diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-options.h b/tools/perf/util/parse-options.h
index d8dac8ac5f37..b59ba858e73d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-options.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-options.h
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ struct option {
 	parse_opt_cb *callback;
 	intptr_t defval;
 	bool *set;
+	void *data;
 };
 
 #define check_vtype(v, type) ( BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(!__builtin_types_compatible_p(typeof(v), type)) + v )
@@ -131,6 +132,10 @@ struct option {
 	{ .type = OPTION_CALLBACK, .short_name = (s), .long_name = (l),\
 	.value = (v), (a), .help = (h), .callback = (f), .defval = (intptr_t)d,\
 	.flags = PARSE_OPT_LASTARG_DEFAULT | PARSE_OPT_NOARG}
+#define OPT_CALLBACK_OPTARG(s, l, v, d, a, h, f) \
+	{ .type = OPTION_CALLBACK, .short_name = (s), .long_name = (l), \
+	  .value = (v), (a), .help = (h), .callback = (f), \
+	  .flags = PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, .data = (d) }
 
 /* parse_options() will filter out the processed options and leave the
  * non-option argments in argv[].