diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index ebcba1f95513..e216d7b529c9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -433,6 +433,12 @@ can be specified in a string that follows this option:
 In Snapshot Mode trace data is captured only when signal SIGUSR2 is received
 and on exit if the above 'e' option is given.
 
+--aux-sample[=OPTIONS]::
+Select AUX area sampling. At least one of the events selected by the -e option
+must be an AUX area event. Samples on other events will be created containing
+data from the AUX area. Optionally sample size may be specified, otherwise it
+defaults to 4KiB.
+
 --proc-map-timeout::
 When processing pre-existing threads /proc/XXX/mmap, it may take a long time,
 because the file may be huge. A time out is needed in such cases.
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 7ab3110b4035..b5063d3b6fd0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -680,6 +680,11 @@ static int record__auxtrace_init(struct record *rec)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
+	err = auxtrace_parse_sample_options(rec->itr, rec->evlist, &rec->opts,
+					    rec->opts.auxtrace_sample_opts);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
 	return auxtrace_parse_filters(rec->evlist);
 }
 
@@ -752,6 +757,8 @@ static int record__mmap_evlist(struct record *rec,
 			       struct evlist *evlist)
 {
 	struct record_opts *opts = &rec->opts;
+	bool auxtrace_overwrite = opts->auxtrace_snapshot_mode ||
+				  opts->auxtrace_sample_mode;
 	char msg[512];
 
 	if (opts->affinity != PERF_AFFINITY_SYS)
@@ -759,7 +766,7 @@ static int record__mmap_evlist(struct record *rec,
 
 	if (evlist__mmap_ex(evlist, opts->mmap_pages,
 				 opts->auxtrace_mmap_pages,
-				 opts->auxtrace_snapshot_mode,
+				 auxtrace_overwrite,
 				 opts->nr_cblocks, opts->affinity,
 				 opts->mmap_flush, opts->comp_level) < 0) {
 		if (errno == EPERM) {
@@ -1046,6 +1053,7 @@ static int record__mmap_read_evlist(struct record *rec, struct evlist *evlist,
 		}
 
 		if (map->auxtrace_mmap.base && !rec->opts.auxtrace_snapshot_mode &&
+		    !rec->opts.auxtrace_sample_mode &&
 		    record__auxtrace_mmap_read(rec, map) != 0) {
 			rc = -1;
 			goto out;
@@ -1321,6 +1329,15 @@ static int record__synthesize(struct record *rec, bool tail)
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
+	/* Synthesize id_index before auxtrace_info */
+	if (rec->opts.auxtrace_sample_mode) {
+		err = perf_event__synthesize_id_index(tool,
+						      process_synthesized_event,
+						      session->evlist, machine);
+		if (err)
+			goto out;
+	}
+
 	if (rec->opts.full_auxtrace) {
 		err = perf_event__synthesize_auxtrace_info(rec->itr, tool,
 					session, process_synthesized_event);
@@ -2329,6 +2346,8 @@ static struct option __record_options[] = {
 	parse_clockid),
 	OPT_STRING_OPTARG('S', "snapshot", &record.opts.auxtrace_snapshot_opts,
 			  "opts", "AUX area tracing Snapshot Mode", ""),
+	OPT_STRING_OPTARG(0, "aux-sample", &record.opts.auxtrace_sample_opts,
+			  "opts", "sample AUX area", ""),
 	OPT_UINTEGER(0, "proc-map-timeout", &proc_map_timeout,
 			"per thread proc mmap processing timeout in ms"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "namespaces", &record.opts.record_namespaces,