diff --git a/tools/perf/util/fs.c b/tools/perf/util/fs.c
index 77bac4e4c115..f5be1f26e724 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/fs.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/fs.c
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ static const char * const sysfs__fs_known_mountpoints[] = {
 	0,
 };
 
+static const char * const procfs__known_mountpoints[] = {
+	"/proc",
+	0,
+};
+
 struct fs {
 	const char		*name;
 	const char * const	*mounts;
@@ -18,7 +23,8 @@ struct fs {
 };
 
 enum {
-	FS__SYSFS = 0,
+	FS__SYSFS  = 0,
+	FS__PROCFS = 1,
 };
 
 static struct fs fs__entries[] = {
@@ -27,6 +33,11 @@ static struct fs fs__entries[] = {
 		.mounts	= sysfs__fs_known_mountpoints,
 		.magic	= SYSFS_MAGIC,
 	},
+	[FS__PROCFS] = {
+		.name	= "proc",
+		.mounts	= procfs__known_mountpoints,
+		.magic	= PROC_SUPER_MAGIC,
+	},
 };
 
 static bool fs__read_mounts(struct fs *fs)
@@ -104,4 +115,5 @@ const char *name##__mountpoint(void)	\
 	return fs__mountpoint(idx);	\
 }
 
-FS__MOUNTPOINT(sysfs, FS__SYSFS);
+FS__MOUNTPOINT(sysfs,  FS__SYSFS);
+FS__MOUNTPOINT(procfs, FS__PROCFS);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/fs.h b/tools/perf/util/fs.h
index a7561c83c33c..5e09ce1bab0e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/fs.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/fs.h
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 #define __PERF_FS
 
 const char *sysfs__mountpoint(void);
+const char *procfs__mountpoint(void);
 
 #endif /* __PERF_FS */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/include/linux/magic.h b/tools/perf/util/include/linux/magic.h
index 58b64ed4da12..07d63cf3e0f6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/include/linux/magic.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/include/linux/magic.h
@@ -9,4 +9,8 @@
 #define SYSFS_MAGIC            0x62656572
 #endif
 
+#ifndef PROC_SUPER_MAGIC
+#define PROC_SUPER_MAGIC       0x9fa0
+#endif
+
 #endif