#include "util/symbol.h"
 #include "util/thread.h"
 #include "util/trace-event.h"
+#include "util/parse-options.h"
 #include "util/util.h"
 
 static char const              *script_name;
 static bool                    debug_mode;
 static u64                     last_timestamp;
 static u64                     nr_unordered;
+extern const struct option     record_options[];
 
 static int default_start_script(const char *script __unused,
                                int argc __unused,
        OPT_END()
 };
 
+static bool have_cmd(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+       char **__argv = malloc(sizeof(const char *) * argc);
+
+       if (!__argv)
+               die("malloc");
+       memcpy(__argv, argv, sizeof(const char *) * argc);
+       argc = parse_options(argc, (const char **)__argv, record_options,
+                            NULL, PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION);
+       free(__argv);
+
+       return argc != 0;
+}
+
 int cmd_trace(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
 {
        struct perf_session *session;
        }
 
        if (suffix) {
+               bool system_wide = false;
+               int j = 0;
+
                script_path = get_script_path(argv[2], suffix);
                if (!script_path) {
                        fprintf(stderr, "script not found\n");
                        return -1;
                }
 
+               if (!strcmp(suffix, RECORD_SUFFIX))
+                       system_wide = !have_cmd(argc - 2, &argv[2]);
+
                __argv = malloc((argc + 1) * sizeof(const char *));
                if (!__argv)
                        die("malloc");
-               __argv[0] = "/bin/sh";
-               __argv[1] = script_path;
+               __argv[j++] = "/bin/sh";
+               __argv[j++] = script_path;
+               if (system_wide)
+                       __argv[j++] = "-a";
                for (i = 3; i < argc; i++)
-                       __argv[i - 1] = argv[i];
-               __argv[argc - 1] = NULL;
+                       __argv[j++] = argv[i];
+               __argv[j++] = NULL;
 
                execvp("/bin/sh", (char **)__argv);
                free(__argv);