diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
index 343e7b14bf0118e3ee7d01d9caa0b70462a25fa6..5e17de984dc839d0ad86932d73bf4e2c2c85b272 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ static char		*vmlinux = "vmlinux";
 static char		default_sort_order[] = "comm,symbol";
 static char		*sort_order = default_sort_order;
 
+static int		force;
 static int		input;
 static int		show_mask = SHOW_KERNEL | SHOW_USER | SHOW_HV;
 
@@ -1334,6 +1335,11 @@ static int __cmd_annotate(void)
 		exit(-1);
 	}
 
+	if (!force && (stat.st_uid != geteuid())) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "file: %s not owned by current user\n", input_name);
+		exit(-1);
+	}
+
 	if (!stat.st_size) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "zero-sized file, nothing to do!\n");
 		exit(0);
@@ -1439,6 +1445,7 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
 		    "input file name"),
 	OPT_STRING('s', "symbol", &sym_hist_filter, "symbol",
 		    "symbol to annotate"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &force, "don't complain, do it"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "verbose", &verbose,
 		    "be more verbose (show symbol address, etc)"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('D', "dump-raw-trace", &dump_trace,
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index b53a60fc12de77115218a275235df61fdb61da09..8b2ec882e6e0e8b44230c1d3648007d3d91ccbfe 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ static char		*dso_list_str, *comm_list_str, *sym_list_str,
 static struct strlist	*dso_list, *comm_list, *sym_list;
 static char		*field_sep;
 
+static int		force;
 static int		input;
 static int		show_mask = SHOW_KERNEL | SHOW_USER | SHOW_HV;
 
@@ -1856,6 +1857,11 @@ static int __cmd_report(void)
 		exit(-1);
 	}
 
+	if (!force && (stat.st_uid != geteuid())) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "file: %s not owned by current user\n", input_name);
+		exit(-1);
+	}
+
 	if (!stat.st_size) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "zero-sized file, nothing to do!\n");
 		exit(0);
@@ -2064,6 +2070,7 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('D', "dump-raw-trace", &dump_trace,
 		    "dump raw trace in ASCII"),
 	OPT_STRING('k', "vmlinux", &vmlinux, "file", "vmlinux pathname"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &force, "don't complain, do it"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('m', "modules", &modules,
 		    "load module symbols - WARNING: use only with -k and LIVE kernel"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('n', "show-nr-samples", &show_nr_samples,