diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index 8a09ba3..be65843 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -726,6 +726,7 @@
 	struct intlist		*pid_list;
 	bool			sched;
 	bool			multiple_threads;
+	bool			show_comm;
 	double			duration_filter;
 	double			runtime_ms;
 };
@@ -755,8 +756,11 @@
 	size_t printed = trace__fprintf_tstamp(trace, tstamp, fp);
 	printed += fprintf_duration(duration, fp);
 
-	if (trace->multiple_threads)
+	if (trace->multiple_threads) {
+		if (trace->show_comm)
+			printed += fprintf(fp, "%.14s/", thread->comm);
 		printed += fprintf(fp, "%d ", thread->tid);
+	}
 
 	return printed;
 }
@@ -1503,10 +1507,13 @@
 			.mmap_pages    = 1024,
 		},
 		.output = stdout,
+		.show_comm = true,
 	};
 	const char *output_name = NULL;
 	const char *ev_qualifier_str = NULL;
 	const struct option trace_options[] = {
+	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "comm", &trace.show_comm,
+		    "show the thread COMM next to its id"),
 	OPT_STRING('e', "expr", &ev_qualifier_str, "expr",
 		    "list of events to trace"),
 	OPT_STRING('o', "output", &output_name, "file", "output file name"),