd;
+
+
+	if (cgroupfs_find_mountpoint(mnt, MAX_PATH+1))
+		return -1;
+
+	snprintf(path, MAX_PATH, "%s/%s", mnt, name);
+
+	fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
+	if (fd == -1)
+		fprintf(stderr, "no access to cgroup %s\n", path);
+
+	return fd;
+}
+
+static int add_cgroup(struct perf_evlist *evlist, char *str)
+{
+	struct perf_evsel *counter;
+	struct cgroup_sel *cgrp = NULL;
+	int n;
+	/*
+	 * check if cgrp is already defined, if so we reuse it
+	 */
+	list_for_each_entry(counter, &evlist->entries, node) {
+		cgrp = counter->cgrp;
+		if (!cgrp)
+			continue;
+		if (!strcmp(cgrp->name, str))
+			break;
+
+		cgrp = NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (!cgrp) {
+		cgrp = zalloc(sizeof(*cgrp));
+		if (!cgrp)
+			return -1;
+
+		cgrp->name = str;
+
+		cgrp->fd = open_cgroup(str);
+		if (cgrp->fd == -1) {
+			free(cgrp);
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * find corresponding event
+	 * if add cgroup N, then need to find event N
+	 */
+	n = 0;
+	list_for_each_entry(counter, &evlist->entries, node) {
+		if (n == nr_cgroups)
+			goto found;
+		n++;
+	}
+	if (cgrp->refcnt == 0)
+		free(cgrp);
+
+	return -1;
+found:
+	cgrp->refcnt++;
+	counter->cgrp = cgrp;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void close_cgroup(struct cgroup_sel *cgrp)
+{
+	if (!cgrp)
+		return;
+
+	/* XXX: not reentrant */
+	if (--cgrp->refcnt == 0) {
+		close(cgrp->fd);
+		free(cgrp->name);
+		free(cgrp);
+	}
+}
+
+int parse_cgroups(const struct option *opt __used, const char *str,
+		  int unset __used)
+{
+	struct perf_evlist *evlist = *(struct perf_evlist **)opt->value;
+	const char *p, *e, *eos = str + strlen(str);
+	char *s;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (list_empty(&evlist->entries)) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "must define events before cgroups\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	for (;;) {
+		p = strchr(str, ',');
+		e = p ? p : eos;
+
+		/* allow empty cgroups, i.e., skip */
+		if (e - str) {
+			/* termination added */
+			s = strndup(str, e - str);
+			if (!s)
+				return -1;
+			ret = add_cgroup(evlist, s);
+			if (ret) {
+				free(s);
+				return -1;
+			}
+		}
+		/* nr_cgroups is increased een for empty cgroups */
+		nr_cgroups++;
+		if (!p)
+			break;
+		str = p+1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cgroup.h b/tools/perf/util/cgroup.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89acd6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cgroup.h
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#ifndef __CGROUP_H__
+#define __CGROUP_H__
+
+struct option;
+
+struct cgroup_sel {
+	char *name;
+	int fd;
+	int refcnt;
+};
+
+
+extern int nr_cgroups; /* number of explicit cgroups defined */
+extern void close_cgroup(struct cgroup_sel *cgrp);
+extern int parse_cgroups(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int unset);
+
+#endif /* __CGROUP_H__ */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 211063e..c974e08 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
 void perf_evsel__delete(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 {
 	perf_evsel__exit(evsel);
+	close_cgroup(evsel->cgrp);
 	free(evsel);
 }
 
@@ -163,21 +164,32 @@
 			      struct thread_map *threads, bool group, bool inherit)
 {
 	int cpu, thread;
+	unsigned long flags = 0;
+	int pid = -1;
 
 	if (evsel->fd == NULL &&
 	    perf_evsel__alloc_fd(evsel, cpus->nr, threads->nr) < 0)
 		return -1;
 
+	if (evsel->cgrp) {
+		flags = PERF_FLAG_PID_CGROUP;
+		pid = evsel->cgrp->fd;
+	}
+
 	for (cpu = 0; cpu < cpus->nr; cpu++) {
 		int group_fd = -1;
 
 		evsel->attr.inherit = (cpus->map[cpu] < 0) && inherit;
 
 		for (thread = 0; thread < threads->nr; thread++) {
+
+			if (!evsel->cgrp)
+				pid = threads->map[thread];
+
 			FD(evsel, cpu, thread) = sys_perf_event_open(&evsel->attr,
-								     threads->map[thread],
+								     pid,
 								     cpus->map[cpu],
-								     group_fd, 0);
+								     group_fd, flags);
 			if (FD(evsel, cpu, thread) < 0)
 				goto out_close;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index eecdc3a..1d3d5a3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "../../../include/linux/perf_event.h"
 #include "types.h"
 #include "xyarray.h"
+#include "cgroup.h"
  
 struct perf_counts_values {
 	union {
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@
 	struct perf_counts	*counts;
 	int			idx;
 	void			*priv;
+	struct cgroup_sel	*cgrp;
 };
 
 struct cpu_map;