diff --git a/include/linux/bpf.h b/include/linux/bpf.h
index c07b1d2f3824..1262ec460ab3 100644
--- a/include/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/linux/bpf.h
@@ -987,6 +987,7 @@ _out:							\
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(int, bpf_prog_active);
+extern struct mutex bpf_stats_enabled_mutex;
 
 /*
  * Block execution of BPF programs attached to instrumentation (perf,
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index 0eccafae55bb..705e4822f997 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ enum bpf_cmd {
 	BPF_LINK_UPDATE,
 	BPF_LINK_GET_FD_BY_ID,
 	BPF_LINK_GET_NEXT_ID,
+	BPF_ENABLE_STATS,
 };
 
 enum bpf_map_type {
@@ -390,6 +391,12 @@ enum {
  */
 #define BPF_F_QUERY_EFFECTIVE	(1U << 0)
 
+/* type for BPF_ENABLE_STATS */
+enum bpf_stats_type {
+	/* enabled run_time_ns and run_cnt */
+	BPF_STATS_RUN_TIME = 0,
+};
+
 enum bpf_stack_build_id_status {
 	/* user space need an empty entry to identify end of a trace */
 	BPF_STACK_BUILD_ID_EMPTY = 0,
@@ -601,6 +608,10 @@ union bpf_attr {
 		__u32		old_prog_fd;
 	} link_update;
 
+	struct { /* struct used by BPF_ENABLE_STATS command */
+		__u32		type;
+	} enable_stats;
+
 } __attribute__((aligned(8)));
 
 /* The description below is an attempt at providing documentation to eBPF
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
index c75b2dd2459c..4f34eecec9ce 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
@@ -3872,6 +3872,60 @@ static int bpf_link_get_fd_by_id(const union bpf_attr *attr)
 	return fd;
 }
 
+DEFINE_MUTEX(bpf_stats_enabled_mutex);
+
+static int bpf_stats_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&bpf_stats_enabled_mutex);
+	static_key_slow_dec(&bpf_stats_enabled_key.key);
+	mutex_unlock(&bpf_stats_enabled_mutex);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations bpf_stats_fops = {
+	.release = bpf_stats_release,
+};
+
+static int bpf_enable_runtime_stats(void)
+{
+	int fd;
+
+	mutex_lock(&bpf_stats_enabled_mutex);
+
+	/* Set a very high limit to avoid overflow */
+	if (static_key_count(&bpf_stats_enabled_key.key) > INT_MAX / 2) {
+		mutex_unlock(&bpf_stats_enabled_mutex);
+		return -EBUSY;
+	}
+
+	fd = anon_inode_getfd("bpf-stats", &bpf_stats_fops, NULL, O_CLOEXEC);
+	if (fd >= 0)
+		static_key_slow_inc(&bpf_stats_enabled_key.key);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&bpf_stats_enabled_mutex);
+	return fd;
+}
+
+#define BPF_ENABLE_STATS_LAST_FIELD enable_stats.type
+
+static int bpf_enable_stats(union bpf_attr *attr)
+{
+
+	if (CHECK_ATTR(BPF_ENABLE_STATS))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	switch (attr->enable_stats.type) {
+	case BPF_STATS_RUN_TIME:
+		return bpf_enable_runtime_stats();
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
 SYSCALL_DEFINE3(bpf, int, cmd, union bpf_attr __user *, uattr, unsigned int, size)
 {
 	union bpf_attr attr;
@@ -3996,6 +4050,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(bpf, int, cmd, union bpf_attr __user *, uattr, unsigned int, siz
 		err = bpf_obj_get_next_id(&attr, uattr,
 					  &link_idr, &link_idr_lock);
 		break;
+	case BPF_ENABLE_STATS:
+		err = bpf_enable_stats(&attr);
+		break;
 	default:
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		break;
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index e961286d0e14..7adfe5dbce9d 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -201,6 +201,40 @@ static int max_extfrag_threshold = 1000;
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL
+static int bpf_stats_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+			     void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
+			     loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	struct static_key *key = (struct static_key *)table->data;
+	static int saved_val;
+	int val, ret;
+	struct ctl_table tmp = {
+		.data   = &val,
+		.maxlen = sizeof(val),
+		.mode   = table->mode,
+		.extra1 = SYSCTL_ZERO,
+		.extra2 = SYSCTL_ONE,
+	};
+
+	if (write && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	mutex_lock(&bpf_stats_enabled_mutex);
+	val = saved_val;
+	ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(&tmp, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+	if (write && !ret && val != saved_val) {
+		if (val)
+			static_key_slow_inc(key);
+		else
+			static_key_slow_dec(key);
+		saved_val = val;
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&bpf_stats_enabled_mutex);
+	return ret;
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * /proc/sys support
  */
@@ -2549,7 +2583,7 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.data		= &bpf_stats_enabled_key.key,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(bpf_stats_enabled_key),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_do_static_key,
+		.proc_handler	= bpf_stats_handler,
 	},
 #endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_TREE_RCU)
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index 0eccafae55bb..705e4822f997 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ enum bpf_cmd {
 	BPF_LINK_UPDATE,
 	BPF_LINK_GET_FD_BY_ID,
 	BPF_LINK_GET_NEXT_ID,
+	BPF_ENABLE_STATS,
 };
 
 enum bpf_map_type {
@@ -390,6 +391,12 @@ enum {
  */
 #define BPF_F_QUERY_EFFECTIVE	(1U << 0)
 
+/* type for BPF_ENABLE_STATS */
+enum bpf_stats_type {
+	/* enabled run_time_ns and run_cnt */
+	BPF_STATS_RUN_TIME = 0,
+};
+
 enum bpf_stack_build_id_status {
 	/* user space need an empty entry to identify end of a trace */
 	BPF_STACK_BUILD_ID_EMPTY = 0,
@@ -601,6 +608,10 @@ union bpf_attr {
 		__u32		old_prog_fd;
 	} link_update;
 
+	struct { /* struct used by BPF_ENABLE_STATS command */
+		__u32		type;
+	} enable_stats;
+
 } __attribute__((aligned(8)));
 
 /* The description below is an attempt at providing documentation to eBPF