diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index f578b05..07a6ee2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -172,6 +172,20 @@ uname_R := $(shell sh -c 'uname -r 2>/dev/null || echo not')
 uname_P := $(shell sh -c 'uname -p 2>/dev/null || echo not')
 uname_V := $(shell sh -c 'uname -v 2>/dev/null || echo not')
 
+ARCH ?= $(shell echo $(uname_M) | sed -e s/i.86/i386/ -e s/sun4u/sparc64/ \
+				  -e s/arm.*/arm/ -e s/sa110/arm/ \
+				  -e s/s390x/s390/ -e s/parisc64/parisc/ \
+				  -e s/ppc.*/powerpc/ -e s/mips.*/mips/ \
+				  -e s/sh[234].*/sh/ )
+
+# Additional ARCH settings for x86
+ifeq ($(ARCH),i386)
+        ARCH := x86
+endif
+ifeq ($(ARCH),x86_64)
+        ARCH := x86
+endif
+
 # CFLAGS and LDFLAGS are for the users to override from the command line.
 
 #
@@ -284,7 +298,7 @@ endif
 # Those must not be GNU-specific; they are shared with perl/ which may
 # be built by a different compiler. (Note that this is an artifact now
 # but it still might be nice to keep that distinction.)
-BASIC_CFLAGS = -Iutil/include
+BASIC_CFLAGS = -Iutil/include -Iarch/$(ARCH)/include
 BASIC_LDFLAGS =
 
 # Guard against environment variables
@@ -366,6 +380,7 @@ LIB_H += util/include/asm/byteorder.h
 LIB_H += util/include/asm/swab.h
 LIB_H += util/include/asm/system.h
 LIB_H += util/include/asm/uaccess.h
+LIB_H += util/include/dwarf-regs.h
 LIB_H += perf.h
 LIB_H += util/cache.h
 LIB_H += util/callchain.h
@@ -484,6 +499,7 @@ PERFLIBS = $(LIB_FILE)
 
 -include config.mak.autogen
 -include config.mak
+-include arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile
 
 ifeq ($(uname_S),Darwin)
 	ifndef NO_FINK
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/Makefile b/tools/perf/arch/x86/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1191403
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)arch/$(ARCH)/util/dwarf-regs.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/include/arch_dwarf-regs.h b/tools/perf/arch/x86/include/arch_dwarf-regs.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e8da6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/include/arch_dwarf-regs.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef _PREF_ARCH_PPC_DWARF_REGS_H
+#define _PREF_ARCH_PPC_DWARF_REGS_H
+
+#define get_arch_regstr(n) get_arch_regstr(n)
+
+#endif
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/dwarf-regs.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/dwarf-regs.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a794d30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/dwarf-regs.c
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/*
+ * dwarf-regs.c : Mapping of DWARF debug register numbers into register names.
+ * Extracted from probe-finder.c
+ *
+ * Written by Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <libio.h>
+#include <dwarf-regs.h>
+
+/*
+ * Generic dwarf analysis helpers
+ */
+
+#define X86_32_MAX_REGS 8
+const char *x86_32_regs_table[X86_32_MAX_REGS] = {
+	"%ax",
+	"%cx",
+	"%dx",
+	"%bx",
+	"$stack",	/* Stack address instead of %sp */
+	"%bp",
+	"%si",
+	"%di",
+};
+
+#define X86_64_MAX_REGS 16
+const char *x86_64_regs_table[X86_64_MAX_REGS] = {
+	"%ax",
+	"%dx",
+	"%cx",
+	"%bx",
+	"%si",
+	"%di",
+	"%bp",
+	"%sp",
+	"%r8",
+	"%r9",
+	"%r10",
+	"%r11",
+	"%r12",
+	"%r13",
+	"%r14",
+	"%r15",
+};
+
+/* TODO: switching by dwarf address size */
+#ifdef __x86_64__
+#define ARCH_MAX_REGS X86_64_MAX_REGS
+#define arch_regs_table x86_64_regs_table
+#else
+#define ARCH_MAX_REGS X86_32_MAX_REGS
+#define arch_regs_table x86_32_regs_table
+#endif
+
+/* Return architecture dependent register string (for kprobe-tracer) */
+const char *get_arch_regstr(unsigned int n)
+{
+	return (n <= ARCH_MAX_REGS) ? arch_regs_table[n] : NULL;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/include/dwarf-regs.h b/tools/perf/util/include/dwarf-regs.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a1cf6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/include/dwarf-regs.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#ifndef _PERF_DWARF_REGS_H_
+#define _PERF_DWARF_REGS_H_
+
+#include <arch_dwarf-regs.h>
+
+const char *get_arch_regstr(unsigned int n);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
index a851377..27020fe 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
+#include <dwarf-regs.h>
 
 #include "string.h"
 #include "event.h"
@@ -38,57 +39,13 @@
 #include "util.h"
 #include "probe-finder.h"
 
-
-/*
- * Generic dwarf analysis helpers
- */
-
-#define X86_32_MAX_REGS 8
-const char *x86_32_regs_table[X86_32_MAX_REGS] = {
-	"%ax",
-	"%cx",
-	"%dx",
-	"%bx",
-	"$stack",	/* Stack address instead of %sp */
-	"%bp",
-	"%si",
-	"%di",
-};
-
-#define X86_64_MAX_REGS 16
-const char *x86_64_regs_table[X86_64_MAX_REGS] = {
-	"%ax",
-	"%dx",
-	"%cx",
-	"%bx",
-	"%si",
-	"%di",
-	"%bp",
-	"%sp",
-	"%r8",
-	"%r9",
-	"%r10",
-	"%r11",
-	"%r12",
-	"%r13",
-	"%r14",
-	"%r15",
-};
-
-/* TODO: switching by dwarf address size */
-#ifdef __x86_64__
-#define ARCH_MAX_REGS X86_64_MAX_REGS
-#define arch_regs_table x86_64_regs_table
-#else
-#define ARCH_MAX_REGS X86_32_MAX_REGS
-#define arch_regs_table x86_32_regs_table
-#endif
-
 /* Return architecture dependent register string (for kprobe-tracer) */
-static const char *get_arch_regstr(unsigned int n)
+#ifndef get_arch_regstr
+const char *get_arch_regstr(unsigned int n __attribute__((unused)))
 {
-	return (n <= ARCH_MAX_REGS) ? arch_regs_table[n] : NULL;
+	return NULL;
 }
+#endif
 
 /*
  * Compare the tail of two strings.
@@ -397,7 +354,7 @@ static void convert_location(Dwarf_Op *op, struct probe_finder *pf)
 
 	regs = get_arch_regstr(regn);
 	if (!regs)
-		die("%u exceeds max register number.", regn);
+		die("Mapping for DWARF register number %u missing on this architecture.", regn);
 
 	tvar->value = xstrdup(regs);
 	if (ref) {
