diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index 1fc263a..0339819 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -31,6 +31,24 @@
 
 struct cgroup_sel;
 
+/*
+ * The 'struct perf_evsel_config_term' is used to pass event
+ * specific configuration data to perf_evsel__config routine.
+ * It is allocated within event parsing and attached to
+ * perf_evsel::config_terms list head.
+*/
+enum {
+	PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_MAX,
+};
+
+struct perf_evsel_config_term {
+	struct list_head	list;
+	int	type;
+	union {
+		u64	period;
+	} val;
+};
+
 /** struct perf_evsel - event selector
  *
  * @name - Can be set to retain the original event name passed by the user,
@@ -87,6 +105,7 @@
 	struct perf_evsel	*leader;
 	char			*group_name;
 	bool			cmdline_group_boundary;
+	struct list_head	config_terms;
 };
 
 union u64_swap {