diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
index 63f534a0902f..ed65e82f034e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ ifeq ($(SRCARCH),arm64)
   LIBUNWIND_LIBS = -lunwind -lunwind-aarch64
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(ARCH),s390)
+  NO_PERF_REGS := 0
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(NO_PERF_REGS),0)
   $(call detected,CONFIG_PERF_REGS)
 endif
@@ -61,7 +65,7 @@ endif
 # Disable it on all other architectures in case libdw unwind
 # support is detected in system. Add supported architectures
 # to the check.
-ifneq ($(SRCARCH),$(filter $(SRCARCH),x86 arm powerpc))
+ifneq ($(SRCARCH),$(filter $(SRCARCH),x86 arm powerpc s390))
   NO_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND := 1
 endif
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/s390/include/perf_regs.h b/tools/perf/arch/s390/include/perf_regs.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ac4b8c8c49e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/s390/include/perf_regs.h
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#ifndef ARCH_PERF_REGS_H
+#define ARCH_PERF_REGS_H
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <../../../../arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/perf_regs.h>
+
+void perf_regs_load(u64 *regs);
+
+#define PERF_REGS_MASK ((1ULL << PERF_REG_S390_MAX) - 1)
+#define PERF_REGS_MAX PERF_REG_S390_MAX
+#define PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_ABI PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_ABI_64
+
+#define PERF_REG_IP PERF_REG_S390_PC
+#define PERF_REG_SP PERF_REG_S390_R15
+
+static inline const char *perf_reg_name(int id)
+{
+	switch (id) {
+	case PERF_REG_S390_R0:
+		return "R0";
+	case PERF_REG_S390_R1:
+		return "R1";
+	case PERF_REG_S390_R2:
+		return "R2";
+	case PERF_REG_S390_R3:
+		return "R3";
+	case PERF_REG_S390_R4:
+		return "R4";
+	case PERF_REG_S390_R5:
+		return "R5";
+	case PERF_REG_S390_R6:
+		return "R6";
+	case PERF_REG_S390_R7:
+		return "R7";
+	case PERF_REG_S390_R8:
+		return "R8";
+	case PERF_REG_S390_R9:
+		return "R9";
+	case PERF_REG_S390_R10:
+		return "R10";
+	case PERF_REG_S390_R11:
+		return "R11";
+	case PERF_REG_S390_R12:
+		return "R12";
+	case PERF_REG_S390_R13:
+		return "R13";
+	case PERF_REG_S390_R14:
+		return "R14";
+	case PERF_REG_S390_R15:
+		return "R15";
+	case PERF_REG_S390_MASK:
+		return "MASK";
+	case PERF_REG_S390_PC:
+		return "PC";
+	default:
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+#endif /* ARCH_PERF_REGS_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/s390/util/Build b/tools/perf/arch/s390/util/Build
index 397084382b23..4a233683c684 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/s390/util/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/s390/util/Build
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ libperf-y += header.o
 libperf-y += kvm-stat.o
 
 libperf-$(CONFIG_DWARF) += dwarf-regs.o
+libperf-$(CONFIG_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND) += unwind-libdw.o
 
 libperf-y += machine.o
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/s390/util/dwarf-regs.c b/tools/perf/arch/s390/util/dwarf-regs.c
index 0dff5b2ed1e5..0cd7cba5d6ee 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/s390/util/dwarf-regs.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/s390/util/dwarf-regs.c
@@ -19,5 +19,9 @@ static const char *gpr_names[NUM_GPRS] = {
 
 const char *get_arch_regstr(unsigned int n)
 {
+	if (n == 64)
+		return "mask";
+	if (n == 65)
+		return "pc";
 	return (n >= NUM_GPRS) ? NULL : gpr_names[n];
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/s390/util/unwind-libdw.c b/tools/perf/arch/s390/util/unwind-libdw.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..281bbb82402a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/s390/util/unwind-libdw.c
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#include <elfutils/libdwfl.h>
+#include "../../util/unwind-libdw.h"
+#include "../../util/perf_regs.h"
+#include "../../util/event.h"
+
+
+bool libdw__arch_set_initial_registers(Dwfl_Thread *thread, void *arg)
+{
+	struct unwind_info *ui = arg;
+	struct regs_dump *user_regs = &ui->sample->user_regs;
+	Dwarf_Word dwarf_regs[PERF_REG_S390_MAX];
+
+#define REG(r) ({						\
+	Dwarf_Word val = 0;					\
+	perf_reg_value(&val, user_regs, PERF_REG_S390_##r);	\
+	val;							\
+})
+
+	dwarf_regs[0]  = REG(R0);
+	dwarf_regs[1]  = REG(R1);
+	dwarf_regs[2]  = REG(R2);
+	dwarf_regs[3]  = REG(R3);
+	dwarf_regs[4]  = REG(R4);
+	dwarf_regs[5]  = REG(R5);
+	dwarf_regs[6]  = REG(R6);
+	dwarf_regs[7]  = REG(R7);
+	dwarf_regs[8]  = REG(R8);
+	dwarf_regs[9]  = REG(R9);
+	dwarf_regs[10] = REG(R10);
+	dwarf_regs[11] = REG(R11);
+	dwarf_regs[12] = REG(R12);
+	dwarf_regs[13] = REG(R13);
+	dwarf_regs[14] = REG(R14);
+	dwarf_regs[15] = REG(R15);
+	dwarf_regs[16] = REG(MASK);
+	dwarf_regs[17] = REG(PC);
+
+	dwfl_thread_state_register_pc(thread, dwarf_regs[17]);
+	return dwfl_thread_state_registers(thread, 0, 16, dwarf_regs);
+}