PyObject                *sample_handler;
        PyObject                *call_path_handler;
        PyObject                *call_return_handler;
+       PyObject                *synth_handler;
        bool                    db_export_mode;
 };
 
        return PyTuple_SetItem(t, pos, _PyUnicode_FromString(s));
 }
 
+static int tuple_set_bytes(PyObject *t, unsigned int pos, void *bytes,
+                          unsigned int sz)
+{
+       return PyTuple_SetItem(t, pos, _PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(bytes, sz));
+}
+
 static int python_export_evsel(struct db_export *dbe, struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 {
        struct tables *tables = container_of(dbe, struct tables, dbe);
        return 0;
 }
 
-static int python_export_sample(struct db_export *dbe,
-                               struct export_sample *es)
+static void python_export_sample_table(struct db_export *dbe,
+                                      struct export_sample *es)
 {
        struct tables *tables = container_of(dbe, struct tables, dbe);
        PyObject *t;
        call_object(tables->sample_handler, t, "sample_table");
 
        Py_DECREF(t);
+}
+
+static void python_export_synth(struct db_export *dbe, struct export_sample *es)
+{
+       struct tables *tables = container_of(dbe, struct tables, dbe);
+       PyObject *t;
+
+       t = tuple_new(3);
+
+       tuple_set_u64(t, 0, es->db_id);
+       tuple_set_u64(t, 1, es->evsel->attr.config);
+       tuple_set_bytes(t, 2, es->sample->raw_data, es->sample->raw_size);
+
+       call_object(tables->synth_handler, t, "synth_data");
+
+       Py_DECREF(t);
+}
+
+static int python_export_sample(struct db_export *dbe,
+                               struct export_sample *es)
+{
+       struct tables *tables = container_of(dbe, struct tables, dbe);
+
+       python_export_sample_table(dbe, es);
+
+       if (es->evsel->attr.type == PERF_TYPE_SYNTH && tables->synth_handler)
+               python_export_synth(dbe, es);
 
        return 0;
 }
        SET_TABLE_HANDLER(sample);
        SET_TABLE_HANDLER(call_path);
        SET_TABLE_HANDLER(call_return);
+
+       /*
+        * Synthesized events are samples but with architecture-specific data
+        * stored in sample->raw_data. They are exported via
+        * python_export_sample() and consequently do not need a separate export
+        * callback.
+        */
+       tables->synth_handler = get_handler("synth_data");
 }
 
 #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3