diff --git a/libs/utils/android/system.py b/libs/utils/android/system.py
index 42e8c4dec7516ea88b6011d7bedb357baa55a72f..f863ca3ef7c065c5c04f9aaf44f38be7130d9642 100644
--- a/libs/utils/android/system.py
+++ b/libs/utils/android/system.py
@@ -47,8 +47,12 @@ class System(object):
                 return None
 
         #  Format the command according to the specified arguments
-        systrace_pattern = "{} -e {} -o {} {}"
-        trace_cmd = systrace_pattern.format(systrace_path, target.conf['device'],
+        try:
+            device = "-e {}".format(target.conf['device'])
+        except:
+            device = ''
+        systrace_pattern = "{} {} -o {} {}"
+        trace_cmd = systrace_pattern.format(systrace_path, device,
                                             trace_file, " ".join(events))
         if time is not None:
             trace_cmd += " -t {}".format(time)
diff --git a/libs/utils/android/workload.py b/libs/utils/android/workload.py
index 626b65d501df675cf85f668540eb26a570539430..a42f772564259959059865321aaba00193da6850 100644
--- a/libs/utils/android/workload.py
+++ b/libs/utils/android/workload.py
@@ -134,4 +134,31 @@ class Workload(object):
         # Dump a platform description
         self._te.platform_dump(self.out_dir)
 
+    def traceShow(self):
+        """
+        Open the collected trace using the most appropriate native viewer.
+
+        The native viewer depends on the specified trace format:
+        - ftrace: open using kernelshark
+        - systrace: open using a browser
+
+        In both cases the native viewer is assumed to be available in the host
+        machine.
+        """
+
+        if 'ftrace' in self.collect:
+            os.popen("kernelshark {}".format(self.trace_file))
+            return
+
+        if 'systrace' in self.collect:
+            if os.name == 'posix':
+                os.popen("xdg-open {}".format(self.trace_file))
+            elif sys.platform.startswith('darwin'):
+                os.popen("open {}".format(self.trace_file))
+            elif os.name == 'nt':
+                os.startfile(self.trace_file)
+            return
+
+        self._log.warning('No trace collected since last run')
+
 # vim :set tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 expandtab