diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/header.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/header.c
index fb0d71afee8b..af9a9f2600be 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/header.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <regex.h>
 
 #include "../../util/header.h"
 
@@ -70,9 +71,72 @@ get_cpuid_str(struct perf_pmu *pmu __maybe_unused)
 {
 	char *buf = malloc(128);
 
-	if (buf && __get_cpuid(buf, 128, "%s-%u-%X$") < 0) {
+	if (buf && __get_cpuid(buf, 128, "%s-%u-%X-%X$") < 0) {
 		free(buf);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	return buf;
 }
+
+/* Full CPUID format for x86 is vendor-family-model-stepping */
+static bool is_full_cpuid(const char *id)
+{
+	const char *tmp = id;
+	int count = 0;
+
+	while ((tmp = strchr(tmp, '-')) != NULL) {
+		count++;
+		tmp++;
+	}
+
+	if (count == 3)
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+int strcmp_cpuid_str(const char *mapcpuid, const char *id)
+{
+	regex_t re;
+	regmatch_t pmatch[1];
+	int match;
+	bool full_mapcpuid = is_full_cpuid(mapcpuid);
+	bool full_cpuid = is_full_cpuid(id);
+
+	/*
+	 * Full CPUID format is required to identify a platform.
+	 * Error out if the cpuid string is incomplete.
+	 */
+	if (full_mapcpuid && !full_cpuid) {
+		pr_info("Invalid CPUID %s. Full CPUID is required, "
+			"vendor-family-model-stepping\n", id);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	if (regcomp(&re, mapcpuid, REG_EXTENDED) != 0) {
+		/* Warn unable to generate match particular string. */
+		pr_info("Invalid regular expression %s\n", mapcpuid);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	match = !regexec(&re, id, 1, pmatch, 0);
+	regfree(&re);
+	if (match) {
+		size_t match_len = (pmatch[0].rm_eo - pmatch[0].rm_so);
+		size_t cpuid_len;
+
+		/* If the full CPUID format isn't required,
+		 * ignoring the stepping.
+		 */
+		if (!full_mapcpuid && full_cpuid)
+			cpuid_len = strrchr(id, '-') - id;
+		else
+			cpuid_len = strlen(id);
+
+		/* Verify the entire string matched. */
+		if (match_len == cpuid_len)
+			return 0;
+	}
+
+	return 1;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/mapfile.csv b/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/mapfile.csv
index 7e3cce3bcf3b..183a42c99251 100644
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/mapfile.csv
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/mapfile.csv
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ GenuineIntel-6-2A,v15,sandybridge,core
 GenuineIntel-6-2C,v2,westmereep-dp,core
 GenuineIntel-6-25,v2,westmereep-sp,core
 GenuineIntel-6-2F,v2,westmereex,core
-GenuineIntel-6-55,v1,skylakex,core
+GenuineIntel-6-55-[01234],v1,skylakex,core
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index 7348eea0248f..c660625d7d4b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ char * __weak get_cpuid_str(struct perf_pmu *pmu __maybe_unused)
  * cpuid string generated on this platform.
  * Otherwise return non-zero.
  */
-int strcmp_cpuid_str(const char *mapcpuid, const char *cpuid)
+int __weak strcmp_cpuid_str(const char *mapcpuid, const char *cpuid)
 {
 	regex_t re;
 	regmatch_t pmatch[1];