diff --git a/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c b/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c
index f6ccb2cd4dfc..2e79201daa4a 100644
--- a/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c
+++ b/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c
@@ -880,8 +880,13 @@ struct arm_pmu *armpmu_alloc(void)
 		 * configuration (e.g. big.LITTLE). This is not an uncore PMU,
 		 * and we have taken ctx sharing into account (e.g. with our
 		 * pmu::filter callback and pmu::event_init group validation).
+		 *
+		 * PERF_PMU_CAP_EXTENDED_HW_TYPE is required to open
+		 * PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE and PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE events on a
+		 * specific PMU.
 		 */
-		.capabilities	= PERF_PMU_CAP_HETEROGENEOUS_CPUS | PERF_PMU_CAP_EXTENDED_REGS,
+		.capabilities	= PERF_PMU_CAP_HETEROGENEOUS_CPUS | PERF_PMU_CAP_EXTENDED_REGS |
+				  PERF_PMU_CAP_EXTENDED_HW_TYPE,
 	};
 
 	pmu->attr_groups[ARMPMU_ATTR_GROUP_COMMON] =