2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index f6426b496f4..6b0519f885e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static int			freq				=   1000;
 static int                      output;
 static int                      pipe_output                     =      0;
 static const char               *output_name                    = NULL;
-static int                      group                           =      0;
+static bool                     group                           =  false;
 static int                      realtime_prio                   =      0;
 static bool                     nodelay                         =  false;
 static bool                     raw_samples                     =  false;
@@ -753,6 +753,8 @@ const struct option record_options[] = {
                     "child tasks do not inherit counters"),
         OPT_UINTEGER('F', "freq", &user_freq, "profile at this frequency"),
         OPT_UINTEGER('m', "mmap-pages", &mmap_pages, "number of mmap data pages"),
+        OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "group", &group,
+                    "put the counters into a counter group"),
         OPT_BOOLEAN('g', "call-graph", &call_graph,
                     "do call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording"),
         OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose,
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 1ad04ce29c3..5deb17d9e79 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ static int			big_num_opt			=  -1;
 static const char               *cpu_list;
 static const char               *csv_sep                        = NULL;
 static bool                     csv_output                      = false;
+static bool                     group                           = false;
 
 static volatile int done = 0;
 
@@ -280,14 +281,14 @@ static int create_perf_stat_counter(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
         attr->inherit = !no_inherit;
 
         if (system_wide)
-                return perf_evsel__open_per_cpu(evsel, evsel_list->cpus, false);
+                return perf_evsel__open_per_cpu(evsel, evsel_list->cpus, group);
 
         if (target_pid == -1 && target_tid == -1) {
                 attr->disabled = 1;
                 attr->enable_on_exec = 1;
         }
 
-        return perf_evsel__open_per_thread(evsel, evsel_list->threads, false);
+        return perf_evsel__open_per_thread(evsel, evsel_list->threads, group);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1043,6 +1044,8 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
                     "stat events on existing thread id"),
         OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all-cpus", &system_wide,
                     "system-wide collection from all CPUs"),
+        OPT_BOOLEAN('g', "group", &group,
+                    "put the counters into a counter group"),
         OPT_BOOLEAN('c', "scale", &scale,
                     "scale/normalize counters"),
         OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose,