diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
index d5b566ed7178450fbc1b00b37addc58ef5014c9a..6087295f8827fb4e1c4b6b1aba6309a6edaca15d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ static int __cmd_ftrace(struct perf_ftrace *ftrace, int argc, const char **argv)
 	signal(SIGINT, sig_handler);
 	signal(SIGUSR1, sig_handler);
 	signal(SIGCHLD, sig_handler);
+	signal(SIGPIPE, sig_handler);
 
 	if (reset_tracing_files(ftrace) < 0)
 		goto out;
@@ -247,6 +248,8 @@ static int __cmd_ftrace(struct perf_ftrace *ftrace, int argc, const char **argv)
 		goto out_close_fd;
 	}
 
+	setup_pager();
+
 	perf_evlist__start_workload(ftrace->evlist);
 
 	while (!done) {