diff --git a/src/testlib/qbenchmarkmetric.cpp b/src/testlib/qbenchmarkmetric.cpp
index 0a9072907f..0ba55dbeb7 100644
--- a/src/testlib/qbenchmarkmetric.cpp
+++ b/src/testlib/qbenchmarkmetric.cpp
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
   \value CPUTicks               CPU time
   \value CPUMigrations          Process migrations between CPUs
   \value CPUCycles              CPU cycles
+  \value RefCPUCycles           Reference CPU cycles
   \value BusCycles              Bus cycles
   \value StalledCycles          Cycles stalled
   \value InstructionReads       Instruction reads
@@ -108,6 +109,8 @@ const char * QTest::benchmarkMetricName(QBenchmarkMetric metric)
         return "CPUMigrations";
     case CPUCycles:
         return "CPUCycles";
+    case RefCPUCycles:
+        return "RefCPUCycles";
     case BusCycles:
         return "BusCycles";
     case StalledCycles:
@@ -180,6 +183,8 @@ const char * QTest::benchmarkMetricUnit(QBenchmarkMetric metric)
         return "CPU migrations";
     case CPUCycles:
         return "CPU cycles";
+    case RefCPUCycles:
+        return "Reference CPU cycles";
     case BusCycles:
         return "bus cycles";
     case StalledCycles:
diff --git a/src/testlib/qbenchmarkmetric.h b/src/testlib/qbenchmarkmetric.h
index 44bf14b9b6..6e423473b1 100644
--- a/src/testlib/qbenchmarkmetric.h
+++ b/src/testlib/qbenchmarkmetric.h
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ enum QBenchmarkMetric {
     MinorPageFaults,
     MajorPageFaults,
     AlignmentFaults,
-    EmulationFaults
+    EmulationFaults,
+    RefCPUCycles,
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/src/testlib/qbenchmarkperfevents.cpp b/src/testlib/qbenchmarkperfevents.cpp
index 587d3e0124..d6db40ce52 100644
--- a/src/testlib/qbenchmarkperfevents.cpp
+++ b/src/testlib/qbenchmarkperfevents.cpp
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ bool QBenchmarkPerfEventsMeasurer::isAvailable()
 
    Event type   Event counter           Unit            Name and aliases
    HARDWARE     CPU_CYCLES              CPUCycles       cycles  cpu-cycles
+   HARDWARE     REF_CPU_CYCLES          RefCPUCycles    ref-cycles
    HARDWARE     INSTRUCTIONS            Instructions    instructions
    HARDWARE     CACHE_REFERENCES        CacheReferences cache-references
    HARDWARE     CACHE_MISSES            CacheMisses     cache-misses
@@ -321,6 +322,7 @@ static const char eventlist_strings[] =
     "migrations\0"
     "minor-faults\0"
     "page-faults\0"
+    "ref-cycles\0"
     "stalled-cycles-backend\0"
     "stalled-cycles-frontend\0"
     "task-clock\0"
@@ -407,9 +409,10 @@ static const Events eventlist[] = {
     { 1256, PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE, PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_MIGRATIONS, QTest::CPUMigrations },
     { 1267, PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE, PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MIN, QTest::MinorPageFaults },
     { 1280, PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE, PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS, QTest::PageFaults },
-    { 1292, PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE, PERF_COUNT_HW_STALLED_CYCLES_BACKEND, QTest::StalledCycles },
-    { 1315, PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE, PERF_COUNT_HW_STALLED_CYCLES_FRONTEND, QTest::StalledCycles },
-    { 1339, PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE, PERF_COUNT_SW_TASK_CLOCK, QTest::WalltimeMilliseconds },
+    { 1292, PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE, PERF_COUNT_HW_REF_CPU_CYCLES, QTest::RefCPUCycles },
+    { 1303, PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE, PERF_COUNT_HW_STALLED_CYCLES_BACKEND, QTest::StalledCycles },
+    { 1326, PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE, PERF_COUNT_HW_STALLED_CYCLES_FRONTEND, QTest::StalledCycles },
+    { 1350, PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE, PERF_COUNT_SW_TASK_CLOCK, QTest::WalltimeMilliseconds },
     {   0, PERF_TYPE_MAX, 0, QTest::Events }
 };
 /* -- END GENERATED CODE -- */