diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index 7cb60526a6f1..8455a0af852c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -244,6 +244,14 @@ static const char *whences[] = { "SET", "CUR", "END",
 };
 static DEFINE_STRARRAY(whences);
 
+static const char *fcntl_cmds[] = {
+	"DUPFD", "GETFD", "SETFD", "GETFL", "SETFL", "GETLK", "SETLK",
+	"SETLKW", "SETOWN", "GETOWN", "SETSIG", "GETSIG", "F_GETLK64",
+	"F_SETLK64", "F_SETLKW64", "F_SETOWN_EX", "F_GETOWN_EX",
+	"F_GETOWNER_UIDS",
+};
+static DEFINE_STRARRAY(fcntl_cmds);
+
 static size_t syscall_arg__scnprintf_open_flags(char *bf, size_t size,
 					       struct syscall_arg *arg)
 {
@@ -315,6 +323,9 @@ static struct syscall_fmt {
 	  .arg_scnprintf = { [0] = SCA_HEX, /* brk */ }, },
 	{ .name	    = "mmap",	    .hexret = true, },
 	{ .name	    = "connect",    .errmsg = true, },
+	{ .name	    = "fcntl",	    .errmsg = true,
+	  .arg_scnprintf = { [1] = SCA_STRARRAY, /* cmd */ },
+	  .arg_parm	 = { [1] = &strarray__fcntl_cmds, /* cmd */ }, },
 	{ .name	    = "fstat",	    .errmsg = true, .alias = "newfstat", },
 	{ .name	    = "fstatat",    .errmsg = true, .alias = "newfstatat", },
 	{ .name	    = "futex",	    .errmsg = true,