diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
index 4692d277980b2af93f1201a7e32a60ff4ae397c1..bada8933fdd4798a2890a13b2fb64d5bf75d9743 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ counted. The following modifiers exist:
  u - user-space counting
  k - kernel counting
  h - hypervisor counting
+ I - non idle counting
  G - guest counting (in KVM guests)
  H - host counting (not in KVM guests)
  p - precise level
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
index ac243ebcb20a224992a1ebb73ebd91afecddaf67..3de744961739c2c1502e0c0367c357b2f39c90a6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
@@ -295,6 +295,36 @@ static int test__checkevent_genhw_modifier(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 	return test__checkevent_genhw(evlist);
 }
 
+static int test__checkevent_exclude_idle_modifier(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
+{
+	struct perf_evsel *evsel = perf_evlist__first(evlist);
+
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude idle", evsel->attr.exclude_idle);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude guest", !evsel->attr.exclude_guest);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude host", !evsel->attr.exclude_host);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_user", !evsel->attr.exclude_user);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_kernel", !evsel->attr.exclude_kernel);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_hv", !evsel->attr.exclude_hv);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong precise_ip", !evsel->attr.precise_ip);
+
+	return test__checkevent_symbolic_name(evlist);
+}
+
+static int test__checkevent_exclude_idle_modifier_1(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
+{
+	struct perf_evsel *evsel = perf_evlist__first(evlist);
+
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude idle", evsel->attr.exclude_idle);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude guest", !evsel->attr.exclude_guest);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude host", evsel->attr.exclude_host);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_user", evsel->attr.exclude_user);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_kernel", !evsel->attr.exclude_kernel);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_hv", evsel->attr.exclude_hv);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong precise_ip", !evsel->attr.precise_ip);
+
+	return test__checkevent_symbolic_name(evlist);
+}
+
 static int test__checkevent_breakpoint_modifier(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 {
 	struct perf_evsel *evsel = perf_evlist__first(evlist);
@@ -1494,6 +1524,16 @@ static struct evlist_test test__events[] = {
 		.id    = 100,
 	},
 #endif
+	{
+		.name  = "instructions:I",
+		.check = test__checkevent_exclude_idle_modifier,
+		.id    = 45,
+	},
+	{
+		.name  = "instructions:kIG",
+		.check = test__checkevent_exclude_idle_modifier_1,
+		.id    = 46,
+	},
 };
 
 static struct evlist_test test__events_pmu[] = {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index fe07573d5ed456241fc663fa86f12fc01340fe46..be0655388b38e4238d69782ee0e9c8357276a574 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -709,6 +709,7 @@ struct event_modifier {
 	int eh;
 	int eH;
 	int eG;
+	int eI;
 	int precise;
 	int exclude_GH;
 	int sample_read;
@@ -723,6 +724,7 @@ static int get_event_modifier(struct event_modifier *mod, char *str,
 	int eh = evsel ? evsel->attr.exclude_hv : 0;
 	int eH = evsel ? evsel->attr.exclude_host : 0;
 	int eG = evsel ? evsel->attr.exclude_guest : 0;
+	int eI = evsel ? evsel->attr.exclude_idle : 0;
 	int precise = evsel ? evsel->attr.precise_ip : 0;
 	int sample_read = 0;
 	int pinned = evsel ? evsel->attr.pinned : 0;
@@ -753,6 +755,8 @@ static int get_event_modifier(struct event_modifier *mod, char *str,
 			if (!exclude_GH)
 				exclude_GH = eG = eH = 1;
 			eH = 0;
+		} else if (*str == 'I') {
+			eI = 1;
 		} else if (*str == 'p') {
 			precise++;
 			/* use of precise requires exclude_guest */
@@ -786,6 +790,7 @@ static int get_event_modifier(struct event_modifier *mod, char *str,
 	mod->eh = eh;
 	mod->eH = eH;
 	mod->eG = eG;
+	mod->eI = eI;
 	mod->precise = precise;
 	mod->exclude_GH = exclude_GH;
 	mod->sample_read = sample_read;
@@ -803,7 +808,7 @@ static int check_modifier(char *str)
 	char *p = str;
 
 	/* The sizeof includes 0 byte as well. */
-	if (strlen(str) > (sizeof("ukhGHpppSD") - 1))
+	if (strlen(str) > (sizeof("ukhGHpppSDI") - 1))
 		return -1;
 
 	while (*p) {
@@ -839,6 +844,7 @@ int parse_events__modifier_event(struct list_head *list, char *str, bool add)
 		evsel->attr.precise_ip     = mod.precise;
 		evsel->attr.exclude_host   = mod.eH;
 		evsel->attr.exclude_guest  = mod.eG;
+		evsel->attr.exclude_idle   = mod.eI;
 		evsel->exclude_GH          = mod.exclude_GH;
 		evsel->sample_read         = mod.sample_read;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
index 94eacb6c1ef71e46d0de1bdf2df002c29bbbe118..8895cf3132ab242c078c70c6f7713f52030c9f6a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ num_raw_hex	[a-fA-F0-9]+
 name		[a-zA-Z_*?][a-zA-Z0-9_*?]*
 name_minus	[a-zA-Z_*?][a-zA-Z0-9\-_*?]*
 /* If you add a modifier you need to update check_modifier() */
-modifier_event	[ukhpGHSD]+
+modifier_event	[ukhpGHSDI]+
 modifier_bp	[rwx]{1,3}
 
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