diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 052f7c4dc00c25a47dbe6355f0f762744ad5a79a..43b42c4f4a915ad96be76c737b63feee12925de2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -201,6 +201,12 @@ abort events and some memory events in precise mode on modern Intel CPUs.
 --transaction::
 Record transaction flags for transaction related events.
 
+--force-per-cpu::
+Force the use of per-cpu mmaps.  By default, when tasks are specified (i.e. -p,
+-t or -u options) per-thread mmaps are created.  This option overrides that and
+forces per-cpu mmaps.  A side-effect of that is that inheritance is
+automatically enabled.  Add the -i option also to disable inheritance.
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-list[1]
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 4d644fe2d5b78315f6d00f0d66560ae5836e7b02..7c8020a32784abcd6d44223dc3a5586f7ba7f3f0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -888,6 +888,8 @@ const struct option record_options[] = {
 		    "sample by weight (on special events only)"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "transaction", &record.opts.sample_transaction,
 		    "sample transaction flags (special events only)"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "force-per-cpu", &record.opts.target.force_per_cpu,
+		    "force the use of per-cpu mmaps"),
 	OPT_END()
 };
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index 5ce2ace2d6c103b8e1f8fc37e6b76a6bbdd3496f..bbc746aa571663d92e989bb5f3f2703c31c9a193 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -819,7 +819,9 @@ int perf_evlist__create_maps(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct target *target)
 	if (evlist->threads == NULL)
 		return -1;
 
-	if (target__has_task(target))
+	if (target->force_per_cpu)
+		evlist->cpus = cpu_map__new(target->cpu_list);
+	else if (target__has_task(target))
 		evlist->cpus = cpu_map__dummy_new();
 	else if (!target__has_cpu(target) && !target->uses_mmap)
 		evlist->cpus = cpu_map__dummy_new();
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 18f7c188ff632816376c26b9f5a3594df4571fac..46dd4c2a41ce7e0a844e0b691c134e3ce23f55e6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ void perf_evsel__config(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (target__has_cpu(&opts->target))
+	if (target__has_cpu(&opts->target) || opts->target.force_per_cpu)
 		perf_evsel__set_sample_bit(evsel, CPU);
 
 	if (opts->period)
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ void perf_evsel__config(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 
 	if (!perf_missing_features.sample_id_all &&
 	    (opts->sample_time || !opts->no_inherit ||
-	     target__has_cpu(&opts->target)))
+	     target__has_cpu(&opts->target) || opts->target.force_per_cpu))
 		perf_evsel__set_sample_bit(evsel, TIME);
 
 	if (opts->raw_samples) {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/target.h b/tools/perf/util/target.h
index 89bab7129de4a3c92b74ca037787431c155f251f..2d0c506908926f6fce822adc45a39e76911edd10 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/target.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/target.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ struct target {
 	uid_t	     uid;
 	bool	     system_wide;
 	bool	     uses_mmap;
+	bool	     force_per_cpu;
 };
 
 enum target_errno {