diff --git a/scripts/tags.sh b/scripts/tags.sh
index 8509bb512935..bbbe584d4494 100755
--- a/scripts/tags.sh
+++ b/scripts/tags.sh
@@ -125,7 +125,9 @@ exuberant()
 	-I DEFINE_TRACE,EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL,EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL \
 	--extra=+f --c-kinds=-px                                \
 	--regex-asm='/^ENTRY\(([^)]*)\).*/\1/'                  \
-	--regex-c='/^SYSCALL_DEFINE[[:digit:]]?\(([^,)]*).*/sys_\1/'
+	--regex-c='/^SYSCALL_DEFINE[[:digit:]]?\(([^,)]*).*/sys_\1/' \
+	--regex-c++='/^TRACE_EVENT\(([^,)]*).*/trace_\1/'		\
+	--regex-c++='/^DEFINE_EVENT\(([^,)]*).*/trace_\1/'
 
 	all_kconfigs | xargs $1 -a                              \
 	--langdef=kconfig --language-force=kconfig              \