diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
index cf6a605..9a02807 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
@@ -439,6 +439,8 @@
 			    "where and how long tasks slept"),
 		OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose,
 			 "be more verbose (show build ids, etc)"),
+		OPT_STRING(0, "kallsyms", &symbol_conf.kallsyms_name, "file",
+			   "kallsyms pathname"),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
 	const char * const inject_usage[] = {