diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 55fc1f4..7d35a71 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 static char		const *input_name = "perf.data";
 
-static bool		force;
+static bool		force, use_tui, use_stdio;
 static bool		hide_unresolved;
 static bool		dont_use_callchains;
 
@@ -450,6 +450,8 @@
 		    "Show per-thread event counters"),
 	OPT_STRING(0, "pretty", &pretty_printing_style, "key",
 		   "pretty printing style key: normal raw"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "tui", &use_tui, "Use the TUI interface"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "stdio", &use_stdio, "Use the stdio interface"),
 	OPT_STRING('s', "sort", &sort_order, "key[,key2...]",
 		   "sort by key(s): pid, comm, dso, symbol, parent"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "showcpuutilization", &symbol_conf.show_cpu_utilization,
@@ -482,8 +484,15 @@
 {
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options, report_usage, 0);
 
+	if (use_stdio)
+		use_browser = 0;
+	else if (use_tui)
+		use_browser = 1;
+
 	if (strcmp(input_name, "-") != 0)
 		setup_browser();
+	else
+		use_browser = 0;
 	/*
 	 * Only in the newt browser we are doing integrated annotation,
 	 * so don't allocate extra space that won't be used in the stdio