diff --git a/libbpf-tools/hardirqs.bpf.c b/libbpf-tools/hardirqs.bpf.c
index cbcbd5c0515..11eb3f25c65 100644
--- a/libbpf-tools/hardirqs.bpf.c
+++ b/libbpf-tools/hardirqs.bpf.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const volatile bool filter_cg = false;
 const volatile bool targ_dist = false;
 const volatile bool targ_ns = false;
 const volatile bool do_count = false;
+const volatile int targ_cpu = -1;
 
 struct {
 	__uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_CGROUP_ARRAY);
@@ -38,10 +39,19 @@ struct {
 
 static struct info zero;
 
+static __always_inline bool is_target_cpu() {
+	if (targ_cpu < 0)
+		return true;
+
+	return targ_cpu == bpf_get_smp_processor_id();
+}
+
 static int handle_entry(int irq, struct irqaction *action)
 {
 	if (filter_cg && !bpf_current_task_under_cgroup(&cgroup_map, 0))
 		return 0;
+	if (!is_target_cpu())
+		return 0;
 
 	if (do_count) {
 		struct irq_key key = {};
@@ -76,6 +86,9 @@ static int handle_exit(int irq, struct irqaction *action)
 	if (filter_cg && !bpf_current_task_under_cgroup(&cgroup_map, 0))
 		return 0;
 
+	if (!is_target_cpu())
+		return 0;
+
 	tsp = bpf_map_lookup_elem(&start, &key);
 	if (!tsp)
 		return 0;
diff --git a/libbpf-tools/hardirqs.c b/libbpf-tools/hardirqs.c
index b5257d95089..f783b9e5e2a 100644
--- a/libbpf-tools/hardirqs.c
+++ b/libbpf-tools/hardirqs.c
@@ -27,9 +27,11 @@ struct env {
 	bool verbose;
 	char *cgroupspath;
 	bool cg;
+	int targ_cpu;
 } env = {
 	.interval = 99999999,
 	.times = 99999999,
+	.targ_cpu = -1,
 };
 
 static volatile bool exiting;
@@ -47,12 +49,14 @@ const char argp_program_doc[] =
 "    hardirqs -d         # show hard irq event time as histograms\n"
 "    hardirqs 1 10       # print 1 second summaries, 10 times\n"
 "    hardirqs -c CG      # Trace process under cgroupsPath CG\n"
+"    hardirqs --cpu 1    # only stat irq on cpu 1\n"
 "    hardirqs -NT 1      # 1s summaries, nanoseconds, and timestamps\n";
 
 static const struct argp_option opts[] = {
 	{ "count", 'C', NULL, 0, "Show event counts instead of timing", 0 },
 	{ "distributed", 'd', NULL, 0, "Show distributions as histograms", 0 },
 	{ "cgroup", 'c', "/sys/fs/cgroup/unified", 0, "Trace process in cgroup path", 0 },
+	{ "cpu", 's', "CPU", 0, "Only stat irq on selected cpu", 0 },
 	{ "timestamp", 'T', NULL, 0, "Include timestamp on output", 0 },
 	{ "nanoseconds", 'N', NULL, 0, "Output in nanoseconds", 0 },
 	{ "verbose", 'v', NULL, 0, "Verbose debug output", 0 },
@@ -77,6 +81,14 @@ static error_t parse_arg(int key, char *arg, struct argp_state *state)
 	case 'C':
 		env.count = true;
 		break;
+	case 's':
+		errno = 0;
+		env.targ_cpu = atoi(arg);
+		if (errno || env.targ_cpu < 0) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "invalid cpu: %s\n", arg);
+			argp_usage(state);
+		}
+		break;
 	case 'c':
 		env.cgroupspath = arg;
 		env.cg = true;
@@ -218,6 +230,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	obj->rodata->filter_cg = env.cg;
 	obj->rodata->do_count = env.count;
+	obj->rodata->targ_cpu = env.targ_cpu;
 
 	/* initialize global data (filtering options) */
 	if (!env.count) {