diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 4e3a374..8b2c860 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -374,9 +374,11 @@
 
 static void create_counter(int counter, int cpu, pid_t pid)
 {
+	char *filter = filters[counter];
 	struct perf_event_attr *attr = attrs + counter;
 	struct perf_header_attr *h_attr;
 	int track = !counter; /* only the first counter needs these */
+	int ret;
 	struct {
 		u64 count;
 		u64 time_enabled;
@@ -479,7 +481,6 @@
 		multiplex_fd = fd[nr_cpu][counter];
 
 	if (multiplex && fd[nr_cpu][counter] != multiplex_fd) {
-		int ret;
 
 		ret = ioctl(fd[nr_cpu][counter], PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_OUTPUT, multiplex_fd);
 		assert(ret != -1);
@@ -499,6 +500,16 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (filter != NULL) {
+		ret = ioctl(fd[nr_cpu][counter],
+			    PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_FILTER, filter);
+		if (ret) {
+			error("failed to set filter with %d (%s)\n", errno,
+			      strerror(errno));
+			exit(-1);
+		}
+	}
+
 	ioctl(fd[nr_cpu][counter], PERF_EVENT_IOC_ENABLE);
 }
 
@@ -676,6 +687,8 @@
 	OPT_CALLBACK('e', "event", NULL, "event",
 		     "event selector. use 'perf list' to list available events",
 		     parse_events),
+	OPT_CALLBACK(0, "filter", NULL, "filter",
+		     "event filter", parse_filter),
 	OPT_INTEGER('p', "pid", &target_pid,
 		    "record events on existing pid"),
 	OPT_INTEGER('r', "realtime", &realtime_prio,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 8cfb48c..b097570 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "header.h"
 
-int					nr_counters;
+int				nr_counters;
 
 struct perf_event_attr		attrs[MAX_COUNTERS];
+char				*filters[MAX_COUNTERS];
 
 struct event_symbol {
 	u8		type;
@@ -708,7 +709,6 @@
 	perf_header__push_event(id, orgname);
 }
 
-
 int parse_events(const struct option *opt __used, const char *str, int unset __used)
 {
 	struct perf_event_attr attr;
@@ -745,6 +745,28 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int parse_filter(const struct option *opt __used, const char *str,
+		 int unset __used)
+{
+	int i = nr_counters - 1;
+	int len = strlen(str);
+
+	if (i < 0 || attrs[i].type != PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT) {
+		fprintf(stderr,
+			"-F option should follow a -e tracepoint option\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	filters[i] = malloc(len + 1);
+	if (!filters[i]) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "not enough memory to hold filter string\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+	strcpy(filters[i], str);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static const char * const event_type_descriptors[] = {
 	"",
 	"Hardware event",
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
index 8626a43..b8c1f64 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
@@ -17,11 +17,13 @@
 extern int			nr_counters;
 
 extern struct perf_event_attr attrs[MAX_COUNTERS];
+extern char *filters[MAX_COUNTERS];
 
 extern const char *event_name(int ctr);
 extern const char *__event_name(int type, u64 config);
 
 extern int parse_events(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int unset);
+extern int parse_filter(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int unset);
 
 #define EVENTS_HELP_MAX (128*1024)