diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-evlist.c b/tools/perf/builtin-evlist.c
index 2676032..e52d77e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-evlist.c
@@ -15,9 +15,40 @@
 #include "util/parse-options.h"
 #include "util/session.h"
 
-static const char *input_name;
+struct perf_attr_details {
+	bool freq;
+	bool verbose;
+};
 
-static int __cmd_evlist(void)
+static int comma_printf(bool *first, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list args;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (!*first) {
+		ret += printf(",");
+	} else {
+		ret += printf(":");
+		*first = false;
+	}
+
+	va_start(args, fmt);
+	ret += vprintf(fmt, args);
+	va_end(args);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int __if_print(bool *first, const char *field, u64 value)
+{
+	if (value == 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	return comma_printf(first, " %s: %" PRIu64, field, value);
+}
+
+#define if_print(field) __if_print(&first, #field, pos->attr.field)
+
+static int __cmd_evlist(const char *input_name, struct perf_attr_details *details)
 {
 	struct perf_session *session;
 	struct perf_evsel *pos;
@@ -26,8 +57,52 @@
 	if (session == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	list_for_each_entry(pos, &session->evlist->entries, node)
-		printf("%s\n", event_name(pos));
+	list_for_each_entry(pos, &session->evlist->entries, node) {
+		bool first = true;
+
+		printf("%s", event_name(pos));
+
+		if (details->verbose || details->freq) {
+			comma_printf(&first, " sample_freq=%" PRIu64,
+				     (u64)pos->attr.sample_freq);
+		}
+
+		if (details->verbose) {
+			if_print(type);
+			if_print(config);
+			if_print(config1);
+			if_print(config2);
+			if_print(size);
+			if_print(sample_type);
+			if_print(read_format);
+			if_print(disabled);
+			if_print(inherit);
+			if_print(pinned);
+			if_print(exclusive);
+			if_print(exclude_user);
+			if_print(exclude_kernel);
+			if_print(exclude_hv);
+			if_print(exclude_idle);
+			if_print(mmap);
+			if_print(comm);
+			if_print(freq);
+			if_print(inherit_stat);
+			if_print(enable_on_exec);
+			if_print(task);
+			if_print(watermark);
+			if_print(precise_ip);
+			if_print(mmap_data);
+			if_print(sample_id_all);
+			if_print(exclude_host);
+			if_print(exclude_guest);
+			if_print(__reserved_1);
+			if_print(wakeup_events);
+			if_print(bp_type);
+			if_print(branch_sample_type);
+		}
+
+		putchar('\n');
+	}
 
 	perf_session__delete(session);
 	return 0;
@@ -38,17 +113,23 @@
 	NULL
 };
 
-static const struct option options[] = {
-	OPT_STRING('i', "input", &input_name, "file",
-		    "input file name"),
-	OPT_END()
-};
-
 int cmd_evlist(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
 {
+	struct perf_attr_details details = { .verbose = false, };
+	const char *input_name;
+	const struct option options[] = {
+		OPT_STRING('i', "input", &input_name, "file",
+			    "Input file name"),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN('F', "freq", &details.freq,
+			    "Show the sample frequency"),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "verbose", &details.verbose,
+			    "Show all event attr details"),
+		OPT_END()
+	};
+
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options, evlist_usage, 0);
 	if (argc)
 		usage_with_options(evlist_usage, options);
 
-	return __cmd_evlist();
+	return __cmd_evlist(input_name, &details);
 }