diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index d2b5a22b7249226295f9085004e540fadab3b1b1..386e665a166f26499932df2142f96207218466ce 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -1186,6 +1186,7 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
 	bool disabled = false, draining = false;
 	struct perf_evlist *sb_evlist = NULL;
 	int fd;
+	float ratio = 0;
 
 	atexit(record__sig_exit);
 	signal(SIGCHLD, sig_handler);
@@ -1491,6 +1492,11 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
 	record__mmap_read_all(rec, true);
 	record__aio_mmap_read_sync(rec);
 
+	if (rec->session->bytes_transferred && rec->session->bytes_compressed) {
+		ratio = (float)rec->session->bytes_transferred/(float)rec->session->bytes_compressed;
+		session->header.env.comp_ratio = ratio + 0.5;
+	}
+
 	if (forks) {
 		int exit_status;
 
@@ -1537,9 +1543,15 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
 		else
 			samples[0] = '\0';
 
-		fprintf(stderr,	"[ perf record: Captured and wrote %.3f MB %s%s%s ]\n",
+		fprintf(stderr,	"[ perf record: Captured and wrote %.3f MB %s%s%s",
 			perf_data__size(data) / 1024.0 / 1024.0,
 			data->path, postfix, samples);
+		if (ratio) {
+			fprintf(stderr,	", compressed (original %.3f MB, ratio is %.3f)",
+					rec->session->bytes_transferred / 1024.0 / 1024.0,
+					ratio);
+		}
+		fprintf(stderr, " ]\n");
 	}
 
 out_delete_session:
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/env.h b/tools/perf/util/env.h
index 4f8e2b485c01cb9dab58f12942734d076d35208c..34868ca7efd1d59664ad2776747f7b3b904cba77 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/env.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/env.h
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ struct perf_env {
 	struct cpu_topology_map	*cpu;
 	struct cpu_cache_level	*caches;
 	int			 caches_cnt;
+	u32			comp_ratio;
 	struct numa_node	*numa_nodes;
 	struct memory_node	*memory_nodes;
 	unsigned long long	 memory_bsize;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.h b/tools/perf/util/session.h
index d96eccd7d27fe46e4e378721a562f20160f49c22..0e14884f28b21e46aa8a624f4022579490d95424 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.h
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ struct perf_session {
 	struct ordered_events	ordered_events;
 	struct perf_data	*data;
 	struct perf_tool	*tool;
+	u64			bytes_transferred;
+	u64			bytes_compressed;
 };
 
 struct perf_tool;