diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 29e5307945bf345b3fcc866d7ce9866eae1a1515..63ee0408761d2f16aa1aacd64a374e5ca5859a94 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -293,6 +293,10 @@ When processing pre-existing threads /proc/XXX/mmap, it may take a long time,
 because the file may be huge. A time out is needed in such cases.
 This option sets the time out limit. The default value is 500 ms.
 
+--switch-events::
+Record context switch events i.e. events of type PERF_RECORD_SWITCH or
+PERF_RECORD_SWITCH_CPU_WIDE.
+
 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 1932e27c00d88de74efa8a6c5315baf853c0b65d..445a64d19625493be60b7603fa795a617a68b5b9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -1075,6 +1075,8 @@ struct option __record_options[] = {
 			  "opts", "AUX area tracing Snapshot Mode", ""),
 	OPT_UINTEGER(0, "proc-map-timeout", &record.opts.proc_map_timeout,
 			"per thread proc mmap processing timeout in ms"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "switch-events", &record.opts.record_switch_events,
+		    "Record context switch events"),
 	OPT_END()
 };
 
@@ -1102,6 +1104,11 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 			  " system-wide mode\n");
 		usage_with_options(record_usage, record_options);
 	}
+	if (rec->opts.record_switch_events &&
+	    !perf_can_record_switch_events()) {
+		ui__error("kernel does not support recording context switch events (--switch-events option)\n");
+		usage_with_options(record_usage, record_options);
+	}
 
 	if (!rec->itr) {
 		rec->itr = auxtrace_record__init(rec->evlist, &err);
diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.h b/tools/perf/perf.h
index 937b16aa0300d92fddb065858d8b36274ec24b93..cf459f89fc9bd94cfe8e1d684c78bd00402f2855 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.h
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.h
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ struct record_opts {
 	bool	     running_time;
 	bool	     full_auxtrace;
 	bool	     auxtrace_snapshot_mode;
+	bool	     record_switch_events;
 	unsigned int freq;
 	unsigned int mmap_pages;
 	unsigned int auxtrace_mmap_pages;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
index 406a8216a51e1530027579d688413c4415a662b7..a8930b68456b07e1ee05317deb375e1788b29e53 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ void perf_evlist__close(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 
 void perf_evlist__set_id_pos(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 bool perf_can_sample_identifier(void);
+bool perf_can_record_switch_events(void);
 void perf_evlist__config(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct record_opts *opts);
 int record_opts__config(struct record_opts *opts);
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 9e6e6f40b7871778a9de342adbe157dd33ba2d92..71f6905c7cb9f5ef85e4b19e290082f752d35756 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -738,6 +738,9 @@ void perf_evsel__config(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct record_opts *opts)
 	attr->mmap2 = track && !perf_missing_features.mmap2;
 	attr->comm  = track;
 
+	if (opts->record_switch_events)
+		attr->context_switch = track;
+
 	if (opts->sample_transaction)
 		perf_evsel__set_sample_bit(evsel, TRANSACTION);
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/record.c b/tools/perf/util/record.c
index 1f7becbe5e182a4f560dd5f435148d302a5aa787..0d228a29526dded5d329e20ca6fe4f51bb94cf85 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/record.c
@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@ static void perf_probe_comm_exec(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 	evsel->attr.comm_exec = 1;
 }
 
+static void perf_probe_context_switch(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
+{
+	evsel->attr.context_switch = 1;
+}
+
 bool perf_can_sample_identifier(void)
 {
 	return perf_probe_api(perf_probe_sample_identifier);
@@ -95,6 +100,11 @@ static bool perf_can_comm_exec(void)
 	return perf_probe_api(perf_probe_comm_exec);
 }
 
+bool perf_can_record_switch_events(void)
+{
+	return perf_probe_api(perf_probe_context_switch);
+}
+
 void perf_evlist__config(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct record_opts *opts)
 {
 	struct perf_evsel *evsel;