r5101c4 not available through VMWare Workstation 14

I'm attempting to utilize rr on my VMWare Workstation 14 machine, however it appears that it does not expose the perf counter type that you expect. Specifically, I'm finding the following:

perf stat -e r5101c4 -e r2005101c4 true

 Performance counter stats for 'true':

                 0      r5101c4
            89,743      r2005101c4

       0.000609690 seconds time elapsed

This is causing the perf command to abort on any attempt at running. Is there a way I can still use rr?

Edit: I should mention that Virtualize CPU Performance Counters is enabled. Also:

uname -a
Linux ice 4.15.0-44-generic #47-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jan 14 11:26:59 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
Release:        18.04
Codename:       bionic

And the CPU is: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7740X CPU

Start by reproducing the reported perf commands in VMware Workstation 14 with Virtualize CPU Performance Counters enabled, using the listed Ubuntu 18.04 kernel and Intel i7-7740X details. Compare the unavailable r5101c4 counter with r2005101c4 and determine whether rr can run in this environment or what supported workaround is needed.