diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index 6d98a83..76577e6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "util/util.h"
 #include "util/evlist.h"
 #include "util/evsel.h"
+#include "util/sort.h"
 #include <linux/bitmap.h>
 
 static char const		*script_name;
@@ -1143,6 +1144,8 @@
 		     parse_output_fields),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all-cpus", &system_wide,
 		     "system-wide collection from all CPUs"),
+	OPT_STRING('S', "symbols", &symbol_conf.sym_list_str, "symbol[,symbol...]",
+		   "only consider these symbols"),
 	OPT_STRING('C', "cpu", &cpu_list, "cpu", "list of cpus to profile"),
 	OPT_STRING('c', "comms", &symbol_conf.comm_list_str, "comm[,comm...]",
 		   "only display events for these comms"),