diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 69966abf65d1b21dd6741be6fd7eeb3e9e9d1bfc..379a2bed07c09da5698f0555f567512c33453146 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -192,6 +192,9 @@ OPTIONS
 --period::
 	Record the sample period.
 
+--sample-cpu::
+	Record the sample cpu.
+
 -n::
 --no-samples::
 	Don't sample.
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 8f2c16d9275f303aca4c8ba3d7f148fb71a4df00..6355902fbfc8a28137335c49450ca4cf27a21ddb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -1434,6 +1434,7 @@ struct option __record_options[] = {
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('s', "stat", &record.opts.inherit_stat,
 		    "per thread counts"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('d', "data", &record.opts.sample_address, "Record the sample addresses"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "sample-cpu", &record.opts.sample_cpu, "Record the sample cpu"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN_SET('T', "timestamp", &record.opts.sample_time,
 			&record.opts.sample_time_set,
 			"Record the sample timestamps"),
diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.h b/tools/perf/perf.h
index a7e0f14972444771aad97208978aac529c03566e..cb0f1356ff8149b4d0790e3d181cd6802f6886f0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.h
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ struct record_opts {
 	bool	     sample_weight;
 	bool	     sample_time;
 	bool	     sample_time_set;
+	bool	     sample_cpu;
 	bool	     period;
 	bool	     running_time;
 	bool	     full_auxtrace;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 4c2b31dc4e4d67643b2cd7af4b628d5cb5cb43fb..d9b80ef881cde43a1e134b89c6a752f2ae06d108 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ void perf_evsel__config(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct record_opts *opts,
 		perf_evsel__set_sample_bit(evsel, REGS_INTR);
 	}
 
-	if (target__has_cpu(&opts->target))
+	if (target__has_cpu(&opts->target) || opts->sample_cpu)
 		perf_evsel__set_sample_bit(evsel, CPU);
 
 	if (opts->period)