diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c
index 357eef045f3b..9daec588103b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "../../../util/tsc.h"
 #include <internal/lib.h> // page_size
 #include "../../../util/intel-pt.h"
+#include <api/fs/fs.h>
 
 #define KiB(x) ((x) * 1024)
 #define MiB(x) ((x) * 1024 * 1024)
@@ -440,6 +441,16 @@ static int intel_pt_track_switches(struct evlist *evlist)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static bool intel_pt_exclude_guest(void)
+{
+	int pt_mode;
+
+	if (sysfs__read_int("module/kvm_intel/parameters/pt_mode", &pt_mode))
+		pt_mode = 0;
+
+	return pt_mode == 1;
+}
+
 static void intel_pt_valid_str(char *str, size_t len, u64 valid)
 {
 	unsigned int val, last = 0, state = 1;
@@ -643,6 +654,7 @@ static int intel_pt_recording_options(struct auxtrace_record *itr,
 			}
 			evsel->core.attr.freq = 0;
 			evsel->core.attr.sample_period = 1;
+			evsel->core.attr.exclude_guest = intel_pt_exclude_guest();
 			evsel->no_aux_samples = true;
 			evsel->needs_auxtrace_mmap = true;
 			intel_pt_evsel = evsel;