diff --git a/libkineto/include/ActivityType.h b/libkineto/include/ActivityType.h
index 588e47abe..312461045 100644
--- a/libkineto/include/ActivityType.h
+++ b/libkineto/include/ActivityType.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ enum class ActivityType {
     GLOW_RUNTIME, // host side glow runtime events
     CUDA_PROFILER_RANGE, // CUPTI Profiler range for performance metrics
     HPU_OP, // HPU host side runtime event
+    XPU_RUNTIME, // host side xpu runtime events
 
     ENUM_COUNT, // This is to add buffer and not used for any profiling logic. Add your new type before it.
     OPTIONAL_ACTIVITY_TYPE_START = GLOW_RUNTIME,
diff --git a/libkineto/src/ActivityType.cpp b/libkineto/src/ActivityType.cpp
index 2685ba2f9..bf4bf1e27 100644
--- a/libkineto/src/ActivityType.cpp
+++ b/libkineto/src/ActivityType.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ static constexpr std::array<ActivityTypeName, activityTypeCount + 1> map{{
     {"glow_runtime", ActivityType::GLOW_RUNTIME},
     {"cuda_profiler_range", ActivityType::CUDA_PROFILER_RANGE},
     {"hpu_op", ActivityType::HPU_OP},
+    {"xpu_runtime", ActivityType::XPU_RUNTIME},
     {"ENUM_COUNT", ActivityType::ENUM_COUNT}
 }};
 
diff --git a/libkineto/test/ConfigTest.cpp b/libkineto/test/ConfigTest.cpp
index fe3f78ffd..70a021f0d 100644
--- a/libkineto/test/ConfigTest.cpp
+++ b/libkineto/test/ConfigTest.cpp
@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ TEST(ParseTest, ActivityTypes) {
   EXPECT_TRUE(cfg2.parse("ACTIVITY_TYPES = cpu_op"));
   EXPECT_EQ(cfg2.selectedActivityTypes(),
     std::set<ActivityType>({ActivityType::CPU_OP}));
+
+  EXPECT_TRUE(cfg2.parse("ACTIVITY_TYPES = xpu_Runtime"));
+  EXPECT_EQ(cfg2.selectedActivityTypes(),
+    std::set<ActivityType>({ActivityType::XPU_RUNTIME}));
 }
 
 TEST(ParseTest, SamplePeriod) {