diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-mem.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-mem.txt
index 43310d8661fe..1d6092c460dd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-mem.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-mem.txt
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ OPTIONS
 	option can be passed in record mode. It will be interpreted the same way as perf
 	record.
 
+-K::
+--all-kernel::
+	Configure all used events to run in kernel space.
+
+-U::
+--all-user::
+	Configure all used events to run in user space.
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-report[1]
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c b/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c
index 85db3be4b3cb..1dc140c5481d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c
@@ -62,19 +62,22 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, struct perf_mem *mem)
 	int rec_argc, i = 0, j;
 	const char **rec_argv;
 	int ret;
+	bool all_user = false, all_kernel = false;
 	struct option options[] = {
 	OPT_CALLBACK('e', "event", &mem, "event",
 		     "event selector. use 'perf mem record -e list' to list available events",
 		     parse_record_events),
 	OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose,
 		 "be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc)"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN('U', "--all-user", &all_user, "collect only user level data"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN('K', "--all-kernel", &all_kernel, "collect only kernel level data"),
 	OPT_END()
 	};
 
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options, record_mem_usage,
 			     PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION);
 
-	rec_argc = argc + 7; /* max number of arguments */
+	rec_argc = argc + 9; /* max number of arguments */
 	rec_argv = calloc(rec_argc + 1, sizeof(char *));
 	if (!rec_argv)
 		return -1;
@@ -103,6 +106,12 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, struct perf_mem *mem)
 		rec_argv[i++] = perf_mem_events__name(j);
 	};
 
+	if (all_user)
+		rec_argv[i++] = "--all-user";
+
+	if (all_kernel)
+		rec_argv[i++] = "--all-kernel";
+
 	for (j = 0; j < argc; j++, i++)
 		rec_argv[i] = argv[j];