diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/Build b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/Build
index 7aab0be5fc5f..47f9c56e744f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/Build
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@ perf-$(CONFIG_LOCAL_LIBUNWIND)    += unwind-libunwind.o
 perf-$(CONFIG_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND) += unwind-libdw.o
 
 perf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += auxtrace.o
+perf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += archinsn.o
 perf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += intel-pt.o
 perf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += intel-bts.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/archinsn.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/archinsn.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4237bb2e7fa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/archinsn.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include "perf.h"
+#include "archinsn.h"
+#include "util/intel-pt-decoder/insn.h"
+#include "machine.h"
+#include "thread.h"
+#include "symbol.h"
+
+void arch_fetch_insn(struct perf_sample *sample,
+		     struct thread *thread,
+		     struct machine *machine)
+{
+	struct insn insn;
+	int len;
+	bool is64bit = false;
+
+	if (!sample->ip)
+		return;
+	len = thread__memcpy(thread, machine, sample->insn, sample->ip, sizeof(sample->insn), &is64bit);
+	if (len <= 0)
+		return;
+	insn_init(&insn, sample->insn, len, is64bit);
+	insn_get_length(&insn);
+	if (insn_complete(&insn) && insn.length <= len)
+		sample->insn_len = insn.length;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index 53f78cf3113f..a5080afd361d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -29,10 +29,12 @@
 #include "util/time-utils.h"
 #include "util/path.h"
 #include "print_binary.h"
+#include "archinsn.h"
 #include <linux/bitmap.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/stringify.h>
 #include <linux/time64.h>
+#include <sys/utsname.h>
 #include "asm/bug.h"
 #include "util/mem-events.h"
 #include "util/dump-insn.h"
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ static const char		*cpu_list;
 static DECLARE_BITMAP(cpu_bitmap, MAX_NR_CPUS);
 static struct perf_stat_config	stat_config;
 static int			max_blocks;
+static bool			native_arch;
 
 unsigned int scripting_max_stack = PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH;
 
@@ -1227,6 +1230,12 @@ static int perf_sample__fprintf_callindent(struct perf_sample *sample,
 	return len + dlen;
 }
 
+__weak void arch_fetch_insn(struct perf_sample *sample __maybe_unused,
+			    struct thread *thread __maybe_unused,
+			    struct machine *machine __maybe_unused)
+{
+}
+
 static int perf_sample__fprintf_insn(struct perf_sample *sample,
 				     struct perf_event_attr *attr,
 				     struct thread *thread,
@@ -1234,9 +1243,12 @@ static int perf_sample__fprintf_insn(struct perf_sample *sample,
 {
 	int printed = 0;
 
+	if (sample->insn_len == 0 && native_arch)
+		arch_fetch_insn(sample, thread, machine);
+
 	if (PRINT_FIELD(INSNLEN))
 		printed += fprintf(fp, " ilen: %d", sample->insn_len);
-	if (PRINT_FIELD(INSN)) {
+	if (PRINT_FIELD(INSN) && sample->insn_len) {
 		int i;
 
 		printed += fprintf(fp, " insn:");
@@ -3277,6 +3289,7 @@ int cmd_script(int argc, const char **argv)
 		.set = false,
 		.default_no_sample = true,
 	};
+	struct utsname uts;
 	char *script_path = NULL;
 	const char **__argv;
 	int i, j, err = 0;
@@ -3615,6 +3628,12 @@ int cmd_script(int argc, const char **argv)
 	if (symbol__init(&session->header.env) < 0)
 		goto out_delete;
 
+	uname(&uts);
+	if (!strcmp(uts.machine, session->header.env.arch) ||
+	    (!strcmp(uts.machine, "x86_64") &&
+	     !strcmp(session->header.env.arch, "i386")))
+		native_arch = true;
+
 	script.session = session;
 	script__setup_sample_type(&script);
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/archinsn.h b/tools/perf/util/archinsn.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..448cbb6b8d7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/archinsn.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#ifndef INSN_H
+#define INSN_H 1
+
+struct perf_sample;
+struct machine;
+struct thread;
+
+void arch_fetch_insn(struct perf_sample *sample,
+		     struct thread *thread,
+		     struct machine *machine);
+
+#endif