diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
index 744211fa8c18..6ec5960b08c3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
@@ -482,6 +482,15 @@ convenient for post processing.
 --summary::
 Print summary for interval mode (-I).
 
+--no-csv-summary::
+Don't print 'summary' at the first column for CVS summary output.
+This option must be used with -x and --summary.
+
+This option can be enabled in perf config by setting the variable
+'stat.no-csv-summary'.
+
+$ perf config stat.no-csv-summary=true
+
 EXAMPLES
 --------
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 4bb48c6b6698..2a2c15cac80a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -1093,6 +1093,11 @@ void perf_stat__set_big_num(int set)
 	stat_config.big_num = (set != 0);
 }
 
+void perf_stat__set_no_csv_summary(int set)
+{
+	stat_config.no_csv_summary = (set != 0);
+}
+
 static int stat__set_big_num(const struct option *opt __maybe_unused,
 			     const char *s __maybe_unused, int unset)
 {
@@ -1249,6 +1254,8 @@ static struct option stat_options[] = {
 		    "threads of same physical core"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "summary", &stat_config.summary,
 		       "print summary for interval mode"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "no-csv-summary", &stat_config.no_csv_summary,
+		       "don't print 'summary' for CSV summary output"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "quiet", &stat_config.quiet,
 			"don't print output (useful with record)"),
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBPFM
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/config.c b/tools/perf/util/config.c
index 2daeaa9a4a24..6bcb5ef221f8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/config.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/config.c
@@ -457,6 +457,9 @@ static int perf_stat_config(const char *var, const char *value)
 	if (!strcmp(var, "stat.big-num"))
 		perf_stat__set_big_num(perf_config_bool(var, value));
 
+	if (!strcmp(var, "stat.no-csv-summary"))
+		perf_stat__set_no_csv_summary(perf_config_bool(var, value));
+
 	/* Add other config variables here. */
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c b/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c
index 7f09cdaf5b60..d3137bc17065 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c
@@ -439,6 +439,12 @@ static void printout(struct perf_stat_config *config, struct aggr_cpu_id id, int
 		if (counter->cgrp)
 			os.nfields++;
 	}
+
+	if (!config->no_csv_summary && config->csv_output &&
+	    config->summary && !config->interval) {
+		fprintf(config->output, "%16s%s", "summary", config->csv_sep);
+	}
+
 	if (run == 0 || ena == 0 || counter->counts->scaled == -1) {
 		if (config->metric_only) {
 			pm(config, &os, NULL, "", "", 0);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat.h b/tools/perf/util/stat.h
index 41107b8deac5..48e6a06233fa 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat.h
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ struct perf_stat_config {
 	bool			 all_user;
 	bool			 percore_show_thread;
 	bool			 summary;
+	bool			 no_csv_summary;
 	bool			 metric_no_group;
 	bool			 metric_no_merge;
 	bool			 stop_read_counter;
@@ -160,6 +161,7 @@ struct perf_stat_config {
 };
 
 void perf_stat__set_big_num(int set);
+void perf_stat__set_no_csv_summary(int set);
 
 void update_stats(struct stats *stats, u64 val);
 double avg_stats(struct stats *stats);