diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index 68da1aca406cba..77ae8330819903 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -11734,6 +11734,22 @@ int perf_buffer__buffer_fd(const struct perf_buffer *pb, size_t buf_idx)
 	return cpu_buf->fd;
 }
 
+int perf_buffer__buffer(struct perf_buffer *pb, int buf_idx, void **buf, size_t *buf_size)
+{
+	struct perf_cpu_buf *cpu_buf;
+
+	if (buf_idx >= pb->cpu_cnt)
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+
+	cpu_buf = pb->cpu_bufs[buf_idx];
+	if (!cpu_buf)
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOENT);
+
+	*buf = cpu_buf->base;
+	*buf_size = pb->mmap_size;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Consume data from perf ring buffer corresponding to slot *buf_idx* in
  * PERF_EVENT_ARRAY BPF map without waiting/polling. If there is no data to
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
index e4d5353f757bc0..c51d6e6b306699 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
@@ -1053,6 +1053,22 @@ LIBBPF_API int perf_buffer__consume(struct perf_buffer *pb);
 LIBBPF_API int perf_buffer__consume_buffer(struct perf_buffer *pb, size_t buf_idx);
 LIBBPF_API size_t perf_buffer__buffer_cnt(const struct perf_buffer *pb);
 LIBBPF_API int perf_buffer__buffer_fd(const struct perf_buffer *pb, size_t buf_idx);
+/**
+ * @brief **perf_buffer__buffer()** returns the per-cpu raw mmap()'ed underlying
+ * memory region of the ring buffer.
+ * This ring buffer can be used to implement a custom events consumer.
+ * The ring buffer starts with the *struct perf_event_mmap_page*, which
+ * holds the ring buffer managment fields, when accessing the header
+ * structure it's important to be SMP aware.
+ * You can refer to *perf_event_read_simple* for a simple example.
+ * @param pb the perf buffer structure
+ * @param buf_idx the buffer index to retreive
+ * @param buf (out) gets the base pointer of the mmap()'ed memory
+ * @param buf_size (out) gets the size of the mmap()'ed region
+ * @return 0 on success, negative error code for failure
+ */
+LIBBPF_API int perf_buffer__buffer(struct perf_buffer *pb, int buf_idx, void **buf,
+				   size_t *buf_size);
 
 struct bpf_prog_linfo;
 struct bpf_prog_info;
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
index 94b589ecfeaa57..4c4c40b8f93596 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
@@ -362,4 +362,5 @@ LIBBPF_1.0.0 {
 		libbpf_bpf_link_type_str;
 		libbpf_bpf_map_type_str;
 		libbpf_bpf_prog_type_str;
+		perf_buffer__buffer;
 };