diff --git a/include/trace-cmd/trace-cmd.h b/include/trace-cmd/trace-cmd.h
index 82def44..90fa146 100644
--- a/include/trace-cmd/trace-cmd.h
+++ b/include/trace-cmd/trace-cmd.h
@@ -353,16 +353,20 @@ bool tracecmd_msg_done(struct tracecmd_msg_handle *msg_handle);
 void tracecmd_msg_set_done(struct tracecmd_msg_handle *msg_handle);
 
 int tracecmd_msg_send_trace_req(struct tracecmd_msg_handle *msg_handle,
-				int argc, char **argv, bool use_fifos);
+				int argc, char **argv, bool use_fifos,
+				unsigned long long trace_id);
 int tracecmd_msg_recv_trace_req(struct tracecmd_msg_handle *msg_handle,
-				int *argc, char ***argv, bool *use_fifos);
+				int *argc, char ***argv, bool *use_fifos,
+				unsigned long long *trace_id);
 
 int tracecmd_msg_send_trace_resp(struct tracecmd_msg_handle *msg_handle,
 				 int nr_cpus, int page_size,
-				 unsigned int *ports, bool use_fifos);
+				 unsigned int *ports, bool use_fifos,
+				 unsigned long long trace_id);
 int tracecmd_msg_recv_trace_resp(struct tracecmd_msg_handle *msg_handle,
 				 int *nr_cpus, int *page_size,
-				 unsigned int **ports, bool *use_fifos);
+				 unsigned int **ports, bool *use_fifos,
+				 unsigned long long *trace_id);
 /* --- ftrace instances --- */
 
 struct tracecmd_instance {
diff --git a/lib/trace-cmd/trace-msg.c b/lib/trace-cmd/trace-msg.c
index 9c8a690..a34297f 100644
--- a/lib/trace-cmd/trace-msg.c
+++ b/lib/trace-cmd/trace-msg.c
@@ -63,12 +63,14 @@ struct tracecmd_msg_rinit {
 struct tracecmd_msg_trace_req {
 	be32 flags;
 	be32 argc;
+	u64 trace_id;
 } __attribute__((packed));
 
 struct tracecmd_msg_trace_resp {
 	be32 flags;
 	be32 cpus;
 	be32 page_size;
+	u64 trace_id;
 } __attribute__((packed));
 
 struct tracecmd_msg_header {
@@ -811,7 +813,8 @@ int tracecmd_msg_wait_close_resp(struct tracecmd_msg_handle *msg_handle)
 	return tracecmd_msg_wait_for_cmd(msg_handle, MSG_CLOSE_RESP);
 }
 
-static int make_trace_req(struct tracecmd_msg *msg, int argc, char **argv, bool use_fifos)
+static int make_trace_req(struct tracecmd_msg *msg, int argc, char **argv,
+			  bool use_fifos, unsigned long long trace_id)
 {
 	size_t args_size = 0;
 	char *p;
@@ -823,6 +826,7 @@ static int make_trace_req(struct tracecmd_msg *msg, int argc, char **argv, bool
 	msg->hdr.size = htonl(ntohl(msg->hdr.size) + args_size);
 	msg->trace_req.flags = use_fifos ? htonl(MSG_TRACE_USE_FIFOS) : htonl(0);
 	msg->trace_req.argc = htonl(argc);
+	msg->trace_req.trace_id = htonll(trace_id);
 	msg->buf = calloc(args_size, 1);
 	if (!msg->buf)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -835,13 +839,15 @@ static int make_trace_req(struct tracecmd_msg *msg, int argc, char **argv, bool
 }
 
 int tracecmd_msg_send_trace_req(struct tracecmd_msg_handle *msg_handle,
-				int argc, char **argv, bool use_fifos)
+				int argc, char **argv, bool use_fifos,
+				unsigned long long trace_id)
 {
 	struct tracecmd_msg msg;
 	int ret;
 
 	tracecmd_msg_init(MSG_TRACE_REQ, &msg);
-	ret = make_trace_req(&msg, argc, argv, use_fifos);
+	ret = make_trace_req(&msg, argc, argv,
+			     use_fifos, trace_id);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -854,7 +860,8 @@ int tracecmd_msg_send_trace_req(struct tracecmd_msg_handle *msg_handle,
   *     free(argv);
   */
 int tracecmd_msg_recv_trace_req(struct tracecmd_msg_handle *msg_handle,
-				int *argc, char ***argv, bool *use_fifos)
+				int *argc, char ***argv, bool *use_fifos,
+				unsigned long long *trace_id)
 {
 	struct tracecmd_msg msg;
 	char *p, *buf_end, **args;
@@ -901,6 +908,7 @@ int tracecmd_msg_recv_trace_req(struct tracecmd_msg_handle *msg_handle,
 	*argc = nr_args;
 	*argv = args;
 	*use_fifos = ntohl(msg.trace_req.flags) & MSG_TRACE_USE_FIFOS;
+	*trace_id = ntohll(msg.trace_req.trace_id);
 
 	/*
 	 * On success we're passing msg.buf to the caller through argv[0] so we
@@ -921,7 +929,8 @@ out:
 }
 
 static int make_trace_resp(struct tracecmd_msg *msg, int page_size, int nr_cpus,
-			   unsigned int *ports, bool use_fifos)
+			   unsigned int *ports, bool use_fifos,
+			   unsigned long long trace_id)
 {
 	int data_size;
 
@@ -935,19 +944,22 @@ static int make_trace_resp(struct tracecmd_msg *msg, int page_size, int nr_cpus,
 	msg->trace_resp.flags = use_fifos ? htonl(MSG_TRACE_USE_FIFOS) : htonl(0);
 	msg->trace_resp.cpus = htonl(nr_cpus);
 	msg->trace_resp.page_size = htonl(page_size);
+	msg->trace_resp.trace_id = htonll(trace_id);
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
 int tracecmd_msg_send_trace_resp(struct tracecmd_msg_handle *msg_handle,
 				 int nr_cpus, int page_size,
-				 unsigned int *ports, bool use_fifos)
+				 unsigned int *ports, bool use_fifos,
+				 unsigned long long trace_id)
 {
 	struct tracecmd_msg msg;
 	int ret;
 
 	tracecmd_msg_init(MSG_TRACE_RESP, &msg);
-	ret = make_trace_resp(&msg, page_size, nr_cpus, ports, use_fifos);
+	ret = make_trace_resp(&msg, page_size, nr_cpus, ports,
+			      use_fifos, trace_id);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -956,13 +968,15 @@ int tracecmd_msg_send_trace_resp(struct tracecmd_msg_handle *msg_handle,
 
 int tracecmd_msg_recv_trace_resp(struct tracecmd_msg_handle *msg_handle,
 				 int *nr_cpus, int *page_size,
-				 unsigned int **ports, bool *use_fifos)
+				 unsigned int **ports, bool *use_fifos,
+				 unsigned long long *trace_id)
 {
 	struct tracecmd_msg msg;
 	char *p, *buf_end;
 	ssize_t buf_len;
 	int i, ret;
 
+	memset(&msg, 0, sizeof(msg));
 	ret = tracecmd_msg_recv(msg_handle->fd, &msg);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
@@ -981,6 +995,7 @@ int tracecmd_msg_recv_trace_resp(struct tracecmd_msg_handle *msg_handle,
 	*use_fifos = ntohl(msg.trace_resp.flags) & MSG_TRACE_USE_FIFOS;
 	*nr_cpus = ntohl(msg.trace_resp.cpus);
 	*page_size = ntohl(msg.trace_resp.page_size);
+	*trace_id = ntohll(msg.trace_resp.trace_id);
 	*ports = calloc(*nr_cpus, sizeof(**ports));
 	if (!*ports) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/tracecmd/include/trace-local.h b/tracecmd/include/trace-local.h
index 6203e0d..a6f79c5 100644
--- a/tracecmd/include/trace-local.h
+++ b/tracecmd/include/trace-local.h
@@ -98,8 +98,9 @@ void trace_usage(int argc, char **argv);
 
 int trace_record_agent(struct tracecmd_msg_handle *msg_handle,
 		       int cpus, int *fds,
-		       int argc, char **argv, bool use_fifos);
-
+		       int argc, char **argv,
+		       bool use_fifos,
+		       unsigned long long trace_id);
 struct hook_list;
 
 void trace_init_profile(struct tracecmd_input *handle, struct hook_list *hooks,
diff --git a/tracecmd/trace-agent.c b/tracecmd/trace-agent.c
index 1c6e0a3..cc330b7 100644
--- a/tracecmd/trace-agent.c
+++ b/tracecmd/trace-agent.c
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ cleanup:
 static void agent_handle(int sd, int nr_cpus, int page_size)
 {
 	struct tracecmd_msg_handle *msg_handle;
+	unsigned long long trace_id;
 	unsigned int *ports;
 	char **argv = NULL;
 	int argc = 0;
@@ -144,7 +145,8 @@ static void agent_handle(int sd, int nr_cpus, int page_size)
 	if (!msg_handle)
 		die("Failed to allocate message handle");
 
-	ret = tracecmd_msg_recv_trace_req(msg_handle, &argc, &argv, &use_fifos);
+	ret = tracecmd_msg_recv_trace_req(msg_handle, &argc, &argv,
+					  &use_fifos, &trace_id);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		die("Failed to receive trace request");
 
@@ -153,13 +155,13 @@ static void agent_handle(int sd, int nr_cpus, int page_size)
 
 	if (!use_fifos)
 		make_vsocks(nr_cpus, fds, ports);
-
+	trace_id = tracecmd_generate_traceid();
 	ret = tracecmd_msg_send_trace_resp(msg_handle, nr_cpus, page_size,
-					   ports, use_fifos);
+					   ports, use_fifos, trace_id);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		die("Failed to send trace response");
-
-	trace_record_agent(msg_handle, nr_cpus, fds, argc, argv, use_fifos);
+	trace_record_agent(msg_handle, nr_cpus, fds, argc, argv,
+			   use_fifos, trace_id);
 
 	free(argv[0]);
 	free(argv);
diff --git a/tracecmd/trace-record.c b/tracecmd/trace-record.c
index 01a74f1..e51134f 100644
--- a/tracecmd/trace-record.c
+++ b/tracecmd/trace-record.c
@@ -3507,12 +3507,16 @@ static void connect_to_agent(struct buffer_instance *instance)
 		die("Failed to allocate message handle");
 
 	ret = tracecmd_msg_send_trace_req(msg_handle, instance->argc,
-					  instance->argv, use_fifos);
+					  instance->argv, use_fifos,
+					  top_instance.trace_id);
+
 	if (ret < 0)
 		die("Failed to send trace request");
 
 	ret = tracecmd_msg_recv_trace_resp(msg_handle, &nr_cpus, &page_size,
-					   &ports, &use_fifos);
+					   &ports, &use_fifos,
+					   &instance->trace_id);
+
 	if (ret < 0)
 		die("Failed to receive trace response");
 
@@ -6117,7 +6121,8 @@ void trace_record(int argc, char **argv)
 int trace_record_agent(struct tracecmd_msg_handle *msg_handle,
 		       int cpus, int *fds,
 		       int argc, char **argv,
-		       bool use_fifos)
+		       bool use_fifos,
+		       unsigned long long trace_id)
 {
 	struct common_record_context ctx;
 	char **argv_plus;
@@ -6147,6 +6152,7 @@ int trace_record_agent(struct tracecmd_msg_handle *msg_handle,
 	ctx.instance->flags |= BUFFER_FL_AGENT;
 	ctx.instance->msg_handle = msg_handle;
 	msg_handle->version = V3_PROTOCOL;
+	top_instance.trace_id = trace_id;
 	record_trace(argc, argv, &ctx);
 
 	free(argv_plus);
