diff --git a/scripts/bpftrace.sh b/scripts/bpftrace.sh
index 6a2afbb85..42d766c6c 100755
--- a/scripts/bpftrace.sh
+++ b/scripts/bpftrace.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ set -e
 
 if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
 	echo "usage: $0 <pid> <script>"
+	echo ""
+	echo "Environment variable BPF_OUTFILE can be set to save results to a file"
+	echo "rather than print to stdout."
 	exit 1
 fi
 SCRIPTS_DIR=$(readlink -f $(dirname $0))
@@ -12,4 +15,5 @@ BPF_SCRIPT+=$(sed "s#__EXE__#${BIN_PATH}#g" "${@:2}" | sed "s#__PID__#${1}#g")
 if [ -n "$ECHO_SCRIPT" ]; then
 	echo "$BPF_SCRIPT"
 fi
-bpftrace -p $1 -e "$BPF_SCRIPT"
+
+bpftrace -p $1 -e "$BPF_SCRIPT" ${BPF_OUTFILE:+-o "$BPF_OUTFILE"}