return perf_default_config(var, value, cb);
 }
 
+struct clockid_map {
+       const char *name;
+       int clockid;
+};
+
+#define CLOCKID_MAP(n, c)      \
+       { .name = n, .clockid = (c), }
+
+#define CLOCKID_END    { .name = NULL, }
+
+
+/*
+ * Add the missing ones, we need to build on many distros...
+ */
+#ifndef CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW
+#define CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW 4
+#endif
+#ifndef CLOCK_BOOTTIME
+#define CLOCK_BOOTTIME 7
+#endif
+#ifndef CLOCK_TAI
+#define CLOCK_TAI 11
+#endif
+
+static const struct clockid_map clockids[] = {
+       /* available for all events, NMI safe */
+       CLOCKID_MAP("monotonic", CLOCK_MONOTONIC),
+       CLOCKID_MAP("monotonic_raw", CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW),
+
+       /* available for some events */
+       CLOCKID_MAP("realtime", CLOCK_REALTIME),
+       CLOCKID_MAP("boottime", CLOCK_BOOTTIME),
+       CLOCKID_MAP("tai", CLOCK_TAI),
+
+       /* available for the lazy */
+       CLOCKID_MAP("mono", CLOCK_MONOTONIC),
+       CLOCKID_MAP("raw", CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW),
+       CLOCKID_MAP("real", CLOCK_REALTIME),
+       CLOCKID_MAP("boot", CLOCK_BOOTTIME),
+
+       CLOCKID_END,
+};
+
+static int parse_clockid(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int unset)
+{
+       struct record_opts *opts = (struct record_opts *)opt->value;
+       const struct clockid_map *cm;
+       const char *ostr = str;
+
+       if (unset) {
+               opts->use_clockid = 0;
+               return 0;
+       }
+
+       /* no arg passed */
+       if (!str)
+               return 0;
+
+       /* no setting it twice */
+       if (opts->use_clockid)
+               return -1;
+
+       opts->use_clockid = true;
+
+       /* if its a number, we're done */
+       if (sscanf(str, "%d", &opts->clockid) == 1)
+               return 0;
+
+       /* allow a "CLOCK_" prefix to the name */
+       if (!strncasecmp(str, "CLOCK_", 6))
+               str += 6;
+
+       for (cm = clockids; cm->name; cm++) {
+               if (!strcasecmp(str, cm->name)) {
+                       opts->clockid = cm->clockid;
+                       return 0;
+               }
+       }
+
+       opts->use_clockid = false;
+       ui__warning("unknown clockid %s, check man page\n", ostr);
+       return -1;
+}
+
 static const char * const __record_usage[] = {
        "perf record [<options>] [<command>]",
        "perf record [<options>] -- <command> [<options>]",
                    "Sample machine registers on interrupt"),
        OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "running-time", &record.opts.running_time,
                    "Record running/enabled time of read (:S) events"),
+       OPT_CALLBACK('k', "clockid", &record.opts,
+       "clockid", "clockid to use for events, see clock_gettime()",
+       parse_clockid),
        OPT_END()
 };
 
 
        bool exclude_guest;
        bool mmap2;
        bool cloexec;
+       bool clockid;
+       bool clockid_wrong;
 } perf_missing_features;
 
+static clockid_t clockid;
+
 static int perf_evsel__no_extra_init(struct perf_evsel *evsel __maybe_unused)
 {
        return 0;
                attr->disabled = 0;
                attr->enable_on_exec = 0;
        }
+
+       clockid = opts->clockid;
+       if (opts->use_clockid) {
+               attr->use_clockid = 1;
+               attr->clockid = opts->clockid;
+       }
 }
 
 static int perf_evsel__alloc_fd(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus, int nthreads)
        ret += PRINT_ATTR2(exclude_user, exclude_kernel);
        ret += PRINT_ATTR2(exclude_hv, exclude_idle);
        ret += PRINT_ATTR2(mmap, comm);
-       ret += PRINT_ATTR2(mmap2, comm_exec);
        ret += PRINT_ATTR2(freq, inherit_stat);
        ret += PRINT_ATTR2(enable_on_exec, task);
        ret += PRINT_ATTR2(watermark, precise_ip);
        ret += PRINT_ATTR2(exclude_host, exclude_guest);
        ret += PRINT_ATTR2N("excl.callchain_kern", exclude_callchain_kernel,
                            "excl.callchain_user", exclude_callchain_user);
+       ret += PRINT_ATTR2(mmap2, comm_exec);
+       ret += __PRINT_ATTR("%u",,use_clockid);
+
 
        ret += PRINT_ATTR_U32(wakeup_events);
        ret += PRINT_ATTR_U32(wakeup_watermark);
        ret += PRINT_ATTR_X64(branch_sample_type);
        ret += PRINT_ATTR_X64(sample_regs_user);
        ret += PRINT_ATTR_U32(sample_stack_user);
+       ret += PRINT_ATTR_U32(clockid);
        ret += PRINT_ATTR_X64(sample_regs_intr);
 
        ret += fprintf(fp, "%.60s\n", graph_dotted_line);
        }
 
 fallback_missing_features:
+       if (perf_missing_features.clockid_wrong)
+               evsel->attr.clockid = CLOCK_MONOTONIC; /* should always work */
+       if (perf_missing_features.clockid) {
+               evsel->attr.use_clockid = 0;
+               evsel->attr.clockid = 0;
+       }
        if (perf_missing_features.cloexec)
                flags &= ~(unsigned long)PERF_FLAG_FD_CLOEXEC;
        if (perf_missing_features.mmap2)
                                goto try_fallback;
                        }
                        set_rlimit = NO_CHANGE;
+
+                       /*
+                        * If we succeeded but had to kill clockid, fail and
+                        * have perf_evsel__open_strerror() print us a nice
+                        * error.
+                        */
+                       if (perf_missing_features.clockid ||
+                           perf_missing_features.clockid_wrong) {
+                               err = -EINVAL;
+                               goto out_close;
+                       }
                }
        }
 
        if (err != -EINVAL || cpu > 0 || thread > 0)
                goto out_close;
 
-       if (!perf_missing_features.cloexec && (flags & PERF_FLAG_FD_CLOEXEC)) {
+       /*
+        * Must probe features in the order they were added to the
+        * perf_event_attr interface.
+        */
+       if (!perf_missing_features.clockid_wrong && evsel->attr.use_clockid) {
+               perf_missing_features.clockid_wrong = true;
+               goto fallback_missing_features;
+       } else if (!perf_missing_features.clockid && evsel->attr.use_clockid) {
+               perf_missing_features.clockid = true;
+               goto fallback_missing_features;
+       } else if (!perf_missing_features.cloexec && (flags & PERF_FLAG_FD_CLOEXEC)) {
                perf_missing_features.cloexec = true;
                goto fallback_missing_features;
        } else if (!perf_missing_features.mmap2 && evsel->attr.mmap2) {
                if_print(exclude_hv);
                if_print(exclude_idle);
                if_print(mmap);
-               if_print(mmap2);
                if_print(comm);
-               if_print(comm_exec);
                if_print(freq);
                if_print(inherit_stat);
                if_print(enable_on_exec);
                if_print(sample_id_all);
                if_print(exclude_host);
                if_print(exclude_guest);
+               if_print(mmap2);
+               if_print(comm_exec);
+               if_print(use_clockid);
                if_print(__reserved_1);
                if_print(wakeup_events);
                if_print(bp_type);
                if_print(branch_sample_type);
+               if_print(sample_regs_user);
+               if_print(sample_stack_user);
+               if_print(clockid);
+               if_print(sample_regs_intr);
        }
 out:
        fputc('\n', fp);
        "The PMU counters are busy/taken by another profiler.\n"
        "We found oprofile daemon running, please stop it and try again.");
                break;
+       case EINVAL:
+               if (perf_missing_features.clockid)
+                       return scnprintf(msg, size, "clockid feature not supported.");
+               if (perf_missing_features.clockid_wrong)
+                       return scnprintf(msg, size, "wrong clockid (%d).", clockid);
+               break;
        default:
                break;
        }