static const char              *post_cmd                       = NULL;
 static bool                    sync_run                        = false;
 static unsigned int            interval                        = 0;
+static bool                    forever                         = false;
 static struct timespec         ref_time;
 static struct cpu_map          *sock_map;
 
        return perf_evsel__cpus(evsel)->nr;
 }
 
+static void perf_evsel__reset_stat_priv(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
+{
+       memset(evsel->priv, 0, sizeof(struct perf_stat));
+}
+
 static int perf_evsel__alloc_stat_priv(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 {
        evsel->priv = zalloc(sizeof(struct perf_stat));
 static struct stats runtime_dtlb_cache_stats[MAX_NR_CPUS];
 static struct stats walltime_nsecs_stats;
 
+static void reset_stats(void)
+{
+       memset(runtime_nsecs_stats, 0, sizeof(runtime_nsecs_stats));
+       memset(runtime_cycles_stats, 0, sizeof(runtime_cycles_stats));
+       memset(runtime_stalled_cycles_front_stats, 0, sizeof(runtime_stalled_cycles_front_stats));
+       memset(runtime_stalled_cycles_back_stats, 0, sizeof(runtime_stalled_cycles_back_stats));
+       memset(runtime_branches_stats, 0, sizeof(runtime_branches_stats));
+       memset(runtime_cacherefs_stats, 0, sizeof(runtime_cacherefs_stats));
+       memset(runtime_l1_dcache_stats, 0, sizeof(runtime_l1_dcache_stats));
+       memset(runtime_l1_icache_stats, 0, sizeof(runtime_l1_icache_stats));
+       memset(runtime_ll_cache_stats, 0, sizeof(runtime_ll_cache_stats));
+       memset(runtime_itlb_cache_stats, 0, sizeof(runtime_itlb_cache_stats));
+       memset(runtime_dtlb_cache_stats, 0, sizeof(runtime_dtlb_cache_stats));
+       memset(&walltime_nsecs_stats, 0, sizeof(walltime_nsecs_stats));
+}
+
 static int create_perf_stat_counter(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 {
        struct perf_event_attr *attr = &evsel->attr;
        OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose,
                    "be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc)"),
        OPT_INTEGER('r', "repeat", &run_count,
-                   "repeat command and print average + stddev (max: 100)"),
+                   "repeat command and print average + stddev (max: 100, forever: 0)"),
        OPT_BOOLEAN('n', "null", &null_run,
                    "null run - dont start any counters"),
        OPT_INCR('d', "detailed", &detailed_run,
 
        if (!argc && !perf_target__has_task(&target))
                usage_with_options(stat_usage, options);
-       if (run_count <= 0)
+       if (run_count < 0) {
                usage_with_options(stat_usage, options);
+       } else if (run_count == 0) {
+               forever = true;
+               run_count = 1;
+       }
 
        /* no_aggr, cgroup are for system-wide only */
        if ((no_aggr || nr_cgroups) && !perf_target__has_cpu(&target)) {
         * task, but being ignored by perf stat itself:
         */
        atexit(sig_atexit);
-       signal(SIGINT,  skip_signal);
+       if (!forever)
+               signal(SIGINT,  skip_signal);
        signal(SIGCHLD, skip_signal);
        signal(SIGALRM, skip_signal);
        signal(SIGABRT, skip_signal);
 
        status = 0;
-       for (run_idx = 0; run_idx < run_count; run_idx++) {
+       for (run_idx = 0; forever || run_idx < run_count; run_idx++) {
                if (run_count != 1 && verbose)
                        fprintf(output, "[ perf stat: executing run #%d ... ]\n",
                                run_idx + 1);
 
                status = run_perf_stat(argc, argv);
+               if (forever && status != -1) {
+                       print_stat(argc, argv);
+                       list_for_each_entry(pos, &evsel_list->entries, node) {
+                               perf_evsel__reset_stat_priv(pos);
+                               perf_evsel__reset_counts(pos, perf_evsel__nr_cpus(pos));
+                       }
+                       reset_stats();
+               }
        }
 
-       if (status != -1 && !interval)
+       if (!forever && status != -1 && !interval)
                print_stat(argc, argv);
 out_free_fd:
        list_for_each_entry(pos, &evsel_list->entries, node) {