diff --git a/tools/acrntrace/scripts/acrnalyze.py b/tools/acrntrace/scripts/acrnalyze.py
index b56a984a4..d09edf095 100755
--- a/tools/acrntrace/scripts/acrnalyze.py
+++ b/tools/acrntrace/scripts/acrnalyze.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import getopt
 import os
 import config
 from vmexit_analyze import analyze_vm_exit
+from irq_analyze import analyze_irq
 
 def usage():
     """print the usage of the script
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ def usage():
     -o, --ofile=[string]: output file
     -f, --frequency=[unsigned int]: TSC frequency in MHz
     --vm_exit: to generate vm_exit report
+    --irq: to generate irq related report
     '''
 
 def do_analysis(ifile, ofile, analyzer):
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ def main(argv):
     inputfile = ''
     outputfile = ''
     opts_short = "hi:o:f:"
-    opts_long = ["ifile=", "ofile=", "frequency=", "vm_exit"]
+    opts_long = ["ifile=", "ofile=", "frequency=", "vm_exit", "irq"]
     analyzer = []
 
     try:
@@ -79,6 +81,8 @@ def main(argv):
             TSC_FREQ = arg
         elif opt == "--vm_exit":
             analyzer.append(analyze_vm_exit)
+        elif opt == "--irq":
+            analyzer.append(analyze_irq)
         else:
             assert False, "unhandled option"
 
diff --git a/tools/acrntrace/scripts/irq_analyze.py b/tools/acrntrace/scripts/irq_analyze.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..a4a40050d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/acrntrace/scripts/irq_analyze.py
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
+
+"""
+This script defines the function to do the irq related analysis
+"""
+
+import csv
+import struct
+from config import TSC_FREQ
+
+TSC_BEGIN = 0L
+TSC_END = 0L
+
+VMEXIT_ENTRY = 0x10000
+
+LIST_EVENTS = {
+    'VMEXIT_EXTERNAL_INTERRUPT':   VMEXIT_ENTRY + 0x00000001,
+}
+
+IRQ_EXITS = {}
+
+# 4 * 64bit per trace entry
+TRCREC = "QQQQ"
+
+def parse_trace(ifile):
+    """parse the trace data file
+    Args:
+        ifile: input trace data file
+    Return:
+        None
+    """
+
+    fd = open(ifile, 'rb')
+
+    while True:
+        global TSC_BEGIN, TSC_END
+        try:
+            line = fd.read(struct.calcsize(TRCREC))
+            if not line:
+                break
+            (tsc, event, vec, d2) = struct.unpack(TRCREC, line)
+
+            event = event & 0xffffffffffff
+
+            if TSC_BEGIN == 0:
+               TSC_BEGIN = long(tsc)
+
+            TSC_END = long(tsc)
+
+            for key in LIST_EVENTS.keys():
+                if event == LIST_EVENTS.get(key):
+		    if IRQ_EXITS.has_key(vec):
+                        IRQ_EXITS[vec] += 1
+                    else:
+                        IRQ_EXITS[vec] = 1
+
+        except struct.error:
+            sys.exit()
+
+def generate_report(ofile, freq):
+    """ generate analysis report
+    Args:
+        ofile: output report
+        freq: TSC frequency of the device trace data from
+    Return:
+        None
+    """
+    global TSC_BEGIN, TSC_END
+
+    csv_name = ofile + '.csv'
+    try:
+        with open(csv_name, 'a') as filep:
+            f_csv = csv.writer(filep)
+
+            rt_cycle = TSC_END - TSC_BEGIN
+            assert rt_cycle != 0, "Total run time in cycle is 0, \
+                                   TSC end %d, TSC begin %d" \
+                                   % (TSC_END, TSC_BEGIN)
+
+            rt_sec = float(rt_cycle) / (float(freq) * 1000 * 1000)
+
+            print ("\nVector \t\tCount \tNR_Exit/Sec")
+            f_csv.writerow(['Vector', 'NR_Exit', 'NR_Exit/Sec'])
+            for e in IRQ_EXITS.keys():
+                pct = float(IRQ_EXITS[e]) / rt_sec
+                print ("0x%08x \t %d \t%.2f" % (e, IRQ_EXITS[e], pct))
+                f_csv.writerow([e, IRQ_EXITS[e], '%.2f' % pct])
+
+    except IOError as err:
+        print ("Output File Error: " + str(err))
+
+def analyze_irq(ifile, ofile):
+    """do the vm exits analysis
+    Args:
+        ifile: input trace data file
+        ofile: output report file
+    Return:
+        None
+    """
+
+    print("IRQ analysis started... \n\tinput file: %s\n"
+          "\toutput file: %s.csv" % (ifile, ofile))
+
+    parse_trace(ifile)
+    # save report to the output file
+    generate_report(ofile, TSC_FREQ)