diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-bts.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-bts.c
index d66f9ad4df2ea5da6eca22cae351a842d1143508..7dc30637cf66f4957dd6608a9b3a145a0e81a487 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-bts.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-bts.c
@@ -438,6 +438,11 @@ struct auxtrace_record *intel_bts_recording_init(int *err)
 	if (!intel_bts_pmu)
 		return NULL;
 
+	if (setenv("JITDUMP_USE_ARCH_TIMESTAMP", "1", 1)) {
+		*err = -errno;
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	btsr = zalloc(sizeof(struct intel_bts_recording));
 	if (!btsr) {
 		*err = -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c
index a3395179c9eebd5fcd39aa4796a0dc3d495f4b5d..a07b9605e93b3f1c7c746f5296229c20f8f3767a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c
@@ -1027,6 +1027,11 @@ struct auxtrace_record *intel_pt_recording_init(int *err)
 	if (!intel_pt_pmu)
 		return NULL;
 
+	if (setenv("JITDUMP_USE_ARCH_TIMESTAMP", "1", 1)) {
+		*err = -errno;
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	ptr = zalloc(sizeof(struct intel_pt_recording));
 	if (!ptr) {
 		*err = -ENOMEM;