diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index 284a76e..0928439 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 static bool			latency_format;
 static bool			system_wide;
 static bool			print_flags;
+static bool			nanosecs;
 static const char		*cpu_list;
 static DECLARE_BITMAP(cpu_bitmap, MAX_NR_CPUS);
 
@@ -415,7 +416,10 @@
 		secs = nsecs / NSECS_PER_SEC;
 		nsecs -= secs * NSECS_PER_SEC;
 		usecs = nsecs / NSECS_PER_USEC;
-		printf("%5lu.%06lu: ", secs, usecs);
+		if (nanosecs)
+			printf("%5lu.%09llu: ", secs, nsecs);
+		else
+			printf("%5lu.%06lu: ", secs, usecs);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1695,6 +1699,8 @@
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('\0', "show-switch-events", &script.show_switch_events,
 		    "Show context switch events (if recorded)"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &file.force, "don't complain, do it"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "ns", &nanosecs,
+		    "Use 9 decimal places when displaying time"),
 	OPT_CALLBACK_OPTARG(0, "itrace", &itrace_synth_opts, NULL, "opts",
 			    "Instruction Tracing options",
 			    itrace_parse_synth_opts),