diff --git a/scripts/trace.py b/scripts/trace.py
index 10dbbe672c0d6814de2c563a90dec0a443b7788d..faf1deef9992bfff533a8de9c9bf43916ce7509c 100755
--- a/scripts/trace.py
+++ b/scripts/trace.py
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     if getattr(args, 'paginate', False):
-        less_process = subprocess.Popen(['less', '-F'], stdin=subprocess.PIPE)
+        less_process = subprocess.Popen(['less', '-FX'], stdin=subprocess.PIPE)
         sys.stdout = less_process.stdin
     else:
         less_process = None