diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-log.c b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-log.c
index e02bc7b166a0e48f1cf537606a71ab43875c6de8..5e64da270f97684b7f42c56079a04a2653a1b890 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-log.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-log.c
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ static FILE *f;
 static char log_name[MAX_LOG_NAME];
 bool intel_pt_enable_logging;
 
+void *intel_pt_log_fp(void)
+{
+	return f;
+}
+
 void intel_pt_log_enable(void)
 {
 	intel_pt_enable_logging = true;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-log.h b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-log.h
index 45b64f93f358898c6fb8d5caca92b37cd70f2e2e..cc084937f701acfa16bc3eb3623aab7e6ed429d2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-log.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-log.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 struct intel_pt_pkt;
 
+void *intel_pt_log_fp(void);
 void intel_pt_log_enable(void);
 void intel_pt_log_disable(void);
 void intel_pt_log_set_name(const char *name);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c
index 86cc9a64e982773408e2d51cc25a51a82c396ff5..149ff361ca789e460cd896beaa439ff7b225c2a2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c
@@ -206,6 +206,16 @@ static void intel_pt_dump_event(struct intel_pt *pt, unsigned char *buf,
 	intel_pt_dump(pt, buf, len);
 }
 
+static void intel_pt_log_event(union perf_event *event)
+{
+	FILE *f = intel_pt_log_fp();
+
+	if (!intel_pt_enable_logging || !f)
+		return;
+
+	perf_event__fprintf(event, f);
+}
+
 static int intel_pt_do_fix_overlap(struct intel_pt *pt, struct auxtrace_buffer *a,
 				   struct auxtrace_buffer *b)
 {
@@ -2010,9 +2020,9 @@ static int intel_pt_process_event(struct perf_session *session,
 		 event->header.type == PERF_RECORD_SWITCH_CPU_WIDE)
 		err = intel_pt_context_switch(pt, event, sample);
 
-	intel_pt_log("event %s (%u): cpu %d time %"PRIu64" tsc %#"PRIx64"\n",
-		     perf_event__name(event->header.type), event->header.type,
-		     sample->cpu, sample->time, timestamp);
+	intel_pt_log("event %u: cpu %d time %"PRIu64" tsc %#"PRIx64" ",
+		     event->header.type, sample->cpu, sample->time, timestamp);
+	intel_pt_log_event(event);
 
 	return err;
 }