diff --git a/tools/perf/Build b/tools/perf/Build
index b77370ef7005..72237455b400 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/Build
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ paths += -DPERF_MAN_PATH="BUILD_STR($(mandir_SQ))"
 CFLAGS_builtin-help.o      += $(paths)
 CFLAGS_builtin-timechart.o += $(paths)
 CFLAGS_perf.o              += -DPERF_HTML_PATH="BUILD_STR($(htmldir_SQ))" -include $(OUTPUT)PERF-VERSION-FILE
+CFLAGS_builtin-trace.o	   += -DSTRACE_GROUPS_DIR="BUILD_STR($(STRACE_GROUPS_DIR_SQ))"
 
 libperf-y += util/
 libperf-y += arch/
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index 7a4b549214e3..04170fc65861 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -494,6 +494,11 @@ endif
 		$(INSTALL) $(OUTPUT)perf-archive -t '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perfexec_instdir_SQ)'
 	$(call QUIET_INSTALL, perf-with-kcore) \
 		$(INSTALL) $(OUTPUT)perf-with-kcore -t '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perfexec_instdir_SQ)'
+ifndef NO_LIBAUDIT
+	$(call QUIET_INSTALL, strace/groups) \
+		$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(STRACE_GROUPS_INSTDIR_SQ)'; \
+		$(INSTALL) trace/strace/groups/* -t '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(STRACE_GROUPS_INSTDIR_SQ)'
+endif
 ifndef NO_LIBPERL
 	$(call QUIET_INSTALL, perl-scripts) \
 		$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perfexec_instdir_SQ)/scripts/perl/Perf-Trace-Util/lib/Perf/Trace'; \
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index 3a3173c186c0..32b4d280af4f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "util/color.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
 #include "util/evlist.h"
+#include "util/exec_cmd.h"
 #include "util/machine.h"
 #include "util/session.h"
 #include "util/thread.h"
@@ -2927,11 +2928,14 @@ int cmd_trace(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 
 	if (ev_qualifier_str != NULL) {
 		const char *s = ev_qualifier_str;
+		struct strlist_config slist_config = {
+			.dirname = system_path(STRACE_GROUPS_DIR),
+		};
 
 		trace.not_ev_qualifier = *s == '!';
 		if (trace.not_ev_qualifier)
 			++s;
-		trace.ev_qualifier = strlist__new(s, NULL);
+		trace.ev_qualifier = strlist__new(s, &slist_config);
 		if (trace.ev_qualifier == NULL) {
 			fputs("Not enough memory to parse event qualifier",
 			      trace.output);
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
index 094ddaee104c..a9b93d1ecefa 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
@@ -644,6 +644,7 @@ infodir = share/info
 perfexecdir = libexec/perf-core
 sharedir = $(prefix)/share
 template_dir = share/perf-core/templates
+STRACE_GROUPS_DIR = share/perf-core/strace/groups
 htmldir = share/doc/perf-doc
 ifeq ($(prefix),/usr)
 sysconfdir = /etc
@@ -663,6 +664,7 @@ libdir = $(prefix)/$(lib)
 
 # Shell quote (do not use $(call) to accommodate ancient setups);
 ETC_PERFCONFIG_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(ETC_PERFCONFIG))
+STRACE_GROUPS_DIR_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(STRACE_GROUPS_DIR))
 DESTDIR_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(DESTDIR))
 bindir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(bindir))
 mandir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(mandir))
@@ -676,10 +678,13 @@ libdir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(libdir))
 
 ifneq ($(filter /%,$(firstword $(perfexecdir))),)
 perfexec_instdir = $(perfexecdir)
+STRACE_GROUPS_INSTDIR = $(STRACE_GROUPS_DIR)
 else
 perfexec_instdir = $(prefix)/$(perfexecdir)
+STRACE_GROUPS_INSTDIR = $(prefix)/$(STRACE_GROUPS_DIR)
 endif
 perfexec_instdir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(perfexec_instdir))
+STRACE_GROUPS_INSTDIR_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(STRACE_GROUPS_INSTDIR))
 
 # If we install to $(HOME) we keep the traceevent default:
 # $(HOME)/.traceevent/plugins
@@ -713,6 +718,7 @@ $(call detected_var,htmldir_SQ)
 $(call detected_var,infodir_SQ)
 $(call detected_var,mandir_SQ)
 $(call detected_var,ETC_PERFCONFIG_SQ)
+$(call detected_var,STRACE_GROUPS_DIR_SQ)
 $(call detected_var,prefix_SQ)
 $(call detected_var,perfexecdir_SQ)
 $(call detected_var,LIBDIR)
diff --git a/tools/perf/trace/strace/groups/file b/tools/perf/trace/strace/groups/file
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..62378a899d79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/trace/strace/groups/file
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+access
+chmod
+creat
+execve
+faccessat
+getcwd
+lstat
+mkdir
+open
+openat
+quotactl
+readlink
+rename
+rmdir
+stat
+statfs
+symlink
+unlink