diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
index ef2f93c..fe62284 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
@@ -1141,6 +1141,7 @@
 	int nr_options = 0;
 	int key = -1;
 	char buf[64];
+	char script_opt[64];
 
 	if (browser == NULL)
 		return -1;
@@ -1159,6 +1160,7 @@
 		int choice = 0,
 		    annotate = -2, zoom_dso = -2, zoom_thread = -2,
 		    annotate_f = -2, annotate_t = -2, browse_map = -2;
+		int scripts_comm = -2, scripts_symbol = -2, scripts_all = -2;
 
 		nr_options = 0;
 
@@ -1211,6 +1213,8 @@
 				hist_browser__reset(browser);
 			}
 			continue;
+		case 'r':
+			goto do_scripts;
 		case K_F1:
 		case 'h':
 		case '?':
@@ -1229,6 +1233,7 @@
 					"E             Expand all callchains\n"
 					"d             Zoom into current DSO\n"
 					"t             Zoom into current Thread\n"
+					"r             Run available scripts\n"
 					"P             Print histograms to perf.hist.N\n"
 					"V             Verbose (DSO names in callchains, etc)\n"
 					"/             Filter symbol by name");
@@ -1317,6 +1322,25 @@
 		    browser->selection->map != NULL &&
 		    asprintf(&options[nr_options], "Browse map details") > 0)
 			browse_map = nr_options++;
+
+		/* perf script support */
+		if (browser->he_selection) {
+			struct symbol *sym;
+
+			if (asprintf(&options[nr_options], "Run scripts for samples of thread [%s]",
+				browser->he_selection->thread->comm) > 0)
+				scripts_comm = nr_options++;
+
+			sym = browser->he_selection->ms.sym;
+			if (sym && sym->namelen &&
+				asprintf(&options[nr_options], "Run scripts for samples of symbol [%s]",
+						sym->name) > 0)
+				scripts_symbol = nr_options++;
+		}
+
+		if (asprintf(&options[nr_options], "Run scripts for all samples") > 0)
+			scripts_all = nr_options++;
+
 add_exit_option:
 		options[nr_options++] = (char *)"Exit";
 retry_popup_menu:
@@ -1411,6 +1435,20 @@
 			hists__filter_by_thread(hists);
 			hist_browser__reset(browser);
 		}
+		/* perf scripts support */
+		else if (choice == scripts_all || choice == scripts_comm ||
+				choice == scripts_symbol) {
+do_scripts:
+			memset(script_opt, 0, 64);
+
+			if (choice == scripts_comm)
+				sprintf(script_opt, " -c %s ", browser->he_selection->thread->comm);
+
+			if (choice == scripts_symbol)
+				sprintf(script_opt, " -S %s ", browser->he_selection->ms.sym->name);
+
+			script_browse(script_opt);
+		}
 	}
 out_free_stack:
 	pstack__delete(fstack);