diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index b62e523a7035..199bb82efbcd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -1582,6 +1582,17 @@ int perf_evlist__parse_sample(struct perf_evlist *evlist, union perf_event *even
 	return perf_evsel__parse_sample(evsel, event, sample);
 }
 
+int perf_evlist__parse_sample_timestamp(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
+					union perf_event *event,
+					u64 *timestamp)
+{
+	struct perf_evsel *evsel = perf_evlist__event2evsel(evlist, event);
+
+	if (!evsel)
+		return -EFAULT;
+	return perf_evsel__parse_sample_timestamp(evsel, event, timestamp);
+}
+
 size_t perf_evlist__fprintf(struct perf_evlist *evlist, FILE *fp)
 {
 	struct perf_evsel *evsel;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
index 491f69542920..4e8131dacbd7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
@@ -205,6 +205,10 @@ u16 perf_evlist__id_hdr_size(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 int perf_evlist__parse_sample(struct perf_evlist *evlist, union perf_event *event,
 			      struct perf_sample *sample);
 
+int perf_evlist__parse_sample_timestamp(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
+					union perf_event *event,
+					u64 *timestamp);
+
 bool perf_evlist__valid_sample_type(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 bool perf_evlist__valid_sample_id_all(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 bool perf_evlist__valid_read_format(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 03d7abcdc6b7..95853c51c0ca 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -1962,6 +1962,20 @@ static inline bool overflow(const void *endp, u16 max_size, const void *offset,
 #define OVERFLOW_CHECK_u64(offset) \
 	OVERFLOW_CHECK(offset, sizeof(u64), sizeof(u64))
 
+static int
+perf_event__check_size(union perf_event *event, unsigned int sample_size)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The evsel's sample_size is based on PERF_SAMPLE_MASK which includes
+	 * up to PERF_SAMPLE_PERIOD.  After that overflow() must be used to
+	 * check the format does not go past the end of the event.
+	 */
+	if (sample_size + sizeof(event->header) > event->header.size)
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int perf_evsel__parse_sample(struct perf_evsel *evsel, union perf_event *event,
 			     struct perf_sample *data)
 {
@@ -1994,12 +2008,7 @@ int perf_evsel__parse_sample(struct perf_evsel *evsel, union perf_event *event,
 
 	array = event->sample.array;
 
-	/*
-	 * The evsel's sample_size is based on PERF_SAMPLE_MASK which includes
-	 * up to PERF_SAMPLE_PERIOD.  After that overflow() must be used to
-	 * check the format does not go past the end of the event.
-	 */
-	if (evsel->sample_size + sizeof(event->header) > event->header.size)
+	if (perf_event__check_size(event, evsel->sample_size))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	if (type & PERF_SAMPLE_IDENTIFIER) {
@@ -2232,6 +2241,50 @@ int perf_evsel__parse_sample(struct perf_evsel *evsel, union perf_event *event,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int perf_evsel__parse_sample_timestamp(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
+				       union perf_event *event,
+				       u64 *timestamp)
+{
+	u64 type = evsel->attr.sample_type;
+	const u64 *array;
+
+	if (!(type & PERF_SAMPLE_TIME))
+		return -1;
+
+	if (event->header.type != PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE) {
+		struct perf_sample data = {
+			.time = -1ULL,
+		};
+
+		if (!evsel->attr.sample_id_all)
+			return -1;
+		if (perf_evsel__parse_id_sample(evsel, event, &data))
+			return -1;
+
+		*timestamp = data.time;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	array = event->sample.array;
+
+	if (perf_event__check_size(event, evsel->sample_size))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	if (type & PERF_SAMPLE_IDENTIFIER)
+		array++;
+
+	if (type & PERF_SAMPLE_IP)
+		array++;
+
+	if (type & PERF_SAMPLE_TID)
+		array++;
+
+	if (type & PERF_SAMPLE_TIME)
+		*timestamp = *array;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 size_t perf_event__sample_event_size(const struct perf_sample *sample, u64 type,
 				     u64 read_format)
 {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index 0688880227e1..c3663a70c9b9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -338,6 +338,10 @@ static inline int perf_evsel__read_on_cpu_scaled(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 int perf_evsel__parse_sample(struct perf_evsel *evsel, union perf_event *event,
 			     struct perf_sample *sample);
 
+int perf_evsel__parse_sample_timestamp(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
+				       union perf_event *event,
+				       u64 *timestamp);
+
 static inline struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__next(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 {
 	return list_entry(evsel->node.next, struct perf_evsel, node);