diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-inject.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-inject.txt
index a00a34276c54..dc7442cf3d7f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-inject.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-inject.txt
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ OPTIONS
 	tasks slept. sched_switch contains a callchain where a task slept and
 	sched_stat contains a timeslice how long a task slept.
 
+--kallsyms=<file>::
+	kallsyms pathname
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-report[1], linkperf:perf-archive[1]
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
index cf6a605a13e8..9a02807387d6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
@@ -439,6 +439,8 @@ int cmd_inject(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 			    "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[] = {