diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 29abc04007eb..35465d1db6dd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -731,6 +731,8 @@ static int record__auxtrace_init(struct record *rec)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
+	auxtrace_regroup_aux_output(rec->evlist);
+
 	return auxtrace_parse_filters(rec->evlist);
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
index a60878498139..953f4afacd3b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
@@ -788,6 +788,21 @@ no_opt:
 	return auxtrace_validate_aux_sample_size(evlist, opts);
 }
 
+void auxtrace_regroup_aux_output(struct evlist *evlist)
+{
+	struct evsel *evsel, *aux_evsel = NULL;
+	struct evsel_config_term *term;
+
+	evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, evsel) {
+		if (evsel__is_aux_event(evsel))
+			aux_evsel = evsel;
+		term = evsel__get_config_term(evsel, AUX_OUTPUT);
+		/* If possible, group with the AUX event */
+		if (term && aux_evsel)
+			evlist__regroup(evlist, aux_evsel, evsel);
+	}
+}
+
 struct auxtrace_record *__weak
 auxtrace_record__init(struct evlist *evlist __maybe_unused, int *err)
 {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
index 7e5c9e1552bd..a4fbb33b7245 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
@@ -559,6 +559,7 @@ int auxtrace_parse_snapshot_options(struct auxtrace_record *itr,
 int auxtrace_parse_sample_options(struct auxtrace_record *itr,
 				  struct evlist *evlist,
 				  struct record_opts *opts, const char *str);
+void auxtrace_regroup_aux_output(struct evlist *evlist);
 int auxtrace_record__options(struct auxtrace_record *itr,
 			     struct evlist *evlist,
 			     struct record_opts *opts);
@@ -740,6 +741,11 @@ int auxtrace_parse_sample_options(struct auxtrace_record *itr __maybe_unused,
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
+static inline
+void auxtrace_regroup_aux_output(struct evlist *evlist __maybe_unused)
+{
+}
+
 static inline
 int auxtrace__process_event(struct perf_session *session __maybe_unused,
 			    union perf_event *event __maybe_unused,