diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 78adc47da869..3d051b9cf25f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ static int			output;
 static const char		*output_name			= "perf.data";
 static int			group				= 0;
 static unsigned int		realtime_prio			= 0;
+static int			raw_samples			= 0;
 static int			system_wide			= 0;
 static int			profile_cpu			= -1;
 static pid_t			target_pid			= -1;
@@ -418,6 +419,8 @@ static void create_counter(int counter, int cpu, pid_t pid)
 	if (call_graph)
 		attr->sample_type	|= PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN;
 
+	if (raw_samples)
+		attr->sample_type	|= PERF_SAMPLE_RAW;
 
 	attr->mmap		= track;
 	attr->comm		= track;
@@ -650,6 +653,8 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
 		    "record events on existing pid"),
 	OPT_INTEGER('r', "realtime", &realtime_prio,
 		    "collect data with this RT SCHED_FIFO priority"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN('R', "raw-samples", &raw_samples,
+		    "collect raw sample records from all opened counters"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all-cpus", &system_wide,
 			    "system-wide collection from all CPUs"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('A', "append", &append_file,