diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/imx-devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/imx-devfreq.c
index 3ee2d37883c6..fd4c8ffb8b4a 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/imx-devfreq.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/imx-devfreq.c
@@ -11,14 +11,28 @@
 #include <linux/of_device.h>
 #include <linux/pm_opp.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 
+#include <asm/perf_event.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
+
 struct imx_devfreq {
 	struct devfreq_dev_profile profile;
 	struct devfreq *devfreq;
 	struct clk *clk;
+
+	struct platform_device* pmu_pdev;
+	struct pmu *pmu;
+
+	struct perf_event_attr rd_event_attr;
+	struct perf_event_attr wr_event_attr;
+	struct perf_event *rd_event;
+	struct perf_event *wr_event;
+
+	u64 last_rd_val, last_rd_ena, last_rd_run;
+	u64 last_wr_val, last_wr_ena, last_wr_run;
 };
 
 static int imx_devfreq_target(struct device *dev, unsigned long *freq, u32 flags)
 {
 	struct imx_devfreq *priv = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
@@ -64,22 +78,131 @@ static int imx_devfreq_get_dev_status(struct device *dev,
 
 	stat->busy_time = 0;
 	stat->total_time = 0;
 	stat->current_frequency = clk_get_rate(priv->clk);
 
+	if (priv->rd_event && priv->wr_event) {
+		u64 rd_delta, rd_val, rd_ena, rd_run;
+		u64 wr_delta, wr_val, wr_ena, wr_run;
+
+		rd_val = perf_event_read_value(priv->rd_event, &rd_ena, &rd_run);
+		wr_val = perf_event_read_value(priv->wr_event, &wr_ena, &wr_run);
+
+		rd_delta = (rd_val - priv->last_rd_val) * (rd_ena - priv->last_rd_ena) / (rd_run - priv->last_rd_run);
+		priv->last_rd_val = rd_val;
+		priv->last_rd_ena = rd_ena;
+		priv->last_rd_run = rd_run;
+		wr_delta = (wr_val - priv->last_wr_val) * (wr_ena - priv->last_wr_ena) / (wr_run - priv->last_wr_run);
+		priv->last_wr_val = wr_val;
+		priv->last_wr_ena = wr_ena;
+		priv->last_wr_run = wr_run;
+
+		/* magic numbers, possibly wrong */
+		stat->busy_time = 4 * (rd_delta + wr_delta);
+		stat->total_time = stat->current_frequency;
+
+		dev_dbg(dev, "perf load %02lu%% read=%lu write=%lu freq=%lu\n",
+			100 * stat->busy_time / stat->total_time,
+			rd_delta, wr_delta, stat->current_frequency);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int imx_devfreq_perf_disable(struct imx_devfreq *priv)
+{
+	/* release and set to NULL */
+	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(priv->rd_event))
+		perf_event_release_kernel(priv->rd_event);
+	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(priv->wr_event))
+		perf_event_release_kernel(priv->wr_event);
+	priv->rd_event = NULL;
+	priv->wr_event = NULL;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int imx_devfreq_perf_enable(struct imx_devfreq *priv)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	priv->rd_event_attr.size = sizeof(priv->rd_event_attr);
+	priv->rd_event_attr.type = priv->pmu->type;
+	priv->rd_event_attr.config = 0x2a;
+
+	priv->rd_event = perf_event_create_kernel_counter(
+			&priv->rd_event_attr, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+	if (IS_ERR(priv->rd_event)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(priv->rd_event);
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	priv->wr_event_attr.size = sizeof(priv->wr_event_attr);
+	priv->wr_event_attr.type = priv->pmu->type;
+	priv->wr_event_attr.config = 0x2b;
+
+	priv->wr_event = perf_event_create_kernel_counter(
+			&priv->wr_event_attr, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+	if (IS_ERR(priv->wr_event)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(priv->wr_event);
+		goto err;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
+
+err:
+	imx_devfreq_perf_disable(priv);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int imx_devfreq_init_events(struct device *dev,
+				   struct device_node* events_node)
+{
+	struct imx_devfreq *priv = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	struct device_driver *driver;
+
+	/*
+	 * We need pmu->type for perf_event_attr but there is no API for
+	 * mapping device_node to pmu. Fetch private data for imx-ddr-pmu and
+	 * cast that to a struct pmu instead.
+	 */
+	priv->pmu_pdev = of_find_device_by_node(events_node);
+	if (!priv->pmu_pdev)
+		return -ENOENT;
+	driver = priv->pmu_pdev->dev.driver;
+	if (!driver)
+		return -ENOENT;
+	if (strcmp(driver->name, "imx-ddr-pmu")) {
+		dev_warn(dev, "devfreq-events node %pOF has unexpected driver %s\n",
+				events_node, driver->name);
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
+	priv->pmu = platform_get_drvdata(priv->pmu_pdev);
+	if (!priv->pmu)
+		return -EPROBE_DEFER;
+
+	dev_info(dev, "events from pmu %s\n", priv->pmu->name);
+
+	return imx_devfreq_perf_enable(priv);
 }
 
 static void imx_devfreq_exit(struct device *dev)
 {
+	struct imx_devfreq *priv = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+
+	imx_devfreq_perf_disable(priv);
+	platform_device_put(priv->pmu_pdev);
+
 	return dev_pm_opp_of_remove_table(dev);
 }
 
 static int imx_devfreq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
 	struct imx_devfreq *priv;
+	struct device_node *events_node;
 	const char *gov = DEVFREQ_GOV_USERSPACE;
 	int ret;
 
 	priv = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!priv)
@@ -104,10 +227,20 @@ static int imx_devfreq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	priv->profile.get_dev_status = imx_devfreq_get_dev_status;
 	priv->profile.exit = imx_devfreq_exit;
 	priv->profile.get_cur_freq = imx_devfreq_get_cur_freq;
 	priv->profile.initial_freq = clk_get_rate(priv->clk);
 
+	/* Handle devfreq-events */
+	events_node = of_parse_phandle(dev->of_node, "devfreq-events", 0);
+	if (events_node) {
+		ret = imx_devfreq_init_events(dev, events_node);
+		of_node_put(events_node);
+		if (ret)
+			goto err;
+		gov = DEVFREQ_GOV_SIMPLE_ONDEMAND;
+	}
+
 	priv->devfreq = devm_devfreq_add_device(dev, &priv->profile,
 						gov, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(priv->devfreq)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(priv->devfreq);
 		dev_err(dev, "failed to add devfreq device: %d\n", ret);
@@ -115,10 +248,12 @@ static int imx_devfreq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	return 0;
 
 err:
+	imx_devfreq_perf_disable(priv);
+	platform_device_put(priv->pmu_pdev);
 	dev_pm_opp_of_remove_table(dev);
 	return ret;
 }
 
 static const struct of_device_id imx_devfreq_of_match[] = {
