diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
index 85cbbddb6880..fc6f35f591f6 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
@@ -4446,11 +4446,11 @@ void pevent_event_info(struct trace_seq *s, struct event_format *event,
 {
 	int print_pretty = 1;
 
-	if (event->pevent->print_raw)
+	if (event->pevent->print_raw || (event->flags & EVENT_FL_PRINTRAW))
 		print_event_fields(s, record->data, record->size, event);
 	else {
 
-		if (event->handler)
+		if (event->handler && !(event->flags & EVENT_FL_NOHANDLE))
 			print_pretty = event->handler(s, record, event,
 						      event->context);
 
diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.h b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.h
index 9ab6367f2fe9..dc8539ee9485 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.h
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.h
@@ -308,6 +308,8 @@ enum {
 	EVENT_FL_ISBPRINT	= 0x04,
 	EVENT_FL_ISFUNCENT	= 0x10,
 	EVENT_FL_ISFUNCRET	= 0x20,
+	EVENT_FL_NOHANDLE	= 0x40,
+	EVENT_FL_PRINTRAW	= 0x80,
 
 	EVENT_FL_FAILED		= 0x80000000
 };