diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
index 578fa59f51a5..005e51df855e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
@@ -442,9 +442,10 @@ include::itrace.txt[]
 	will be printed. Each entry has function name and file/line. Enabled by
 	default, disable with --no-inline.
 
---insn-trace::
-	Show instruction stream for intel_pt traces. Combine with --xed to
-	show disassembly.
+--insn-trace[=<raw|disasm>]::
+	Show instruction stream in bytes (raw) or disassembled (disasm)
+	for intel_pt traces. The default is 'raw'. To use xed, combine
+	'raw' with --xed to show disassembly done by xed.
 
 --xed::
 	Run xed disassembler on output. Requires installing the xed disassembler.
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index ba4cfe040bd6..37088cc0ff1b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -3788,10 +3788,24 @@ static int perf_script__process_auxtrace_info(struct perf_session *session,
 #endif
 
 static int parse_insn_trace(const struct option *opt __maybe_unused,
-			    const char *str __maybe_unused,
-			    int unset __maybe_unused)
+			    const char *str, int unset __maybe_unused)
 {
-	parse_output_fields(NULL, "+insn,-event,-period", 0);
+	const char *fields = "+insn,-event,-period";
+	int ret;
+
+	if (str) {
+		if (strcmp(str, "disasm") == 0)
+			fields = "+disasm,-event,-period";
+		else if (strlen(str) != 0 && strcmp(str, "raw") != 0) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "Only accept raw|disasm\n");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	ret = parse_output_fields(NULL, fields, 0);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
 	itrace_parse_synth_opts(opt, "i0ns", 0);
 	symbol_conf.nanosecs = true;
 	return 0;
@@ -3937,7 +3951,7 @@ int cmd_script(int argc, const char **argv)
 		   "only consider these symbols"),
 	OPT_INTEGER(0, "addr-range", &symbol_conf.addr_range,
 		    "Use with -S to list traced records within address range"),
-	OPT_CALLBACK_OPTARG(0, "insn-trace", &itrace_synth_opts, NULL, NULL,
+	OPT_CALLBACK_OPTARG(0, "insn-trace", &itrace_synth_opts, NULL, "raw|disasm",
 			"Decode instructions from itrace", parse_insn_trace),
 	OPT_CALLBACK_OPTARG(0, "xed", NULL, NULL, NULL,
 			"Run xed disassembler on output", parse_xed),