diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index f469354155f12e855dec303117c7616c9d0743b7..0e824f7d8b19cd7b7b4dddcf200ae14f569cde94 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -2492,6 +2492,17 @@ process_lost_event(struct perf_tool *tool,
 			   sample->tid);
 }
 
+static int
+process_throttle_event(struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,
+		       union perf_event *event,
+		       struct perf_sample *sample,
+		       struct machine *machine)
+{
+	if (scripting_ops && scripting_ops->process_throttle)
+		scripting_ops->process_throttle(event, sample, machine);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int
 process_finished_round_event(struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,
 			     union perf_event *event,
@@ -3652,6 +3663,8 @@ int cmd_script(int argc, const char **argv)
 			.stat_config	 = process_stat_config_event,
 			.thread_map	 = process_thread_map_event,
 			.cpu_map	 = process_cpu_map_event,
+			.throttle	 = process_throttle_event,
+			.unthrottle	 = process_throttle_event,
 			.ordered_events	 = true,
 			.ordering_requires_timestamps = true,
 		},
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
index 69129e2aa7a18ac7c814ff06d66205b509ffda89..c0c010350bc2a1d9f218b75e19bd17565b2fb89d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
@@ -1422,6 +1422,37 @@ static void python_process_event(union perf_event *event,
 	}
 }
 
+static void python_process_throttle(union perf_event *event,
+				    struct perf_sample *sample,
+				    struct machine *machine)
+{
+	const char *handler_name;
+	PyObject *handler, *t;
+
+	if (event->header.type == PERF_RECORD_THROTTLE)
+		handler_name = "throttle";
+	else
+		handler_name = "unthrottle";
+	handler = get_handler(handler_name);
+	if (!handler)
+		return;
+
+	t = tuple_new(6);
+	if (!t)
+		return;
+
+	tuple_set_u64(t, 0, event->throttle.time);
+	tuple_set_u64(t, 1, event->throttle.id);
+	tuple_set_u64(t, 2, event->throttle.stream_id);
+	tuple_set_s32(t, 3, sample->cpu);
+	tuple_set_s32(t, 4, sample->pid);
+	tuple_set_s32(t, 5, sample->tid);
+
+	call_object(handler, t, handler_name);
+
+	Py_DECREF(t);
+}
+
 static void python_do_process_switch(union perf_event *event,
 				     struct perf_sample *sample,
 				     struct machine *machine)
@@ -2079,5 +2110,6 @@ struct scripting_ops python_scripting_ops = {
 	.process_auxtrace_error	= python_process_auxtrace_error,
 	.process_stat		= python_process_stat,
 	.process_stat_interval	= python_process_stat_interval,
+	.process_throttle	= python_process_throttle,
 	.generate_script	= python_generate_script,
 };
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
index 54aadeedf28c02bfac29e2c2355b7f98c972215a..6409811057888d3048c9097c7156b1a238f6dda4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ struct scripting_ops {
 	void (*process_stat)(struct perf_stat_config *config,
 			     struct evsel *evsel, u64 tstamp);
 	void (*process_stat_interval)(u64 tstamp);
+	void (*process_throttle)(union perf_event *event,
+				 struct perf_sample *sample,
+				 struct machine *machine);
 	int (*generate_script) (struct tep_handle *pevent, const char *outfile);
 };