diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_exec.c b/sys/kern/kern_exec.c
--- a/sys/kern/kern_exec.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_exec.c
@@ -354,7 +354,11 @@
 	    exec_args_get_begin_envv(args) - args->begin_argv);
 	AUDIT_ARG_ENVV(exec_args_get_begin_envv(args), args->envc,
 	    args->endp - exec_args_get_begin_envv(args));
-
+#ifdef KTRACE
+        if (KTRPOINT(td, KTR_ARGS)) {
+          ktrargs(args);
+        }
+#endif
 	/* Must have at least one argument. */
 	if (args->argc == 0) {
 		exec_free_args(args);
diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_ktrace.c b/sys/kern/kern_ktrace.c
--- a/sys/kern/kern_ktrace.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_ktrace.c
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@
 	[KTR_FAULT] = sizeof(struct ktr_fault),
 	[KTR_FAULTEND] = sizeof(struct ktr_faultend),
 	[KTR_STRUCT_ARRAY] = sizeof(struct ktr_struct_array),
+	[KTR_ARGS] = 0,
 };
 
 static STAILQ_HEAD(, ktr_request) ktr_free;
@@ -559,6 +560,33 @@
 	ktr_submitrequest(curthread, req);
 }
 
+void
+ktrargs(struct image_args *args)
+{
+       struct ktr_request *req;
+       int argc = exec_args_get_begin_envv(args) - args->begin_argv;
+       char* argv = malloc(argc + 1, M_KTRACE, M_WAITOK);
+       bcopy(args->begin_argv, argv, argc);
+       bcopy("\0", argv + argc, 1);
+       int envc = args->endp - exec_args_get_begin_envv(args);
+       char* envv = malloc(envc + 1, M_KTRACE, M_WAITOK);
+       bcopy(exec_args_get_begin_envv(args), envv, envc);
+       bcopy("\0", envv + envc, 1);
+       char* buf = malloc(argc + envc + 2, M_KTRACE, M_WAITOK);
+       bcopy(argv, buf, argc + 1);
+       bcopy(envv, buf + argc + 2, envc + 1);
+       req = ktr_getrequest(KTR_ARGS);
+       if (req == NULL) {
+               if (buf != NULL)
+                       free(buf, M_KTRACE);
+               return;
+       }
+       req->ktr_header.ktr_len = argc + envc + 2;
+       req->ktr_buffer = buf;
+       ktr_submitrequest(curthread, req);
+}
+
+
 void
 ktrsysret(int code, int error, register_t retval)
 {
diff --git a/sys/sys/ktrace.h b/sys/sys/ktrace.h
--- a/sys/sys/ktrace.h
+++ b/sys/sys/ktrace.h
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@
 #include <sys/signal.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/_uio.h>
+#ifndef _KERNEL
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#endif
+#include <sys/imgact.h>
 
 /*
  * operations to ktrace system call  (KTROP(op))
@@ -263,6 +267,8 @@
 	 */
 };
 
+#define KTR_ARGS 16
+
 /*
  * KTR_DROP - If this bit is set in ktr_type, then at least one event
  * between the previous record and this record was dropped.
@@ -295,6 +301,7 @@
 #define KTRFAC_FAULT	(1<<KTR_FAULT)
 #define KTRFAC_FAULTEND	(1<<KTR_FAULTEND)
 #define	KTRFAC_STRUCT_ARRAY (1<<KTR_STRUCT_ARRAY)
+#define KTRFAC_ARGS     (1<<KTR_ARGS)
 
 /*
  * trace flags (also in p_traceflags)
@@ -335,6 +342,7 @@
 void	ktrstruct_error(const char *, const void *, size_t, int);
 void	ktrstructarray(const char *, enum uio_seg, const void *, int, size_t);
 void	ktrcapfail(enum ktr_cap_violation, const void *);
+void    ktrargs(struct image_args*);
 #define ktrcaprights(s) \
 	ktrstruct("caprights", (s), sizeof(cap_rights_t))
 #define	ktritimerval(s) \
diff --git a/usr.bin/kdump/kdump.c b/usr.bin/kdump/kdump.c
--- a/usr.bin/kdump/kdump.c
+++ b/usr.bin/kdump/kdump.c
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@
 void ktrbitset(char *, struct bitset *, size_t);
 void ktrsyscall_freebsd(struct ktr_syscall *ktr, register_t **resip,
     int *resnarg, char *resc, u_int sv_flags);
+void ktrargs(struct image_args* args, int num);
 void usage(void);
 
 #define	TIMESTAMP_NONE		0x0
@@ -259,6 +260,12 @@
 		printf("<invalid>%u", rem);
 }
 
+void
+ktrargs(struct image_args* args, int num)
+{
+  printf("Entered ktrargs in userspace, beginning of argv is %s and len is %d\n", args->begin_argv, num);
+}
+
 static void
 decode_fileflags(fflags_t value)
 {
@@ -515,6 +522,9 @@
 		case KTR_STRUCT_ARRAY:
 			ktrstructarray((struct ktr_struct_array *)m, ktrlen);
 			break;
+	        case KTR_ARGS:
+		        ktrargs((struct image_args*)m, ktrlen);
+		        break;
 		default:
 			printf("\n");
 			break;
diff --git a/usr.bin/ktrace/ktrace.h b/usr.bin/ktrace/ktrace.h
--- a/usr.bin/ktrace/ktrace.h
+++ b/usr.bin/ktrace/ktrace.h
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
 
 #define DEF_POINTS (KTRFAC_SYSCALL | KTRFAC_SYSRET | KTRFAC_NAMEI | \
 		    KTRFAC_GENIO | KTRFAC_PSIG | KTRFAC_USER | \
-		    KTRFAC_STRUCT | KTRFAC_SYSCTL | KTRFAC_STRUCT_ARRAY)
+		    KTRFAC_STRUCT | KTRFAC_SYSCTL | KTRFAC_STRUCT_ARRAY | \
+		    KTRFAC_ARGS)
 
 #define PROC_ABI_POINTS (KTRFAC_PROCCTOR | KTRFAC_PROCDTOR)