diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest
index 290cd423df410c951283d07180a1512d167d5ed7..e033f54e352afd6d0fc1b36642da0c28b758fa9c 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ echo "		-h|--help  Show help message"
 echo "		-k|--keep  Keep passed test logs"
 echo "		-v|--verbose Increase verbosity of test messages"
 echo "		-vv        Alias of -v -v (Show all results in stdout)"
+echo "		--fail-unsupported Treat UNSUPPORTED as a failure"
 echo "		-d|--debug Debug mode (trace all shell commands)"
 echo "		-l|--logdir <dir> Save logs on the <dir>"
 exit $1
@@ -65,6 +66,10 @@ parse_opts() { # opts
       DEBUG=1
       shift 1
     ;;
+    --fail-unsupported)
+      UNSUPPORTED_RESULT=1
+      shift 1
+    ;;
     --logdir|-l)
       LOG_DIR=$2
       shift 2
@@ -108,6 +113,7 @@ LOG_DIR=$TOP_DIR/logs/`date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S`/
 KEEP_LOG=0
 DEBUG=0
 VERBOSE=0
+UNSUPPORTED_RESULT=0
 # Parse command-line options
 parse_opts $*
 
@@ -187,7 +193,7 @@ eval_result() { # sigval
     $UNSUPPORTED)
       prlog "	[UNSUPPORTED]"
       UNSUPPORTED_CASES="$UNSUPPORTED_CASES $CASENO"
-      return 0 # this is not a bug.
+      return $UNSUPPORTED_RESULT # depends on use case
     ;;
     $XFAIL)
       prlog "	[XFAIL]"