diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
index 808b664343c9..44d89fb9c788 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS.
 --ignore-vmlinux::
 	Ignore vmlinux files.
 
+--kallsyms=<file>::
+	kallsyms pathname
+
 -m <pages>::
 --mmap-pages=<pages>::
 	Number of mmap data pages (must be a power of two) or size
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index aa0c73e57924..1252d1759064 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -1289,6 +1289,8 @@ int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv)
 		   "file", "vmlinux pathname"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "ignore-vmlinux", &symbol_conf.ignore_vmlinux,
 		    "don't load vmlinux even if found"),
+	OPT_STRING(0, "kallsyms", &symbol_conf.kallsyms_name,
+		   "file", "kallsyms pathname"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('K', "hide_kernel_symbols", &top.hide_kernel_symbols,
 		    "hide kernel symbols"),
 	OPT_CALLBACK('m', "mmap-pages", &opts->mmap_pages, "pages",