diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 4ef78a5e6f326bf7aa08cc10715403b86574a5fe..072aaf0369f88cff9ef931b22f8fbcd5aa653b2f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -313,6 +313,10 @@ static void pid_synthesize_mmap_samples(pid_t pid)
 		if (*pbf == 'x') { /* vm_exec */
 			char *execname = strchr(bf, '/');
 
+			/* Catch VDSO */
+			if (execname == NULL)
+				execname = strstr(bf, "[vdso]");
+
 			if (execname == NULL)
 				continue;