return false;
 }
 
+static bool match_pe_metric(struct pmu_event *pe, const char *metric)
+{
+       return match_metric(pe->metric_group, metric) ||
+              match_metric(pe->metric_name, metric);
+}
+
 struct mep {
        struct rb_node nd;
        const char *name;
        return 1;
 }
 
+struct metricgroup_add_iter_data {
+       struct list_head *metric_list;
+       const char *metric;
+       struct metric **m;
+       struct expr_ids *ids;
+       int *ret;
+       bool *has_match;
+       bool metric_no_group;
+};
+
 static int __add_metric(struct list_head *metric_list,
                        struct pmu_event *pe,
                        bool metric_no_group,
        return 0;
 }
 
-#define map_for_each_event(__pe, __idx, __map)                         \
-       for (__idx = 0, __pe = &__map->table[__idx];                    \
-            __pe->name || __pe->metric_group || __pe->metric_name;     \
-            __pe = &__map->table[++__idx])
+#define map_for_each_event(__pe, __idx, __map)                                 \
+       if (__map)                                                              \
+               for (__idx = 0, __pe = &__map->table[__idx];                    \
+                    __pe->name || __pe->metric_group || __pe->metric_name;     \
+                    __pe = &__map->table[++__idx])
 
 #define map_for_each_metric(__pe, __idx, __map, __metric)              \
        map_for_each_event(__pe, __idx, __map)                          \
        return ret;
 }
 
+static int metricgroup__add_metric_sys_event_iter(struct pmu_event *pe,
+                                                 void *data)
+{
+       struct metricgroup_add_iter_data *d = data;
+       int ret;
+
+       if (!match_pe_metric(pe, d->metric))
+               return 0;
+
+       ret = add_metric(d->metric_list, pe, d->metric_no_group, d->m, NULL, d->ids);
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
+
+       ret = resolve_metric(d->metric_no_group,
+                                    d->metric_list, NULL, d->ids);
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
+
+       *(d->has_match) = true;
+
+       return *d->ret;
+}
+
 static int metricgroup__add_metric(const char *metric, bool metric_no_group,
                                   struct strbuf *events,
                                   struct list_head *metric_list,
                        goto out;
        }
 
+       {
+               struct metricgroup_iter_data data = {
+                       .fn = metricgroup__add_metric_sys_event_iter,
+                       .data = (void *) &(struct metricgroup_add_iter_data) {
+                               .metric_list = &list,
+                               .metric = metric,
+                               .metric_no_group = metric_no_group,
+                               .m = &m,
+                               .ids = &ids,
+                               .has_match = &has_match,
+                               .ret = &ret,
+                       },
+               };
+
+               pmu_for_each_sys_event(metricgroup__sys_event_iter, &data);
+       }
        /* End of pmu events. */
        if (!has_match) {
                ret = -EINVAL;
        struct evlist *perf_evlist = *(struct evlist **)opt->value;
        struct pmu_events_map *map = perf_pmu__find_map(NULL);
 
-       if (!map)
-               return 0;
 
        return parse_groups(perf_evlist, str, metric_no_group,
                            metric_no_merge, NULL, metric_events, map);