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diff --git a/lisa/assets/binaries/x86_64/rt-app b/lisa/assets/binaries/x86_64/rt-app
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diff --git a/lisa/tests/base.py b/lisa/tests/base.py
index 49faaeeee5b04d45b12df3985845ac438330b2e7..6577075ebe454426f4bf0f6fb32aef93f14c7abb 100644
--- a/lisa/tests/base.py
+++ b/lisa/tests/base.py
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ from devlib.trace.dmesg import KernelLogEntry
 from devlib import TargetStableError
 
 from lisa.analysis.tasks import TasksAnalysis
-from lisa.trace import Trace, requires_events, TaskID
+from lisa.trace import requires_events, may_use_events
+from lisa.trace import Trace, TaskID
 from lisa.wlgen.rta import RTA
 from lisa.target import Target
 
@@ -1268,8 +1269,13 @@ class RTATestBundle(FtraceTestBundle, DmesgTestBundle):
         profile = profile or cls.get_rtapp_profile(target.plat_info)
         cg_cfg = cg_cfg or cls.get_cgroup_configuration(target.plat_info)
 
+        trace_events = [event.replace('rtapp_', '')
+                        for event in ftrace_coll.events
+                        if event.startswith("rtapp_")]
+
         wload = RTA.by_profile(target, "rta_{}".format(cls.__name__.lower()),
-                               profile, res_dir=res_dir)
+                               profile, res_dir=res_dir,
+                               trace_events=trace_events)
         cgroup = cls._target_configure_cgroup(target, cg_cfg)
         as_root = cgroup is not None
 
diff --git a/lisa/wlgen/rta.py b/lisa/wlgen/rta.py
index 59c1694025f4ae37d54bb97137ff6148d2b49b26..e5b83f5e9b881894513b8f083dc4fd5c3b6af263 100644
--- a/lisa/wlgen/rta.py
+++ b/lisa/wlgen/rta.py
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ class RTA(Workload):
 
         self.command = '{0:s} {1:s} 2>&1'.format(quote(rta_cmd), quote(self.remote_json))
 
-    def _late_init(self, calibration=None, tasks_names=None):
+    def _late_init(self, calibration=None, tasks_names=None,
+                   log_stats=False, trace_events=[]):
         """
         Complete initialization with a ready json file
 
@@ -93,6 +94,8 @@ class RTA(Workload):
 
         self.calibration = calibration
         self.tasks = sorted(tasks_names)
+        self.log_stats = log_stats
+        self.trace_events = trace_events
 
         # Move configuration file to target
         self.target.push(self.local_json, self.remote_json)
@@ -105,6 +108,8 @@ class RTA(Workload):
             # TODO: handle background case
             return
 
+        if not self.log_stats:
+            return
         logger.debug('Pulling logfiles to [%s]...', self.res_dir)
         for task in self.tasks:
             # RT-app appends some number to the logs, so we can't predict the
@@ -132,7 +137,8 @@ class RTA(Workload):
 
     @classmethod
     def by_profile(cls, target, name, profile, res_dir=None, default_policy=None,
-                   max_duration_s=None, calibration=None):
+                   max_duration_s=None, calibration=None,
+                   log_stats=False, trace_events=[]):
         """
         Create an rt-app workload using :class:`RTATask` instances
 
@@ -151,6 +157,16 @@ class RTA(Workload):
           be an integer value or a CPU string (e.g. "CPU0").
         :type calibration: int or str
 
+        :param log_stats: Generate a log file with stats for each task
+        :type log_stats: bool
+
+        :param trace_events: A list of trace events to generate.
+          For a full list of trace events which can be generated by rt-app,
+          refer to the tool documentation:
+            https://github.com/scheduler-tools/rt-app/blob/master/doc/tutorial.txt
+          By default, no events are generated.
+        :type trace_events: list(str)
+
         A simple profile workload would be::
 
             task = Periodic(duty_cycle_pct=5)
@@ -184,7 +200,8 @@ class RTA(Workload):
             'default_policy': 'SCHED_OTHER',
             'duration': -1 if not max_duration_s else max_duration_s,
             'calibration': calibration,
-            'logdir': self.run_dir,
+            'logstats' : log_stats,
+            'ftrace': ','.join(trace_events),
         }
 
         if max_duration_s:
@@ -240,7 +257,9 @@ class RTA(Workload):
         with open(self.local_json, 'w') as outfile:
             json.dump(rta_profile, outfile, indent=4, separators=(',', ': '))
 
-        self._late_init(calibration=calibration, tasks_names=list(profile.keys()))
+        self._late_init(calibration=calibration,
+                        tasks_names=list(profile.keys()),
+                        log_stats=log_stats, trace_events=trace_events)
         return self
 
     @classmethod