diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c b/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
index 8252ed0ba5d0..58924c67f818 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
@@ -4,12 +4,116 @@
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
+#include "mem-events.h"
 
 static const char * const c2c_usage[] = {
 	"perf c2c",
 	NULL
 };
 
+static int parse_record_events(const struct option *opt __maybe_unused,
+			       const char *str, int unset __maybe_unused)
+{
+	bool *event_set = (bool *) opt->value;
+
+	*event_set = true;
+	return perf_mem_events__parse(str);
+}
+
+
+static const char * const __usage_record[] = {
+	"perf c2c record [<options>] [<command>]",
+	"perf c2c record [<options>] -- <command> [<options>]",
+	NULL
+};
+
+static const char * const *record_mem_usage = __usage_record;
+
+static int perf_c2c__record(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+	int rec_argc, i = 0, j;
+	const char **rec_argv;
+	int ret;
+	bool all_user = false, all_kernel = false;
+	bool event_set = false;
+	struct option options[] = {
+	OPT_CALLBACK('e', "event", &event_set, "event",
+		     "event selector. Use 'perf mem record -e list' to list available events",
+		     parse_record_events),
+	OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose,
+		 "be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc)"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN('u', "all-user", &all_user, "collect only user level data"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN('k', "all-kernel", &all_kernel, "collect only kernel level data"),
+	OPT_UINTEGER('l', "ldlat", &perf_mem_events__loads_ldlat, "setup mem-loads latency"),
+	OPT_END()
+	};
+
+	if (perf_mem_events__init()) {
+		pr_err("failed: memory events not supported\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options, record_mem_usage,
+			     PARSE_OPT_KEEP_UNKNOWN);
+
+	rec_argc = argc + 10; /* max number of arguments */
+	rec_argv = calloc(rec_argc + 1, sizeof(char *));
+	if (!rec_argv)
+		return -1;
+
+	rec_argv[i++] = "record";
+
+	if (!event_set) {
+		perf_mem_events[PERF_MEM_EVENTS__LOAD].record  = true;
+		perf_mem_events[PERF_MEM_EVENTS__STORE].record = true;
+	}
+
+	if (perf_mem_events[PERF_MEM_EVENTS__LOAD].record)
+		rec_argv[i++] = "-W";
+
+	rec_argv[i++] = "-d";
+	rec_argv[i++] = "--sample-cpu";
+
+	for (j = 0; j < PERF_MEM_EVENTS__MAX; j++) {
+		if (!perf_mem_events[j].record)
+			continue;
+
+		if (!perf_mem_events[j].supported) {
+			pr_err("failed: event '%s' not supported\n",
+			       perf_mem_events[j].name);
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+		rec_argv[i++] = "-e";
+		rec_argv[i++] = perf_mem_events__name(j);
+	};
+
+	if (all_user)
+		rec_argv[i++] = "--all-user";
+
+	if (all_kernel)
+		rec_argv[i++] = "--all-kernel";
+
+	for (j = 0; j < argc; j++, i++)
+		rec_argv[i] = argv[j];
+
+	if (verbose > 0) {
+		pr_debug("calling: ");
+
+		j = 0;
+
+		while (rec_argv[j]) {
+			pr_debug("%s ", rec_argv[j]);
+			j++;
+		}
+		pr_debug("\n");
+	}
+
+	ret = cmd_record(i, rec_argv, NULL);
+	free(rec_argv);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 int cmd_c2c(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 {
 	const struct option c2c_options[] = {
@@ -19,5 +123,15 @@ int cmd_c2c(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, c2c_options, c2c_usage,
 			     PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION);
+
+	if (!argc)
+		usage_with_options(c2c_usage, c2c_options);
+
+	if (!strncmp(argv[0], "rec", 3)) {
+		return perf_c2c__record(argc, argv);
+	} else {
+		usage_with_options(c2c_usage, c2c_options);
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }