diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index 09bcf2393910..d64e8c619ff6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -2105,6 +2105,10 @@ static int trace__run(struct trace *trace, int argc, const char **argv)
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto out_error_open;
 
+	err = perf_evlist__set_filter_pid(evlist, getpid());
+	if (err < 0)
+		goto out_error_filter;
+
 	err = perf_evlist__mmap(evlist, trace->opts.mmap_pages, false);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		fprintf(trace->output, "Couldn't mmap the events: %s\n",
@@ -2216,6 +2220,11 @@ out_error_open:
 out_error:
 	fprintf(trace->output, "%s\n", errbuf);
 	goto out_delete_evlist;
+
+out_error_filter:
+	fprintf(trace->output, "Couldn't set 'perf trace' pid filter: %s\n",
+                        strerror_r(errno, errbuf, sizeof(errbuf)));
+	goto out_delete_evlist;
 }
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index 3cebc9a8d52e..06e54304f63f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -1041,6 +1041,27 @@ int perf_evlist__set_filter(struct perf_evlist *evlist, const char *filter)
 	return err;
 }
 
+int perf_evlist__set_filter_pid(struct perf_evlist *evlist, pid_t pid)
+{
+	struct perf_evsel *evsel;
+	int err = 0;
+	const int ncpus = cpu_map__nr(evlist->cpus),
+		  nthreads = thread_map__nr(evlist->threads);
+	char filter[64];
+
+	scnprintf(filter, sizeof(filter), "common_pid != %d", pid);
+
+	evlist__for_each(evlist, evsel) {
+		if (evsel->attr.type != PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT)
+			continue;
+		err = perf_evsel__set_filter(evsel, ncpus, nthreads, filter);
+		if (err)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	return err;
+}
+
 bool perf_evlist__valid_sample_type(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 {
 	struct perf_evsel *pos;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
index bd312b01e876..9c4b9410d511 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ int perf_evlist__add_newtp(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 			   const char *sys, const char *name, void *handler);
 
 int perf_evlist__set_filter(struct perf_evlist *evlist, const char *filter);
+int perf_evlist__set_filter_pid(struct perf_evlist *evlist, pid_t pid);
 
 struct perf_evsel *
 perf_evlist__find_tracepoint_by_id(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int id);