diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c
index 56785034fc84..d32431ac15cc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c
@@ -251,8 +251,12 @@ static int arm_spe_recording_options(struct auxtrace_record *itr,
 	tracking_evsel->core.attr.sample_period = 1;
 
 	/* In per-cpu case, always need the time of mmap events etc */
-	if (!perf_cpu_map__empty(cpus))
+	if (!perf_cpu_map__empty(cpus)) {
 		evsel__set_sample_bit(tracking_evsel, TIME);
+		evsel__set_sample_bit(tracking_evsel, CPU);
+		/* also track task context switch */
+		tracking_evsel->core.attr.context_switch = 1;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/arm-spe.c b/tools/perf/util/arm-spe.c
index 2196291976d9..9e3a6c54801d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/arm-spe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/arm-spe.c
@@ -681,6 +681,25 @@ static int arm_spe_process_timeless_queues(struct arm_spe *spe, pid_t tid,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int arm_spe_context_switch(struct arm_spe *spe, union perf_event *event,
+				  struct perf_sample *sample)
+{
+	pid_t pid, tid;
+	int cpu;
+
+	if (!(event->header.misc & PERF_RECORD_MISC_SWITCH_OUT))
+		return 0;
+
+	pid = event->context_switch.next_prev_pid;
+	tid = event->context_switch.next_prev_tid;
+	cpu = sample->cpu;
+
+	if (tid == -1)
+		pr_warning("context_switch event has no tid\n");
+
+	return machine__set_current_tid(spe->machine, cpu, pid, tid);
+}
+
 static int arm_spe_process_event(struct perf_session *session,
 				 union perf_event *event,
 				 struct perf_sample *sample,
@@ -718,6 +737,12 @@ static int arm_spe_process_event(struct perf_session *session,
 		}
 	} else if (timestamp) {
 		err = arm_spe_process_queues(spe, timestamp);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+
+		if (event->header.type == PERF_RECORD_SWITCH_CPU_WIDE ||
+		    event->header.type == PERF_RECORD_SWITCH)
+			err = arm_spe_context_switch(spe, event, sample);
 	}
 
 	return err;