diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
index af8282782911..c59fd52e9e91 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ OPTIONS
         Comma separated list of fields to print. Options are:
         comm, tid, pid, time, cpu, event, trace, ip, sym, dso, addr, symoff,
         srcline, period, iregs, uregs, brstack, brstacksym, flags, bpf-output, brstackinsn,
-        brstackoff, callindent, insn, insnlen, synth, phys_addr, metric, misc, srccode.
+        brstackoff, callindent, insn, insnlen, synth, phys_addr, metric, misc, srccode, ipc.
         Field list can be prepended with the type, trace, sw or hw,
         to indicate to which event type the field list applies.
         e.g., -F sw:comm,tid,time,ip,sym  and -F trace:time,cpu,trace
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@ OPTIONS
 	The synth field is used by synthesized events which may be created when
 	Instruction Trace decoding.
 
+	The ipc (instructions per cycle) field is synthesized and may have a value when
+	Instruction Trace decoding.
+
 	Finally, a user may not set fields to none for all event types.
 	i.e., -F "" is not allowed.
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index 3a48a2627670..80c722ade852 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ enum perf_output_field {
 	PERF_OUTPUT_METRIC	    = 1U << 28,
 	PERF_OUTPUT_MISC            = 1U << 29,
 	PERF_OUTPUT_SRCCODE	    = 1U << 30,
+	PERF_OUTPUT_IPC             = 1U << 31,
 };
 
 struct output_option {
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ struct output_option {
 	{.str = "metric", .field = PERF_OUTPUT_METRIC},
 	{.str = "misc", .field = PERF_OUTPUT_MISC},
 	{.str = "srccode", .field = PERF_OUTPUT_SRCCODE},
+	{.str = "ipc", .field = PERF_OUTPUT_IPC},
 };
 
 enum {
@@ -1268,6 +1270,20 @@ static int perf_sample__fprintf_insn(struct perf_sample *sample,
 	return printed;
 }
 
+static int perf_sample__fprintf_ipc(struct perf_sample *sample,
+				    struct perf_event_attr *attr, FILE *fp)
+{
+	unsigned int ipc;
+
+	if (!PRINT_FIELD(IPC) || !sample->cyc_cnt || !sample->insn_cnt)
+		return 0;
+
+	ipc = (sample->insn_cnt * 100) / sample->cyc_cnt;
+
+	return fprintf(fp, " \t IPC: %u.%02u (%" PRIu64 "/%" PRIu64 ") ",
+		       ipc / 100, ipc % 100, sample->insn_cnt, sample->cyc_cnt);
+}
+
 static int perf_sample__fprintf_bts(struct perf_sample *sample,
 				    struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 				    struct thread *thread,
@@ -1312,6 +1328,8 @@ static int perf_sample__fprintf_bts(struct perf_sample *sample,
 		printed += perf_sample__fprintf_addr(sample, thread, attr, fp);
 	}
 
+	printed += perf_sample__fprintf_ipc(sample, attr, fp);
+
 	if (print_srcline_last)
 		printed += map__fprintf_srcline(al->map, al->addr, "\n  ", fp);
 
@@ -1859,6 +1877,9 @@ static void process_event(struct perf_script *script,
 
 	if (PRINT_FIELD(PHYS_ADDR))
 		fprintf(fp, "%16" PRIx64, sample->phys_addr);
+
+	perf_sample__fprintf_ipc(sample, attr, fp);
+
 	fprintf(fp, "\n");
 
 	if (PRINT_FIELD(SRCCODE)) {
@@ -3433,7 +3454,7 @@ int cmd_script(int argc, const char **argv)
 		     "Fields: comm,tid,pid,time,cpu,event,trace,ip,sym,dso,"
 		     "addr,symoff,srcline,period,iregs,uregs,brstack,"
 		     "brstacksym,flags,bpf-output,brstackinsn,brstackoff,"
-		     "callindent,insn,insnlen,synth,phys_addr,metric,misc",
+		     "callindent,insn,insnlen,synth,phys_addr,metric,misc,ipc",
 		     parse_output_fields),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all-cpus", &system_wide,
 		    "system-wide collection from all CPUs"),