diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 398f8d53bd6d..af9a54ece024 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -214,6 +214,12 @@ if combined with -a or -C options.
 After starting the program, wait msecs before measuring. This is useful to
 filter out the startup phase of the program, which is often very different.
 
+-I::
+--intr-regs::
+Capture machine state (registers) at interrupt, i.e., on counter overflows for
+each sample. List of captured registers depends on the architecture. This option
+is off by default.
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-list[1]
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 582c4da155ea..8648c6d3003d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -811,6 +811,8 @@ struct option __record_options[] = {
 		    "sample transaction flags (special events only)"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "per-thread", &record.opts.target.per_thread,
 		    "use per-thread mmaps"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN('I', "intr-regs", &record.opts.sample_intr_regs,
+		    "Sample machine registers on interrupt"),
 	OPT_END()
 };