diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index 8b60830..19b1ed7 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -548,6 +548,15 @@ static void do_commit(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
     }
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SIMPLE_TRACE
+static void do_change_trace_event_state(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
+{
+    const char *tp_name = qdict_get_str(qdict, "name");
+    bool new_state = qdict_get_bool(qdict, "option");
+    change_trace_event_state(tp_name, new_state);
+}
+#endif
+
 static void user_monitor_complete(void *opaque, QObject *ret_data)
 {
     MonitorCompletionData *data = (MonitorCompletionData *)opaque; 
@@ -2791,6 +2800,13 @@ static const mon_cmd_t info_cmds[] = {
         .help       = "show current contents of trace buffer",
         .mhandler.info = do_info_trace,
     },
+    {
+        .name       = "trace-events",
+        .args_type  = "",
+        .params     = "",
+        .help       = "show available trace-events & their state",
+        .mhandler.info = do_info_all_trace_events,
+    },
 #endif
     {
         .name       = NULL,
diff --git a/qemu-monitor.hx b/qemu-monitor.hx
index 766c30f..0fedcf9 100644
--- a/qemu-monitor.hx
+++ b/qemu-monitor.hx
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ show device tree
 #ifdef CONFIG_SIMPLE_TRACE
 @item info trace
 show contents of trace buffer
+@item info trace-events
+show available trace events and their state
 #endif
 @end table
 ETEXI
@@ -225,6 +227,22 @@ STEXI
 @item logfile @var{filename}
 @findex logfile
 Output logs to @var{filename}.
+#ifdef CONFIG_SIMPLE_TRACE
+ETEXI
+
+    {
+        .name       = "trace-event",
+        .args_type  = "name:s,option:b",
+        .params     = "name on|off",
+        .help       = "changes status of a specific trace event",
+        .mhandler.cmd = do_change_trace_event_state,
+    },
+
+STEXI
+@item trace-event
+@findex trace-event
+changes status of a trace event
+#endif
 ETEXI
 
     {
diff --git a/simpletrace.c b/simpletrace.c
index 5734d15..57c41fc 100644
--- a/simpletrace.c
+++ b/simpletrace.c
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ static void trace(TraceEventID event, unsigned long x1,
                   unsigned long x2, unsigned long x3,
                   unsigned long x4, unsigned long x5) {
     TraceRecord *rec = &trace_buf[trace_idx];
+
+    if (!trace_list[event].state) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     rec->event = event;
     rec->x1 = x1;
     rec->x2 = x2;
@@ -74,3 +79,39 @@ void do_info_trace(Monitor *mon)
                             trace_buf[i].x3, trace_buf[i].x4, trace_buf[i].x5);
     }
 }
+
+void do_info_all_trace_events(Monitor *mon)
+{
+    unsigned int i;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < NR_TRACE_EVENTS; i++) {
+        monitor_printf(mon, "%s [Event ID %u] : state %u\n",
+                                trace_list[i].tp_name, i, trace_list[i].state);
+    }
+}
+
+static TraceEvent* find_trace_event_by_name(const char *tname)
+{
+    unsigned int i;
+
+    if (!tname) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    for (i = 0; i < NR_TRACE_EVENTS; i++) {
+        if (!strcmp(trace_list[i].tp_name, tname)) {
+            return &trace_list[i];
+        }
+    }
+    return NULL; /* indicates end of list reached without a match */
+}
+
+void change_trace_event_state(const char *tname, bool tstate)
+{
+    TraceEvent *tp;
+
+    tp = find_trace_event_by_name(tname);
+    if (tp) {
+        tp->state = tstate;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tracetool b/tracetool
index 6f8f8a9..9e8dbd8 100755
--- a/tracetool
+++ b/tracetool
@@ -123,14 +123,23 @@ linetoc_end_nop()
 linetoh_begin_simple()
 {
     cat <<EOF
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
 typedef unsigned int TraceEventID;
 
+typedef struct {
+    const char *tp_name;
+    bool state;
+} TraceEvent;
+
 void trace1(TraceEventID event, unsigned long x1);
 void trace2(TraceEventID event, unsigned long x1, unsigned long x2);
 void trace3(TraceEventID event, unsigned long x1, unsigned long x2, unsigned long x3);
 void trace4(TraceEventID event, unsigned long x1, unsigned long x2, unsigned long x3, unsigned long x4);
 void trace5(TraceEventID event, unsigned long x1, unsigned long x2, unsigned long x3, unsigned long x4, unsigned long x5);
 void do_info_trace(Monitor *mon);
+void do_info_all_trace_events(Monitor *mon);
+void change_trace_event_state(const char *tname, bool tstate);
 EOF
 
     simple_event_num=0
@@ -163,22 +172,38 @@ EOF
 
 linetoh_end_simple()
 {
-    return
+    cat <<EOF
+#define NR_TRACE_EVENTS $simple_event_num
+extern TraceEvent trace_list[NR_TRACE_EVENTS];
+EOF
 }
 
 linetoc_begin_simple()
 {
-    return
+    cat <<EOF
+#include "trace.h"
+
+TraceEvent trace_list[] = {
+EOF
+    simple_event_num=0
+
 }
 
 linetoc_simple()
 {
-    return
+    local name
+    name=$(get_name "$1")
+    cat <<EOF
+{.tp_name = "$name", .state=0},
+EOF
+    simple_event_num=$((simple_event_num + 1))
 }
 
 linetoc_end_simple()
 {
-    return
+    cat <<EOF
+};
+EOF
 }
 
 linetoh_begin_ust()
