extern const struct option     record_options[];
 static bool                    no_callchain;
 static bool                    show_full_info;
+static bool                    system_wide;
 static const char              *cpu_list;
 static DECLARE_BITMAP(cpu_bitmap, MAX_NR_CPUS);
 
        OPT_CALLBACK('f', "fields", NULL, "str",
                     "comma separated output fields prepend with 'type:'. Valid types: hw,sw,trace,raw. Fields: comm,tid,pid,time,cpu,event,trace,ip,sym,dso,addr",
                     parse_output_fields),
+       OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all-cpus", &system_wide,
+                    "system-wide collection from all CPUs"),
        OPT_STRING('C', "cpu", &cpu_list, "cpu", "list of cpus to profile"),
        OPT_STRING('c', "comms", &symbol_conf.comm_list_str, "comm[,comm...]",
                   "only display events for these comms"),
        struct perf_session *session;
        char *script_path = NULL;
        const char **__argv;
-       bool system_wide;
        int i, j, err;
 
        setup_scripting();
                }
 
                if (!pid) {
-                       system_wide = true;
                        j = 0;
 
                        dup2(live_pipe[1], 1);
                        close(live_pipe[0]);
 
-                       if (!is_top_script(argv[0]))
+                       if (is_top_script(argv[0])) {
+                               system_wide = true;
+                       } else if (!system_wide) {
                                system_wide = !have_cmd(argc - rep_args,
                                                        &argv[rep_args]);
+                       }
 
                        __argv = malloc((argc + 6) * sizeof(const char *));
                        if (!__argv)
                script_path = rep_script_path;
 
        if (script_path) {
-               system_wide = false;
                j = 0;
 
-               if (rec_script_path)
+               if (!rec_script_path)
+                       system_wide = false;
+               else if (!system_wide)
                        system_wide = !have_cmd(argc - 1, &argv[1]);
 
                __argv = malloc((argc + 2) * sizeof(const char *));