diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/Build b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/Build
index 347c39b960eb..ce1ec92fecdc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/Build
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ perf-y += perf_regs.o
 perf-y += topdown.o
 perf-y += machine.o
 perf-y += event.o
+perf-y += evlist.o
 
 perf-$(CONFIG_DWARF) += dwarf-regs.o
 perf-$(CONFIG_BPF_PROLOGUE) += dwarf-regs.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/evlist.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8c6732cc7794
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/evlist.c
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "util/pmu.h"
+#include "util/evlist.h"
+#include "util/parse-events.h"
+
+#define TOPDOWN_L1_EVENTS	"{slots,topdown-retiring,topdown-bad-spec,topdown-fe-bound,topdown-be-bound}"
+
+int arch_evlist__add_default_attrs(struct evlist *evlist)
+{
+	if (!pmu_have_event("cpu", "slots"))
+		return 0;
+
+	return parse_events(evlist, TOPDOWN_L1_EVENTS, NULL);
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index a380e38ca937..b009dde5c601 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -1828,6 +1828,9 @@ setup_metrics:
 		}
 		if (evlist__add_default_attrs(evsel_list, default_attrs1) < 0)
 			return -1;
+
+		if (arch_evlist__add_default_attrs(evsel_list) < 0)
+			return -1;
 	}
 
 	/* Detailed events get appended to the event list: */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index 61b2408821e5..5983a9f13930 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -304,6 +304,11 @@ int __evlist__add_default_attrs(struct evlist *evlist, struct perf_event_attr *a
 	return evlist__add_attrs(evlist, attrs, nr_attrs);
 }
 
+__weak int arch_evlist__add_default_attrs(struct evlist *evlist __maybe_unused)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 struct evsel *evlist__find_tracepoint_by_id(struct evlist *evlist, int id)
 {
 	struct evsel *evsel;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
index 7c2521cb6b09..7243e94da398 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ int __evlist__add_default_attrs(struct evlist *evlist,
 #define evlist__add_default_attrs(evlist, array) \
 	__evlist__add_default_attrs(evlist, array, ARRAY_SIZE(array))
 
+int arch_evlist__add_default_attrs(struct evlist *evlist);
+
 int evlist__add_dummy(struct evlist *evlist);
 
 int evlist__add_sb_event(struct evlist *evlist, struct perf_event_attr *attr,