return 0;
 }
 
+static struct perf_evsel *
+perf_evlist__find_by_index(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int idx)
+{
+       struct perf_evsel *evsel;
+
+       list_for_each_entry(evsel, &evlist->entries, node) {
+               if (evsel->idx == idx)
+                       return evsel;
+       }
+
+       return NULL;
+}
+
+static void
+perf_evlist__set_event_name(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct perf_evsel *event)
+{
+       struct perf_evsel *evsel;
+
+       if (!event->name)
+               return;
+
+       evsel = perf_evlist__find_by_index(evlist, event->idx);
+       if (!evsel)
+               return;
+
+       if (evsel->name)
+               return;
+
+       evsel->name = strdup(event->name);
+}
+
+static int
+process_event_desc(struct perf_file_section *section __unused,
+                  struct perf_header *header, int feat __unused, int fd,
+                  void *data __used)
+{
+       struct perf_session *session = container_of(header, struct perf_session, header);
+       struct perf_evsel *evsel, *events = read_event_desc(header, fd);
+
+       if (!events)
+               return 0;
+
+       for (evsel = events; evsel->attr.size; evsel++)
+               perf_evlist__set_event_name(session->evlist, evsel);
+
+       free_event_desc(events);
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
 struct feature_ops {
        int (*write)(int fd, struct perf_header *h, struct perf_evlist *evlist);
        void (*print)(struct perf_header *h, int fd, FILE *fp);
        FEAT_OPA(HEADER_CPUDESC,        cpudesc),
        FEAT_OPA(HEADER_CPUID,          cpuid),
        FEAT_OPA(HEADER_TOTAL_MEM,      total_mem),
-       FEAT_OPA(HEADER_EVENT_DESC,     event_desc),
+       FEAT_OPP(HEADER_EVENT_DESC,     event_desc),
        FEAT_OPA(HEADER_CMDLINE,        cmdline),
        FEAT_OPF(HEADER_CPU_TOPOLOGY,   cpu_topology),
        FEAT_OPF(HEADER_NUMA_TOPOLOGY,  numa_topology),