diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-buildid-cache.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-buildid-cache.txt
index e9a8349a7172f7533fe970062c5936b4fd7df6fd..fd77d81ea748663284bc55db4db8fa5c20fc2a28 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-buildid-cache.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-buildid-cache.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,19 @@ OPTIONS
 -a::
 --add=::
         Add specified file to the cache.
+-k::
+--kcore::
+        Add specified kcore file to the cache. For the current host that is
+        /proc/kcore which requires root permissions to read. Be aware that
+        running 'perf buildid-cache' as root may update root's build-id cache
+        not the user's. Use the -v option to see where the file is created.
+        Note that the copied file contains only code sections not the whole core
+        image. Note also that files "kallsyms" and "modules" must also be in the
+        same directory and are also copied.  All 3 files are created with read
+        permissions for root only. kcore will not be added if there is already a
+        kcore in the cache (with the same build-id) that has the same modules at
+        the same addresses. Use the -v option to see if a copy of kcore is
+        actually made.
 -r::
 --remove=::
         Remove specified file from the cache.
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c b/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c
index c96c8fa3824353f1c5401cd2a6bacb9701a2762e..8140b7b249fa1f4fdd23ea2eb00914c2395ae688 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2010, Red Hat Inc.
  * Copyright (C) 2010, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
  */
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <dirent.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "perf.h"
 #include "util/cache.h"
@@ -17,6 +22,140 @@
 #include "util/session.h"
 #include "util/symbol.h"
 
+static int build_id_cache__kcore_buildid(const char *proc_dir, char *sbuildid)
+{
+	char root_dir[PATH_MAX];
+	char notes[PATH_MAX];
+	u8 build_id[BUILD_ID_SIZE];
+	char *p;
+
+	strlcpy(root_dir, proc_dir, sizeof(root_dir));
+
+	p = strrchr(root_dir, '/');
+	if (!p)
+		return -1;
+	*p = '\0';
+
+	scnprintf(notes, sizeof(notes), "%s/sys/kernel/notes", root_dir);
+
+	if (sysfs__read_build_id(notes, build_id, sizeof(build_id)))
+		return -1;
+
+	build_id__sprintf(build_id, sizeof(build_id), sbuildid);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int build_id_cache__kcore_dir(char *dir, size_t sz)
+{
+	struct timeval tv;
+	struct tm tm;
+	char dt[32];
+
+	if (gettimeofday(&tv, NULL) || !localtime_r(&tv.tv_sec, &tm))
+		return -1;
+
+	if (!strftime(dt, sizeof(dt), "%Y%m%d%H%M%S", &tm))
+		return -1;
+
+	scnprintf(dir, sz, "%s%02u", dt, (unsigned)tv.tv_usec / 10000);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int build_id_cache__kcore_existing(const char *from_dir, char *to_dir,
+					  size_t to_dir_sz)
+{
+	char from[PATH_MAX];
+	char to[PATH_MAX];
+	struct dirent *dent;
+	int ret = -1;
+	DIR *d;
+
+	d = opendir(to_dir);
+	if (!d)
+		return -1;
+
+	scnprintf(from, sizeof(from), "%s/modules", from_dir);
+
+	while (1) {
+		dent = readdir(d);
+		if (!dent)
+			break;
+		if (dent->d_type != DT_DIR)
+			continue;
+		scnprintf(to, sizeof(to), "%s/%s/modules", to_dir,
+			  dent->d_name);
+		if (!compare_proc_modules(from, to)) {
+			scnprintf(to, sizeof(to), "%s/%s", to_dir,
+				  dent->d_name);
+			strlcpy(to_dir, to, to_dir_sz);
+			ret = 0;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	closedir(d);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int build_id_cache__add_kcore(const char *filename, const char *debugdir)
+{
+	char dir[32], sbuildid[BUILD_ID_SIZE * 2 + 1];
+	char from_dir[PATH_MAX], to_dir[PATH_MAX];
+	char *p;
+
+	strlcpy(from_dir, filename, sizeof(from_dir));
+
+	p = strrchr(from_dir, '/');
+	if (!p || strcmp(p + 1, "kcore"))
+		return -1;
+	*p = '\0';
+
+	if (build_id_cache__kcore_buildid(from_dir, sbuildid))
+		return -1;
+
+	scnprintf(to_dir, sizeof(to_dir), "%s/[kernel.kcore]/%s",
+		  debugdir, sbuildid);
+
+	if (!build_id_cache__kcore_existing(from_dir, to_dir, sizeof(to_dir))) {
+		pr_debug("same kcore found in %s\n", to_dir);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (build_id_cache__kcore_dir(dir, sizeof(dir)))
+		return -1;
+
+	scnprintf(to_dir, sizeof(to_dir), "%s/[kernel.kcore]/%s/%s",
+		  debugdir, sbuildid, dir);
+
+	if (mkdir_p(to_dir, 0755))
+		return -1;
+
+	if (kcore_copy(from_dir, to_dir)) {
+		/* Remove YYYYmmddHHMMSShh directory */
+		if (!rmdir(to_dir)) {
+			p = strrchr(to_dir, '/');
+			if (p)
+				*p = '\0';
+			/* Try to remove buildid directory */
+			if (!rmdir(to_dir)) {
+				p = strrchr(to_dir, '/');
+				if (p)
+					*p = '\0';
+				/* Try to remove [kernel.kcore] directory */
+				rmdir(to_dir);
+			}
+		}
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	pr_debug("kcore added to build-id cache directory %s\n", to_dir);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int build_id_cache__add_file(const char *filename, const char *debugdir)
 {
 	char sbuild_id[BUILD_ID_SIZE * 2 + 1];
@@ -130,11 +269,14 @@ int cmd_buildid_cache(int argc, const char **argv,
 	char const *add_name_list_str = NULL,
 		   *remove_name_list_str = NULL,
 		   *missing_filename = NULL,
-		   *update_name_list_str = NULL;
+		   *update_name_list_str = NULL,
+		   *kcore_filename;
 
 	const struct option buildid_cache_options[] = {
 	OPT_STRING('a', "add", &add_name_list_str,
 		   "file list", "file(s) to add"),
+	OPT_STRING('k', "kcore", &kcore_filename,
+		   "file", "kcore file to add"),
 	OPT_STRING('r', "remove", &remove_name_list_str, "file list",
 		    "file(s) to remove"),
 	OPT_STRING('M', "missing", &missing_filename, "file",
@@ -217,5 +359,9 @@ int cmd_buildid_cache(int argc, const char **argv,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (kcore_filename &&
+	    build_id_cache__add_kcore(kcore_filename, debugdir))
+		pr_warning("Couldn't add %s\n", kcore_filename);
+
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
index 499c71d30225e054fed6536494d5b63b73ba69d5..d6b8af3ce34439518a4769b2681f3ff6af642ffa 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
@@ -1202,6 +1202,372 @@ static off_t kcore__write(struct kcore *kcore)
 	return elf_update(kcore->elf, ELF_C_WRITE);
 }
 
+struct phdr_data {
+	off_t offset;
+	u64 addr;
+	u64 len;
+};
+
+struct kcore_copy_info {
+	u64 stext;
+	u64 etext;
+	u64 first_symbol;
+	u64 last_symbol;
+	u64 first_module;
+	u64 last_module_symbol;
+	struct phdr_data kernel_map;
+	struct phdr_data modules_map;
+};
+
+static int kcore_copy__process_kallsyms(void *arg, const char *name, char type,
+					u64 start)
+{
+	struct kcore_copy_info *kci = arg;
+
+	if (!symbol_type__is_a(type, MAP__FUNCTION))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (strchr(name, '[')) {
+		if (start > kci->last_module_symbol)
+			kci->last_module_symbol = start;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (!kci->first_symbol || start < kci->first_symbol)
+		kci->first_symbol = start;
+
+	if (!kci->last_symbol || start > kci->last_symbol)
+		kci->last_symbol = start;
+
+	if (!strcmp(name, "_stext")) {
+		kci->stext = start;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (!strcmp(name, "_etext")) {
+		kci->etext = start;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int kcore_copy__parse_kallsyms(struct kcore_copy_info *kci,
+				      const char *dir)
+{
+	char kallsyms_filename[PATH_MAX];
+
+	scnprintf(kallsyms_filename, PATH_MAX, "%s/kallsyms", dir);
+
+	if (symbol__restricted_filename(kallsyms_filename, "/proc/kallsyms"))
+		return -1;
+
+	if (kallsyms__parse(kallsyms_filename, kci,
+			    kcore_copy__process_kallsyms) < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int kcore_copy__process_modules(void *arg,
+				       const char *name __maybe_unused,
+				       u64 start)
+{
+	struct kcore_copy_info *kci = arg;
+
+	if (!kci->first_module || start < kci->first_module)
+		kci->first_module = start;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int kcore_copy__parse_modules(struct kcore_copy_info *kci,
+				     const char *dir)
+{
+	char modules_filename[PATH_MAX];
+
+	scnprintf(modules_filename, PATH_MAX, "%s/modules", dir);
+
+	if (symbol__restricted_filename(modules_filename, "/proc/modules"))
+		return -1;
+
+	if (modules__parse(modules_filename, kci,
+			   kcore_copy__process_modules) < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void kcore_copy__map(struct phdr_data *p, u64 start, u64 end, u64 pgoff,
+			    u64 s, u64 e)
+{
+	if (p->addr || s < start || s >= end)
+		return;
+
+	p->addr = s;
+	p->offset = (s - start) + pgoff;
+	p->len = e < end ? e - s : end - s;
+}
+
+static int kcore_copy__read_map(u64 start, u64 len, u64 pgoff, void *data)
+{
+	struct kcore_copy_info *kci = data;
+	u64 end = start + len;
+
+	kcore_copy__map(&kci->kernel_map, start, end, pgoff, kci->stext,
+			kci->etext);
+
+	kcore_copy__map(&kci->modules_map, start, end, pgoff, kci->first_module,
+			kci->last_module_symbol);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int kcore_copy__read_maps(struct kcore_copy_info *kci, Elf *elf)
+{
+	if (elf_read_maps(elf, true, kcore_copy__read_map, kci) < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int kcore_copy__calc_maps(struct kcore_copy_info *kci, const char *dir,
+				 Elf *elf)
+{
+	if (kcore_copy__parse_kallsyms(kci, dir))
+		return -1;
+
+	if (kcore_copy__parse_modules(kci, dir))
+		return -1;
+
+	if (kci->stext)
+		kci->stext = round_down(kci->stext, page_size);
+	else
+		kci->stext = round_down(kci->first_symbol, page_size);
+
+	if (kci->etext) {
+		kci->etext = round_up(kci->etext, page_size);
+	} else if (kci->last_symbol) {
+		kci->etext = round_up(kci->last_symbol, page_size);
+		kci->etext += page_size;
+	}
+
+	kci->first_module = round_down(kci->first_module, page_size);
+
+	if (kci->last_module_symbol) {
+		kci->last_module_symbol = round_up(kci->last_module_symbol,
+						   page_size);
+		kci->last_module_symbol += page_size;
+	}
+
+	if (!kci->stext || !kci->etext)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (kci->first_module && !kci->last_module_symbol)
+		return -1;
+
+	return kcore_copy__read_maps(kci, elf);
+}
+
+static int kcore_copy__copy_file(const char *from_dir, const char *to_dir,
+				 const char *name)
+{
+	char from_filename[PATH_MAX];
+	char to_filename[PATH_MAX];
+
+	scnprintf(from_filename, PATH_MAX, "%s/%s", from_dir, name);
+	scnprintf(to_filename, PATH_MAX, "%s/%s", to_dir, name);
+
+	return copyfile_mode(from_filename, to_filename, 0400);
+}
+
+static int kcore_copy__unlink(const char *dir, const char *name)
+{
+	char filename[PATH_MAX];
+
+	scnprintf(filename, PATH_MAX, "%s/%s", dir, name);
+
+	return unlink(filename);
+}
+
+static int kcore_copy__compare_fds(int from, int to)
+{
+	char *buf_from;
+	char *buf_to;
+	ssize_t ret;
+	size_t len;
+	int err = -1;
+
+	buf_from = malloc(page_size);
+	buf_to = malloc(page_size);
+	if (!buf_from || !buf_to)
+		goto out;
+
+	while (1) {
+		/* Use read because mmap won't work on proc files */
+		ret = read(from, buf_from, page_size);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			goto out;
+
+		if (!ret)
+			break;
+
+		len = ret;
+
+		if (readn(to, buf_to, len) != (int)len)
+			goto out;
+
+		if (memcmp(buf_from, buf_to, len))
+			goto out;
+	}
+
+	err = 0;
+out:
+	free(buf_to);
+	free(buf_from);
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int kcore_copy__compare_files(const char *from_filename,
+				     const char *to_filename)
+{
+	int from, to, err = -1;
+
+	from = open(from_filename, O_RDONLY);
+	if (from < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	to = open(to_filename, O_RDONLY);
+	if (to < 0)
+		goto out_close_from;
+
+	err = kcore_copy__compare_fds(from, to);
+
+	close(to);
+out_close_from:
+	close(from);
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int kcore_copy__compare_file(const char *from_dir, const char *to_dir,
+				    const char *name)
+{
+	char from_filename[PATH_MAX];
+	char to_filename[PATH_MAX];
+
+	scnprintf(from_filename, PATH_MAX, "%s/%s", from_dir, name);
+	scnprintf(to_filename, PATH_MAX, "%s/%s", to_dir, name);
+
+	return kcore_copy__compare_files(from_filename, to_filename);
+}
+
+/**
+ * kcore_copy - copy kallsyms, modules and kcore from one directory to another.
+ * @from_dir: from directory
+ * @to_dir: to directory
+ *
+ * This function copies kallsyms, modules and kcore files from one directory to
+ * another.  kallsyms and modules are copied entirely.  Only code segments are
+ * copied from kcore.  It is assumed that two segments suffice: one for the
+ * kernel proper and one for all the modules.  The code segments are determined
+ * from kallsyms and modules files.  The kernel map starts at _stext or the
+ * lowest function symbol, and ends at _etext or the highest function symbol.
+ * The module map starts at the lowest module address and ends at the highest
+ * module symbol.  Start addresses are rounded down to the nearest page.  End
+ * addresses are rounded up to the nearest page.  An extra page is added to the
+ * highest kernel symbol and highest module symbol to, hopefully, encompass that
+ * symbol too.  Because it contains only code sections, the resulting kcore is
+ * unusual.  One significant peculiarity is that the mapping (start -> pgoff)
+ * is not the same for the kernel map and the modules map.  That happens because
+ * the data is copied adjacently whereas the original kcore has gaps.  Finally,
+ * kallsyms and modules files are compared with their copies to check that
+ * modules have not been loaded or unloaded while the copies were taking place.
+ *
+ * Return: %0 on success, %-1 on failure.
+ */
+int kcore_copy(const char *from_dir, const char *to_dir)
+{
+	struct kcore kcore;
+	struct kcore extract;
+	size_t count = 2;
+	int idx = 0, err = -1;
+	off_t offset = page_size, sz, modules_offset = 0;
+	struct kcore_copy_info kci = { .stext = 0, };
+	char kcore_filename[PATH_MAX];
+	char extract_filename[PATH_MAX];
+
+	if (kcore_copy__copy_file(from_dir, to_dir, "kallsyms"))
+		return -1;
+
+	if (kcore_copy__copy_file(from_dir, to_dir, "modules"))
+		goto out_unlink_kallsyms;
+
+	scnprintf(kcore_filename, PATH_MAX, "%s/kcore", from_dir);
+	scnprintf(extract_filename, PATH_MAX, "%s/kcore", to_dir);
+
+	if (kcore__open(&kcore, kcore_filename))
+		goto out_unlink_modules;
+
+	if (kcore_copy__calc_maps(&kci, from_dir, kcore.elf))
+		goto out_kcore_close;
+
+	if (kcore__init(&extract, extract_filename, kcore.elfclass, false))
+		goto out_kcore_close;
+
+	if (!kci.modules_map.addr)
+		count -= 1;
+
+	if (kcore__copy_hdr(&kcore, &extract, count))
+		goto out_extract_close;
+
+	if (kcore__add_phdr(&extract, idx++, offset, kci.kernel_map.addr,
+			    kci.kernel_map.len))
+		goto out_extract_close;
+
+	if (kci.modules_map.addr) {
+		modules_offset = offset + kci.kernel_map.len;
+		if (kcore__add_phdr(&extract, idx, modules_offset,
+				    kci.modules_map.addr, kci.modules_map.len))
+			goto out_extract_close;
+	}
+
+	sz = kcore__write(&extract);
+	if (sz < 0 || sz > offset)
+		goto out_extract_close;
+
+	if (copy_bytes(kcore.fd, kci.kernel_map.offset, extract.fd, offset,
+		       kci.kernel_map.len))
+		goto out_extract_close;
+
+	if (modules_offset && copy_bytes(kcore.fd, kci.modules_map.offset,
+					 extract.fd, modules_offset,
+					 kci.modules_map.len))
+		goto out_extract_close;
+
+	if (kcore_copy__compare_file(from_dir, to_dir, "modules"))
+		goto out_extract_close;
+
+	if (kcore_copy__compare_file(from_dir, to_dir, "kallsyms"))
+		goto out_extract_close;
+
+	err = 0;
+
+out_extract_close:
+	kcore__close(&extract);
+	if (err)
+		unlink(extract_filename);
+out_kcore_close:
+	kcore__close(&kcore);
+out_unlink_modules:
+	if (err)
+		kcore_copy__unlink(to_dir, "modules");
+out_unlink_kallsyms:
+	if (err)
+		kcore_copy__unlink(to_dir, "kallsyms");
+
+	return err;
+}
+
 int kcore_extract__create(struct kcore_extract *kce)
 {
 	struct kcore kcore;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol-minimal.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol-minimal.c
index 928556d2508fd370eaa88940adefa6834a5d842e..2d2dd0532b5a971e588086c0605ae0d6ed4080df 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol-minimal.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol-minimal.c
@@ -317,6 +317,12 @@ void kcore_extract__delete(struct kcore_extract *kce __maybe_unused)
 {
 }
 
+int kcore_copy(const char *from_dir __maybe_unused,
+	       const char *to_dir __maybe_unused)
+{
+	return -1;
+}
+
 void symbol__elf_init(void)
 {
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 76a9e933a7a568435de4b6889221d28f93a0a7a2..b66c1eefc313994f57c57cd62cc2812f890b2774 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -893,6 +893,47 @@ static int read_proc_modules(const char *filename, struct rb_root *modules)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int compare_proc_modules(const char *from, const char *to)
+{
+	struct rb_root from_modules = RB_ROOT;
+	struct rb_root to_modules = RB_ROOT;
+	struct rb_node *from_node, *to_node;
+	struct module_info *from_m, *to_m;
+	int ret = -1;
+
+	if (read_proc_modules(from, &from_modules))
+		return -1;
+
+	if (read_proc_modules(to, &to_modules))
+		goto out_delete_from;
+
+	from_node = rb_first(&from_modules);
+	to_node = rb_first(&to_modules);
+	while (from_node) {
+		if (!to_node)
+			break;
+
+		from_m = rb_entry(from_node, struct module_info, rb_node);
+		to_m = rb_entry(to_node, struct module_info, rb_node);
+
+		if (from_m->start != to_m->start ||
+		    strcmp(from_m->name, to_m->name))
+			break;
+
+		from_node = rb_next(from_node);
+		to_node = rb_next(to_node);
+	}
+
+	if (!from_node && !to_node)
+		ret = 0;
+
+	delete_modules(&to_modules);
+out_delete_from:
+	delete_modules(&from_modules);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static int do_validate_kcore_modules(const char *filename, struct map *map,
 				  struct map_groups *kmaps)
 {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
index fb107e13e9250d6bd32102e2b4b531aeb15b8fd5..07de8fea2f48dbc346124539e7393307b839051a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
@@ -270,4 +270,7 @@ struct kcore_extract {
 int kcore_extract__create(struct kcore_extract *kce);
 void kcore_extract__delete(struct kcore_extract *kce);
 
+int kcore_copy(const char *from_dir, const char *to_dir);
+int compare_proc_modules(const char *from, const char *to);
+
 #endif /* __PERF_SYMBOL */