diff --git a/include/trace-cmd/trace-cmd.h b/include/trace-cmd/trace-cmd.h
index 3f0ab4f..023b701 100644
--- a/include/trace-cmd/trace-cmd.h
+++ b/include/trace-cmd/trace-cmd.h
@@ -245,11 +245,16 @@ struct tracecmd_output *tracecmd_create_init_file_override(const char *output_fi
 struct tracecmd_option *tracecmd_add_option(struct tracecmd_output *handle,
 					    unsigned short id, int size,
 					    const void *data);
+struct tracecmd_option *
+tracecmd_add_option_v(struct tracecmd_output *handle,
+		    unsigned short id, const struct iovec *vector, int count);
+
 struct tracecmd_option *tracecmd_add_buffer_option(struct tracecmd_output *handle,
 						   const char *name, int cpus);
 
 int tracecmd_write_cpus(struct tracecmd_output *handle, int cpus);
 int tracecmd_write_options(struct tracecmd_output *handle);
+int tracecmd_append_options(struct tracecmd_output *handle);
 int tracecmd_update_option(struct tracecmd_output *handle,
 			   struct tracecmd_option *option, int size,
 			   const void *data);
diff --git a/include/traceevent/event-parse.h b/include/traceevent/event-parse.h
index 3f2ae80..9705b51 100644
--- a/include/traceevent/event-parse.h
+++ b/include/traceevent/event-parse.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <regex.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <sys/uio.h>
 
 #include "trace-seq.h"
 
diff --git a/tracecmd/trace-output.c b/tracecmd/trace-output.c
index 33d6ce3..d57539c 100644
--- a/tracecmd/trace-output.c
+++ b/tracecmd/trace-output.c
@@ -883,21 +883,23 @@ static struct tracecmd_output *create_file(const char *output_file,
 }
 
 /**
- * tracecmd_add_option - add options to the file
+ * tracecmd_add_option_v - add options to the file
  * @handle: the output file handle name
  * @id: the id of the option
- * @size: the size of the option data
- * @data: the data to write to the file.
+ * @vector: array of vectors, pointing to the data to write in the file
+ * @count: number of items in the vector array
  *
  * Returns handle to update option if needed.
  *  Just the content can be updated, with smaller or equal to
  *  content than the specified size.
  */
 struct tracecmd_option *
-tracecmd_add_option(struct tracecmd_output *handle,
-		    unsigned short id, int size, const void *data)
+tracecmd_add_option_v(struct tracecmd_output *handle,
+		    unsigned short id, const struct iovec *vector, int count)
 {
 	struct tracecmd_option *option;
+	char *data = NULL;
+	int i, size = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * We can only add options before they were written.
@@ -906,32 +908,63 @@ tracecmd_add_option(struct tracecmd_output *handle,
 	if (handle->options_written)
 		return NULL;
 
-	handle->nr_options++;
+	for (i = 0; i < count; i++)
+		size += vector[i].iov_len;
+
+	/* Some IDs (like TRACECMD_OPTION_TRACECLOCK) pass vector with 0 / NULL data */
+	if (size) {
+		data = malloc(size);
+		if (!data) {
+			warning("Insufficient memory");
+			return NULL;
+		}
+	}
 
 	option = malloc(sizeof(*option));
 	if (!option) {
 		warning("Could not allocate space for option");
+		free(data);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	option->id = id;
-	option->size = size;
-	option->data = malloc(size);
-	if (!option->data) {
-		warning("Insufficient memory");
-		free(option);
-		return NULL;
+	handle->nr_options++;
+	option->data = data;
+	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+		if (vector[i].iov_base && vector[i].iov_len) {
+			memcpy(data, vector[i].iov_base, vector[i].iov_len);
+			data += vector[i].iov_len;
+		}
 	}
-
-	/* Some IDs (like TRACECMD_OPTION_TRACECLOCK) pass 0 / NULL data */
-	if (size)
-		memcpy(option->data, data, size);
+	option->size = size;
+	option->id = id;
 
 	list_add_tail(&option->list, &handle->options);
 
 	return option;
 }
 
+/**
+ * tracecmd_add_option - add options to the file
+ * @handle: the output file handle name
+ * @id: the id of the option
+ * @size: the size of the option data
+ * @data: the data to write to the file.
+ *
+ * Returns handle to update option if needed.
+ *  Just the content can be updated, with smaller or equal to
+ *  content than the specified size.
+ */
+struct tracecmd_option *
+tracecmd_add_option(struct tracecmd_output *handle,
+		    unsigned short id, int size, const void *data)
+{
+	struct iovec vect;
+
+	vect.iov_base = data;
+	vect.iov_len = size;
+	return tracecmd_add_option_v(handle, id, &vect, 1);
+}
+
 int tracecmd_write_cpus(struct tracecmd_output *handle, int cpus)
 {
 	cpus = convert_endian_4(handle, cpus);
@@ -979,6 +1012,56 @@ int tracecmd_write_options(struct tracecmd_output *handle)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int tracecmd_append_options(struct tracecmd_output *handle)
+{
+	struct tracecmd_option *options;
+	unsigned short option;
+	unsigned short endian2;
+	unsigned int endian4;
+	off_t offset;
+	int r;
+
+	/* If already written, ignore */
+	if (handle->options_written)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (lseek64(handle->fd, 0, SEEK_END) == (off_t)-1)
+		return -1;
+	offset = lseek64(handle->fd, -2, SEEK_CUR);
+	if (offset == (off_t)-1)
+		return -1;
+
+	r = pread(handle->fd, &option, 2, offset);
+	if (r != 2 || option != TRACECMD_OPTION_DONE)
+		return -1;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(options, &handle->options, list) {
+		endian2 = convert_endian_2(handle, options->id);
+		if (do_write_check(handle, &endian2, 2))
+			return -1;
+
+		endian4 = convert_endian_4(handle, options->size);
+		if (do_write_check(handle, &endian4, 4))
+			return -1;
+
+		/* Save the data location in case it needs to be updated */
+		options->offset = lseek64(handle->fd, 0, SEEK_CUR);
+
+		if (do_write_check(handle, options->data,
+				   options->size))
+			return -1;
+	}
+
+	option = TRACECMD_OPTION_DONE;
+
+	if (do_write_check(handle, &option, 2))
+		return -1;
+
+	handle->options_written = 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int tracecmd_update_option(struct tracecmd_output *handle,
 			   struct tracecmd_option *option, int size,
 			   const void *data)
