diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index 1f17c6752deb..4f556cfcbfbe 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -414,6 +414,9 @@ enum {
 
 /* Enable memory-mapping BPF map */
 	BPF_F_MMAPABLE		= (1U << 10),
+
+/* Share perf_event among processes */
+	BPF_F_PRESERVE_ELEMS	= (1U << 11),
 };
 
 /* Flags for BPF_PROG_QUERY. */
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/arraymap.c b/kernel/bpf/arraymap.c
index e5fd31268ae0..bd777dd6f967 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/arraymap.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/arraymap.c
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
 #include "map_in_map.h"
 
 #define ARRAY_CREATE_FLAG_MASK \
-	(BPF_F_NUMA_NODE | BPF_F_MMAPABLE | BPF_F_ACCESS_MASK)
+	(BPF_F_NUMA_NODE | BPF_F_MMAPABLE | BPF_F_ACCESS_MASK | \
+	 BPF_F_PRESERVE_ELEMS)
 
 static void bpf_array_free_percpu(struct bpf_array *array)
 {
@@ -64,6 +65,10 @@ int array_map_alloc_check(union bpf_attr *attr)
 	    attr->map_flags & BPF_F_MMAPABLE)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (attr->map_type != BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERF_EVENT_ARRAY &&
+	    attr->map_flags & BPF_F_PRESERVE_ELEMS)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (attr->value_size > KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE)
 		/* if value_size is bigger, the user space won't be able to
 		 * access the elements.
@@ -1134,6 +1139,9 @@ static void perf_event_fd_array_release(struct bpf_map *map,
 	struct bpf_event_entry *ee;
 	int i;
 
+	if (map->map_flags & BPF_F_PRESERVE_ELEMS)
+		return;
+
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	for (i = 0; i < array->map.max_entries; i++) {
 		ee = READ_ONCE(array->ptrs[i]);
@@ -1143,12 +1151,19 @@ static void perf_event_fd_array_release(struct bpf_map *map,
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
+static void perf_event_fd_array_map_free(struct bpf_map *map)
+{
+	if (map->map_flags & BPF_F_PRESERVE_ELEMS)
+		bpf_fd_array_map_clear(map);
+	fd_array_map_free(map);
+}
+
 static int perf_event_array_map_btf_id;
 const struct bpf_map_ops perf_event_array_map_ops = {
 	.map_meta_equal = bpf_map_meta_equal,
 	.map_alloc_check = fd_array_map_alloc_check,
 	.map_alloc = array_map_alloc,
-	.map_free = fd_array_map_free,
+	.map_free = perf_event_fd_array_map_free,
 	.map_get_next_key = array_map_get_next_key,
 	.map_lookup_elem = fd_array_map_lookup_elem,
 	.map_delete_elem = fd_array_map_delete_elem,
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index 1f17c6752deb..4f556cfcbfbe 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -414,6 +414,9 @@ enum {
 
 /* Enable memory-mapping BPF map */
 	BPF_F_MMAPABLE		= (1U << 10),
+
+/* Share perf_event among processes */
+	BPF_F_PRESERVE_ELEMS	= (1U << 11),
 };
 
 /* Flags for BPF_PROG_QUERY. */