diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6729dbe..5afb3b5 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2468,6 +2468,9 @@ bsd)
 esac
 
 echo "TRACE_BACKEND=$trace_backend" >> $config_host_mak
+if test "$trace_backend" = "simple"; then
+  echo "CONFIG_SIMPLE_TRACE=y" >> $config_host_mak
+fi
 echo "TOOLS=$tools" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "ROMS=$roms" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "MAKE=$make" >> $config_host_mak
diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index e27f8d8..0e69bc8 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@
 #include "json-parser.h"
 #include "osdep.h"
 #include "exec-all.h"
+#ifdef CONFIG_SIMPLE_TRACE
+#include "trace.h"
+#endif
 
 //#define DEBUG
 //#define DEBUG_COMPLETION
@@ -539,6 +542,15 @@ static void do_help_cmd(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
     help_cmd(mon, qdict_get_try_str(qdict, "name"));
 }
 
+#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");
+    st_change_trace_event_state(tp_name, new_state);
+}
+#endif
+
 static void user_monitor_complete(void *opaque, QObject *ret_data)
 {
     MonitorCompletionData *data = (MonitorCompletionData *)opaque; 
@@ -938,6 +950,18 @@ static void do_info_cpu_stats(Monitor *mon)
 }
 #endif
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_SIMPLE_TRACE)
+static void do_info_trace(Monitor *mon)
+{
+    st_print_trace((FILE *)mon, &monitor_fprintf);
+}
+
+static void do_info_trace_events(Monitor *mon)
+{
+    st_print_trace_events((FILE *)mon, &monitor_fprintf);
+}
+#endif
+
 /**
  * do_quit(): Quit QEMU execution
  */
@@ -2594,6 +2618,22 @@ static const mon_cmd_t info_cmds[] = {
         .help       = "show roms",
         .mhandler.info = do_info_roms,
     },
+#if defined(CONFIG_SIMPLE_TRACE)
+    {
+        .name       = "trace",
+        .args_type  = "",
+        .params     = "",
+        .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_trace_events,
+    },
+#endif
     {
         .name       = NULL,
     },
diff --git a/qemu-monitor.hx b/qemu-monitor.hx
index 5c1da33..c264c7d 100644
--- a/qemu-monitor.hx
+++ b/qemu-monitor.hx
@@ -281,6 +281,22 @@ STEXI
 Output logs to @var{filename}.
 ETEXI
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SIMPLE_TRACE
+    {
+        .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
+ETEXI
+#endif
+
     {
         .name       = "log",
         .args_type  = "items:s",
@@ -2529,6 +2545,15 @@ show roms
 @end table
 ETEXI
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SIMPLE_TRACE
+STEXI
+@item info trace
+show contents of trace buffer
+@item info trace-events
+show available trace events and their state
+ETEXI
+#endif
+
 HXCOMM DO NOT add new commands after 'info', move your addition before it!
 
 STEXI
diff --git a/simpletrace.c b/simpletrace.c
index 4777308..688959a 100644
--- a/simpletrace.c
+++ b/simpletrace.c
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ static void trace(TraceEventID event, uint64_t x1, uint64_t x2, uint64_t x3,
      */
     clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts);
 
+    if (!trace_list[event].state) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     rec->event = event;
     rec->timestamp_ns = ts.tv_sec * 1000000000LL + ts.tv_nsec;
     rec->x1 = x1;
@@ -157,3 +161,50 @@ static void __attribute__((constructor)) st_init(void)
 {
     atexit(st_flush_trace_buffer);
 }
+
+void st_print_trace(FILE *stream, int (*stream_printf)(FILE *stream, const char *fmt, ...))
+{
+    unsigned int i;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < trace_idx; i++) {
+        stream_printf(stream, "Event %lu : %lx %lx %lx %lx %lx\n",
+                      trace_buf[i].event, trace_buf[i].x1, trace_buf[i].x2,
+                      trace_buf[i].x3, trace_buf[i].x4, trace_buf[i].x5);
+    }
+}
+
+void st_print_trace_events(FILE *stream, int (*stream_printf)(FILE *stream, const char *fmt, ...))
+{
+    unsigned int i;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < NR_TRACE_EVENTS; i++) {
+        stream_printf(stream, "%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 st_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/simpletrace.h b/simpletrace.h
index 7d0661b..b0161d1 100644
--- a/simpletrace.h
+++ b/simpletrace.h
@@ -12,9 +12,16 @@
 #define SIMPLETRACE_H
 
 #include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 
 typedef uint64_t TraceEventID;
 
+typedef struct {
+    const char *tp_name;
+    bool state;
+} TraceEvent;
+
 void trace0(TraceEventID event);
 void trace1(TraceEventID event, uint64_t x1);
 void trace2(TraceEventID event, uint64_t x1, uint64_t x2);
@@ -22,5 +29,8 @@ void trace3(TraceEventID event, uint64_t x1, uint64_t x2, uint64_t x3);
 void trace4(TraceEventID event, uint64_t x1, uint64_t x2, uint64_t x3, uint64_t x4);
 void trace5(TraceEventID event, uint64_t x1, uint64_t x2, uint64_t x3, uint64_t x4, uint64_t x5);
 void trace6(TraceEventID event, uint64_t x1, uint64_t x2, uint64_t x3, uint64_t x4, uint64_t x5, uint64_t x6);
+void st_print_trace(FILE *stream, int (*stream_printf)(FILE *stream, const char *fmt, ...));
+void st_print_trace_events(FILE *stream, int (*stream_printf)(FILE *stream, const char *fmt, ...));
+void st_change_trace_event_state(const char *tname, bool tstate);
 
 #endif /* SIMPLETRACE_H */
diff --git a/tracetool b/tracetool
index 19b1659..2e2e37d 100755
--- a/tracetool
+++ b/tracetool
@@ -169,22 +169,38 @@ 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
 }
 
 # Process stdin by calling begin, line, and end functions for the backend
