diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/xtensa/Build b/tools/perf/arch/xtensa/Build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..54afe4a467e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/xtensa/Build
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libperf-y += util/
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/xtensa/Makefile b/tools/perf/arch/xtensa/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7fbca175099e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/xtensa/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+ifndef NO_DWARF
+PERF_HAVE_DWARF_REGS := 1
+endif
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/xtensa/util/Build b/tools/perf/arch/xtensa/util/Build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..954e287bbb89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/xtensa/util/Build
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libperf-$(CONFIG_DWARF) += dwarf-regs.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/xtensa/util/dwarf-regs.c b/tools/perf/arch/xtensa/util/dwarf-regs.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4dba76bfb4ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/xtensa/util/dwarf-regs.c
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Mapping of DWARF debug register numbers into register names.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2015 Cadence Design Systems Inc.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <dwarf-regs.h>
+
+#define XTENSA_MAX_REGS 16
+
+const char *xtensa_regs_table[XTENSA_MAX_REGS] = {
+	"a0", "a1", "a2", "a3", "a4", "a5", "a6", "a7",
+	"a8", "a9", "a10", "a11", "a12", "a13", "a14", "a15",
+};
+
+const char *get_arch_regstr(unsigned int n)
+{
+	return n < XTENSA_MAX_REGS ? xtensa_regs_table[n] : NULL;
+}