diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/pmu.c b/tools/perf/tests/pmu.c
index 201df4446f7c..40132655ccd1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/pmu.c
@@ -453,12 +453,90 @@ static int test__name_cmp(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused, int subtest __
 	return TEST_OK;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Test perf_pmu__match() that's used to search for a PMU given a name passed
+ * on the command line. The name that's passed may also be a filename type glob
+ * match.
+ */
+static int test__pmu_match(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused, int subtest __maybe_unused)
+{
+	struct perf_pmu test_pmu;
+
+	test_pmu.name = "pmuname";
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("Exact match", perf_pmu__match(&test_pmu, "pmuname"),	     true);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("Longer token", perf_pmu__match(&test_pmu, "longertoken"), false);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("Shorter token", perf_pmu__match(&test_pmu, "pmu"),	     false);
+
+	test_pmu.name = "pmuname_10";
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("Diff suffix_", perf_pmu__match(&test_pmu, "pmuname_2"),  false);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("Sub suffix_",  perf_pmu__match(&test_pmu, "pmuname_1"),  true);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("Same suffix_", perf_pmu__match(&test_pmu, "pmuname_10"), true);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("No suffix_",   perf_pmu__match(&test_pmu, "pmuname"),    true);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("Underscore_",  perf_pmu__match(&test_pmu, "pmuname_"),   true);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("Substring_",   perf_pmu__match(&test_pmu, "pmuna"),      false);
+
+	test_pmu.name = "pmuname_ab23";
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("Diff suffix hex_", perf_pmu__match(&test_pmu, "pmuname_2"),    false);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("Sub suffix hex_",  perf_pmu__match(&test_pmu, "pmuname_ab"),   true);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("Same suffix hex_", perf_pmu__match(&test_pmu, "pmuname_ab23"), true);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("No suffix hex_",   perf_pmu__match(&test_pmu, "pmuname"),      true);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("Underscore hex_",  perf_pmu__match(&test_pmu, "pmuname_"),     true);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("Substring hex_",   perf_pmu__match(&test_pmu, "pmuna"),	 false);
+
+	test_pmu.name = "pmuname10";
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("Diff suffix", perf_pmu__match(&test_pmu, "pmuname2"),  false);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("Sub suffix",  perf_pmu__match(&test_pmu, "pmuname1"),  true);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("Same suffix", perf_pmu__match(&test_pmu, "pmuname10"), true);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("No suffix",   perf_pmu__match(&test_pmu, "pmuname"),   true);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("Underscore",  perf_pmu__match(&test_pmu, "pmuname_"),  false);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("Substring",   perf_pmu__match(&test_pmu, "pmuna"),     false);
+
+	test_pmu.name = "pmunameab23";
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("Diff suffix hex", perf_pmu__match(&test_pmu, "pmuname2"),    false);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("Sub suffix hex",  perf_pmu__match(&test_pmu, "pmunameab"),   true);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("Same suffix hex", perf_pmu__match(&test_pmu, "pmunameab23"), true);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("No suffix hex",   perf_pmu__match(&test_pmu, "pmuname"),     true);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("Underscore hex",  perf_pmu__match(&test_pmu, "pmuname_"),    false);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("Substring hex",   perf_pmu__match(&test_pmu, "pmuna"),	false);
+
+	/*
+	 * 2 hex chars or less are not considered suffixes so it shouldn't be
+	 * possible to wildcard by skipping the suffix. Therefore there are more
+	 * false results here than above.
+	 */
+	test_pmu.name = "pmuname_a3";
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("Diff suffix 2 hex_", perf_pmu__match(&test_pmu, "pmuname_2"),  false);
+	/*
+	 * This one should be false, but because pmuname_a3 ends in 3 which is
+	 * decimal, it's not possible to determine if it's a short hex suffix or
+	 * a normal decimal suffix following text. And we want to match on any
+	 * length of decimal suffix. Run the test anyway and expect the wrong
+	 * result. And slightly fuzzy matching shouldn't do too much harm.
+	 */
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("Sub suffix 2 hex_",  perf_pmu__match(&test_pmu, "pmuname_a"),  true);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("Same suffix 2 hex_", perf_pmu__match(&test_pmu, "pmuname_a3"), true);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("No suffix 2 hex_",   perf_pmu__match(&test_pmu, "pmuname"),    false);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("Underscore 2 hex_",  perf_pmu__match(&test_pmu, "pmuname_"),   false);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("Substring 2 hex_",   perf_pmu__match(&test_pmu, "pmuna"),	  false);
+
+	test_pmu.name = "pmuname_5";
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("Glob 1", perf_pmu__match(&test_pmu, "pmu*"),		   true);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("Glob 2", perf_pmu__match(&test_pmu, "nomatch*"),	   false);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("Seq 1",  perf_pmu__match(&test_pmu, "pmuname_[12345]"), true);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("Seq 2",  perf_pmu__match(&test_pmu, "pmuname_[67890]"), false);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("? 1",    perf_pmu__match(&test_pmu, "pmuname_?"),	   true);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL("? 2",    perf_pmu__match(&test_pmu, "pmuname_1?"),	   false);
+
+	return TEST_OK;
+}
+
 static struct test_case tests__pmu[] = {
 	TEST_CASE("Parsing with PMU format directory", pmu_format),
 	TEST_CASE("Parsing with PMU event", pmu_events),
 	TEST_CASE("PMU event names", pmu_event_names),
 	TEST_CASE("PMU name combining", name_len),
 	TEST_CASE("PMU name comparison", name_cmp),
+	TEST_CASE("PMU cmdline match", pmu_match),
 	{	.name = NULL, }
 };
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index c94a91645b21..97d74fe6d816 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -2150,7 +2150,7 @@ void perf_pmu__warn_invalid_config(struct perf_pmu *pmu, __u64 config,
 bool perf_pmu__match(const struct perf_pmu *pmu, const char *tok)
 {
 	const char *name = pmu->name;
-	bool need_fnmatch = strchr(tok, '*') != NULL;
+	bool need_fnmatch = strisglob(tok);
 
 	if (!strncmp(tok, "uncore_", 7))
 		tok += 7;