diff --git a/api/docs/release.dox b/api/docs/release.dox
index 6439daa9bb0..dcf75d0aa3e 100644
--- a/api/docs/release.dox
+++ b/api/docs/release.dox
@@ -276,6 +276,8 @@ Further non-compatibility-affecting changes include:
    dr_get_process_id() in some contexts.
  - The private loader's malloc redirection now guarantees double-pointer-sized
    alignment, to match what system-provided allocators use.
+ - Added -trace_for_instrs and -retrace_every_instrs options to drcachesim
+   for periodic trace bustrs of an unmodified application.
 
 **************************************************
 <hr>
diff --git a/clients/drcachesim/common/options.cpp b/clients/drcachesim/common/options.cpp
index a67ef374f2b..c670d51cc6d 100644
--- a/clients/drcachesim/common/options.cpp
+++ b/clients/drcachesim/common/options.cpp
@@ -218,9 +218,27 @@ droption_t<bytesize_t> op_trace_after_instrs(
     DROPTION_SCOPE_CLIENT, "trace_after_instrs", 0,
     "Do not start tracing until N instructions",
     "If non-zero, this causes tracing to be suppressed until this many dynamic "
-    "instruction "
-    "executions are observed.  At that point, regular tracing is put into place.  Use "
-    "-max_trace_size to set a limit on the subsequent trace length.");
+    "instruction executions are observed from the start of the application. "
+    "At that point, regular tracing is put into place.  Use "
+    "-trace_for_instrs or -max_trace_size to set a limit on the subsequent trace "
+    "length.  Use -retrace_every_instrs to trace repeatedly.");
+
+droption_t<bytesize_t> op_trace_for_instrs(
+    DROPTION_SCOPE_CLIENT, "trace_for_instrs", 0,
+    "After tracing N instructions, stop tracing, but continue executing.",
+    "If non-zero, this stops recording a trace after the specified number of "
+    "instructions are traced.  Unlike -exit_after_tracing, which kills the "
+    "application (and counts data as well as instructions), the application "
+    "continues executing.  This can be combined with -retrace_every_instrs.");
+
+droption_t<bytesize_t> op_retrace_every_instrs(
+    DROPTION_SCOPE_CLIENT, "retrace_every_instrs", 0,
+    "Trace for -trace_for_instrs, execute this many, and repeat.",
+    "This option augment -trace_for_instrs.  After tracing concludes, this option "
+    "causes non-traced instructions to be counted and after the number specified by "
+    "this option, tracing start up again for the -trace_for_instrs duration.  This "
+    "process repeats itself.  This can be combined with -trace_after_instrs for an "
+    "initial period of non-tracing.");
 
 droption_t<bytesize_t> op_exit_after_tracing(
     DROPTION_SCOPE_CLIENT, "exit_after_tracing", 0,
diff --git a/clients/drcachesim/common/options.h b/clients/drcachesim/common/options.h
index 44bd268abb7..f4c555de3a6 100644
--- a/clients/drcachesim/common/options.h
+++ b/clients/drcachesim/common/options.h
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ extern droption_t<unsigned int> op_virt2phys_freq;
 extern droption_t<bool> op_cpu_scheduling;
 extern droption_t<bytesize_t> op_max_trace_size;
 extern droption_t<bytesize_t> op_trace_after_instrs;
+extern droption_t<bytesize_t> op_trace_for_instrs;
+extern droption_t<bytesize_t> op_retrace_every_instrs;
 extern droption_t<bytesize_t> op_exit_after_tracing;
 extern droption_t<bool> op_online_instr_types;
 extern droption_t<std::string> op_replace_policy;