diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index c1b7029884b1..02dce9295e2c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -485,6 +485,11 @@ static int default_start_script(const char *script __maybe_unused,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int default_flush_script(void)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int default_stop_script(void)
 {
 	return 0;
@@ -498,6 +503,7 @@ static int default_generate_script(struct pevent *pevent __maybe_unused,
 
 static struct scripting_ops default_scripting_ops = {
 	.start_script		= default_start_script,
+	.flush_script		= default_flush_script,
 	.stop_script		= default_stop_script,
 	.process_event		= process_event,
 	.generate_script	= default_generate_script,
@@ -513,6 +519,11 @@ static void setup_scripting(void)
 	scripting_ops = &default_scripting_ops;
 }
 
+static int flush_scripting(void)
+{
+	return scripting_ops->flush_script();
+}
+
 static int cleanup_scripting(void)
 {
 	pr_debug("\nperf script stopped\n");
@@ -1813,6 +1824,8 @@ int cmd_script(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 
 	err = __cmd_script(&script);
 
+	flush_scripting();
+
 out_delete:
 	perf_session__delete(session);
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
index b2dba9c0a3a1..0a01bac4ce02 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
@@ -432,6 +432,11 @@ error:
 	return err;
 }
 
+static int perl_flush_script(void)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Stop trace script
  */
@@ -633,6 +638,7 @@ static int perl_generate_script(struct pevent *pevent, const char *outfile)
 struct scripting_ops perl_scripting_ops = {
 	.name = "Perl",
 	.start_script = perl_start_script,
+	.flush_script = perl_flush_script,
 	.stop_script = perl_stop_script,
 	.process_event = perl_process_event,
 	.generate_script = perl_generate_script,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
index 26e5f14239ed..56ba07cce549 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
@@ -639,6 +639,11 @@ error:
 	return err;
 }
 
+static int python_flush_script(void)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Stop trace script
  */
@@ -823,6 +828,7 @@ static int python_generate_script(struct pevent *pevent, const char *outfile)
 struct scripting_ops python_scripting_ops = {
 	.name = "Python",
 	.start_script = python_start_script,
+	.flush_script = python_flush_script,
 	.stop_script = python_stop_script,
 	.process_event = python_process_event,
 	.generate_script = python_generate_script,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-scripting.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-scripting.c
index 57aaccc1692e..5c9bdd1591a9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-scripting.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-scripting.c
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@
 
 struct scripting_context *scripting_context;
 
+static int flush_script_unsupported(void)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int stop_script_unsupported(void)
 {
 	return 0;
@@ -74,6 +79,7 @@ static int python_generate_script_unsupported(struct pevent *pevent
 struct scripting_ops python_scripting_unsupported_ops = {
 	.name = "Python",
 	.start_script = python_start_script_unsupported,
+	.flush_script = flush_script_unsupported,
 	.stop_script = stop_script_unsupported,
 	.process_event = process_event_unsupported,
 	.generate_script = python_generate_script_unsupported,
@@ -137,6 +143,7 @@ static int perl_generate_script_unsupported(struct pevent *pevent
 struct scripting_ops perl_scripting_unsupported_ops = {
 	.name = "Perl",
 	.start_script = perl_start_script_unsupported,
+	.flush_script = flush_script_unsupported,
 	.stop_script = stop_script_unsupported,
 	.process_event = process_event_unsupported,
 	.generate_script = perl_generate_script_unsupported,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
index 7b6d68688327..52aaa19e1eb1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ struct perf_session;
 struct scripting_ops {
 	const char *name;
 	int (*start_script) (const char *script, int argc, const char **argv);
+	int (*flush_script) (void);
 	int (*stop_script) (void);
 	void (*process_event) (union perf_event *event,
 			       struct perf_sample *sample,