diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/perf/Makefile
index ab26df5bacb9..c155dcbb8691 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS)	+= callchain.o perf_regs.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PPC_PERF_CTRS)	+= core-book3s.o bhrb.o
 obj64-$(CONFIG_PPC_PERF_CTRS)	+= ppc970-pmu.o power5-pmu.o \
 				   power5+-pmu.o power6-pmu.o power7-pmu.o \
-				   isa207-common.o power8-pmu.o power9-pmu.o
+				   isa207-common.o power8-pmu.o power9-pmu.o \
+				   generic-compat-pmu.o
 obj32-$(CONFIG_PPC_PERF_CTRS)	+= mpc7450-pmu.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_PPC_POWERNV)	+= imc-pmu.o
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
index a96f9420139c..a66fb9c01c9e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
@@ -2318,7 +2318,7 @@ static int __init init_ppc64_pmu(void)
 	else if (!init_ppc970_pmu())
 		return 0;
 	else
-		return -ENODEV;
+		return init_generic_compat_pmu();
 }
 early_initcall(init_ppc64_pmu);
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/generic-compat-pmu.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/generic-compat-pmu.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5981ef742648
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/generic-compat-pmu.c
@@ -0,0 +1,241 @@
+/*
+ * Performance counter support.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2019 Madhavan Srinivasan, IBM Corporation.
+ *
+ * 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 later version.
+ */
+
+#define pr_fmt(fmt)	"generic-compat-pmu: " fmt
+
+#include "isa207-common.h"
+
+/*
+ * Raw event encoding:
+ *
+ *        60        56        52        48        44        40        36        32
+ * | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - |
+ *
+ *        28        24        20        16        12         8         4         0
+ * | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - |
+ *                                 [ pmc ]   [unit ]   [ ]   m   [    pmcxsel    ]
+ *                                                     |     |
+ *                                                     |     *- mark
+ *                                                     |
+ *                                                     |
+ *                                                     *- combine
+ *
+ * Below uses IBM bit numbering.
+ *
+ * MMCR1[x:y] = unit    (PMCxUNIT)
+ * MMCR1[24]   = pmc1combine[0]
+ * MMCR1[25]   = pmc1combine[1]
+ * MMCR1[26]   = pmc2combine[0]
+ * MMCR1[27]   = pmc2combine[1]
+ * MMCR1[28]   = pmc3combine[0]
+ * MMCR1[29]   = pmc3combine[1]
+ * MMCR1[30]   = pmc4combine[0]
+ * MMCR1[31]   = pmc4combine[1]
+ *
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Some power9 event codes.
+ */
+#define EVENT(_name, _code)	_name = _code,
+
+enum {
+EVENT(PM_CYC,					0x0001e)
+EVENT(PM_INST_CMPL,				0x00002)
+};
+
+#undef EVENT
+
+GENERIC_EVENT_ATTR(cpu-cycles,			PM_CYC);
+GENERIC_EVENT_ATTR(instructions,		PM_INST_CMPL);
+
+static struct attribute *generic_compat_events_attr[] = {
+	GENERIC_EVENT_PTR(PM_CYC),
+	GENERIC_EVENT_PTR(PM_INST_CMPL),
+	NULL
+};
+
+static struct attribute_group generic_compat_pmu_events_group = {
+	.name = "events",
+	.attrs = generic_compat_events_attr,
+};
+
+PMU_FORMAT_ATTR(event,		"config:0-19");
+PMU_FORMAT_ATTR(pmcxsel,	"config:0-7");
+PMU_FORMAT_ATTR(mark,		"config:8");
+PMU_FORMAT_ATTR(combine,	"config:10-11");
+PMU_FORMAT_ATTR(unit,		"config:12-15");
+PMU_FORMAT_ATTR(pmc,		"config:16-19");
+
+static struct attribute *generic_compat_pmu_format_attr[] = {
+	&format_attr_event.attr,
+	&format_attr_pmcxsel.attr,
+	&format_attr_mark.attr,
+	&format_attr_combine.attr,
+	&format_attr_unit.attr,
+	&format_attr_pmc.attr,
+	NULL,
+};
+
+static struct attribute_group generic_compat_pmu_format_group = {
+	.name = "format",
+	.attrs = generic_compat_pmu_format_attr,
+};
+
+static const struct attribute_group *generic_compat_pmu_attr_groups[] = {
+	&generic_compat_pmu_format_group,
+	&generic_compat_pmu_events_group,
+	NULL,
+};
+
+static int compat_generic_events[] = {
+	[PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES] =			PM_CYC,
+	[PERF_COUNT_HW_INSTRUCTIONS] =			PM_INST_CMPL,
+};
+
+#define C(x)	PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_##x
+
+/*
+ * Table of generalized cache-related events.
+ * 0 means not supported, -1 means nonsensical, other values
+ * are event codes.
+ */
+static int generic_compat_cache_events[C(MAX)][C(OP_MAX)][C(RESULT_MAX)] = {
+	[ C(L1D) ] = {
+		[ C(OP_READ) ] = {
+			[ C(RESULT_ACCESS) ] = 0,
+			[ C(RESULT_MISS)   ] = 0,
+		},
+		[ C(OP_WRITE) ] = {
+			[ C(RESULT_ACCESS) ] = 0,
+			[ C(RESULT_MISS)   ] = 0,
+		},
+		[ C(OP_PREFETCH) ] = {
+			[ C(RESULT_ACCESS) ] = 0,
+			[ C(RESULT_MISS)   ] = 0,
+		},
+	},
+	[ C(L1I) ] = {
+		[ C(OP_READ) ] = {
+			[ C(RESULT_ACCESS) ] = 0,
+			[ C(RESULT_MISS)   ] = 0,
+		},
+		[ C(OP_WRITE) ] = {
+			[ C(RESULT_ACCESS) ] = 0,
+			[ C(RESULT_MISS)   ] = -1,
+		},
+		[ C(OP_PREFETCH) ] = {
+			[ C(RESULT_ACCESS) ] = 0,
+			[ C(RESULT_MISS)   ] = 0,
+		},
+	},
+	[ C(LL) ] = {
+		[ C(OP_READ) ] = {
+			[ C(RESULT_ACCESS) ] = 0,
+			[ C(RESULT_MISS)   ] = 0,
+		},
+		[ C(OP_WRITE) ] = {
+			[ C(RESULT_ACCESS) ] = 0,
+			[ C(RESULT_MISS)   ] = 0,
+		},
+		[ C(OP_PREFETCH) ] = {
+			[ C(RESULT_ACCESS) ] = 0,
+			[ C(RESULT_MISS)   ] = 0,
+		},
+	},
+	[ C(DTLB) ] = {
+		[ C(OP_READ) ] = {
+			[ C(RESULT_ACCESS) ] = 0,
+			[ C(RESULT_MISS)   ] = 0,
+		},
+		[ C(OP_WRITE) ] = {
+			[ C(RESULT_ACCESS) ] = -1,
+			[ C(RESULT_MISS)   ] = -1,
+		},
+		[ C(OP_PREFETCH) ] = {
+			[ C(RESULT_ACCESS) ] = -1,
+			[ C(RESULT_MISS)   ] = -1,
+		},
+	},
+	[ C(ITLB) ] = {
+		[ C(OP_READ) ] = {
+			[ C(RESULT_ACCESS) ] = 0,
+			[ C(RESULT_MISS)   ] = 0,
+		},
+		[ C(OP_WRITE) ] = {
+			[ C(RESULT_ACCESS) ] = -1,
+			[ C(RESULT_MISS)   ] = -1,
+		},
+		[ C(OP_PREFETCH) ] = {
+			[ C(RESULT_ACCESS) ] = -1,
+			[ C(RESULT_MISS)   ] = -1,
+		},
+	},
+	[ C(BPU) ] = {
+		[ C(OP_READ) ] = {
+			[ C(RESULT_ACCESS) ] = 0,
+			[ C(RESULT_MISS)   ] = 0,
+		},
+		[ C(OP_WRITE) ] = {
+			[ C(RESULT_ACCESS) ] = -1,
+			[ C(RESULT_MISS)   ] = -1,
+		},
+		[ C(OP_PREFETCH) ] = {
+			[ C(RESULT_ACCESS) ] = -1,
+			[ C(RESULT_MISS)   ] = -1,
+		},
+	},
+	[ C(NODE) ] = {
+		[ C(OP_READ) ] = {
+			[ C(RESULT_ACCESS) ] = -1,
+			[ C(RESULT_MISS)   ] = -1,
+		},
+		[ C(OP_WRITE) ] = {
+			[ C(RESULT_ACCESS) ] = -1,
+			[ C(RESULT_MISS)   ] = -1,
+		},
+		[ C(OP_PREFETCH) ] = {
+			[ C(RESULT_ACCESS) ] = -1,
+			[ C(RESULT_MISS)   ] = -1,
+		},
+	},
+};
+
+#undef C
+
+static struct power_pmu generic_compat_pmu = {
+	.name			= "GENERIC_COMPAT",
+	.n_counter		= MAX_PMU_COUNTERS,
+	.add_fields		= ISA207_ADD_FIELDS,
+	.test_adder		= ISA207_TEST_ADDER,
+	.compute_mmcr		= isa207_compute_mmcr,
+	.get_constraint		= isa207_get_constraint,
+	.disable_pmc		= isa207_disable_pmc,
+	.flags			= PPMU_HAS_SIER | PPMU_ARCH_207S,
+	.n_generic		= ARRAY_SIZE(compat_generic_events),
+	.generic_events		= compat_generic_events,
+	.cache_events		= &generic_compat_cache_events,
+	.attr_groups		= generic_compat_pmu_attr_groups,
+};
+
+int init_generic_compat_pmu(void)
+{
+	int rc = 0;
+
+	rc = register_power_pmu(&generic_compat_pmu);
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
+
+	/* Tell userspace that EBB is supported */
+	cur_cpu_spec->cpu_user_features2 |= PPC_FEATURE2_EBB;
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/internal.h b/arch/powerpc/perf/internal.h
index e54d524d4283..185a40d1adff 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/internal.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/internal.h
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ extern int init_power6_pmu(void);
 extern int init_power7_pmu(void);
 extern int init_power8_pmu(void);
 extern int init_power9_pmu(void);
+extern int init_generic_compat_pmu(void);
