diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index c72cc5a1214445e8c5e8c0ec294663c8b2c3542e..041e93da13e453dfb0c377d6fe46f34ed3345d34 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -58,17 +58,19 @@ struct report {
 	const char		*symbol_filter_str;
 	float			min_percent;
 	u64			nr_entries;
+	u64			queue_size;
 	DECLARE_BITMAP(cpu_bitmap, MAX_NR_CPUS);
 };
 
 static int report__config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 {
+	struct report *rep = cb;
+
 	if (!strcmp(var, "report.group")) {
 		symbol_conf.event_group = perf_config_bool(var, value);
 		return 0;
 	}
 	if (!strcmp(var, "report.percent-limit")) {
-		struct report *rep = cb;
 		rep->min_percent = strtof(value, NULL);
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -76,6 +78,10 @@ static int report__config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 		symbol_conf.cumulate_callchain = perf_config_bool(var, value);
 		return 0;
 	}
+	if (!strcmp(var, "report.queue-size")) {
+		rep->queue_size = perf_config_u64(var, value);
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	return perf_default_config(var, value, cb);
 }
@@ -714,6 +720,11 @@ int cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 	if (session == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	if (report.queue_size) {
+		ordered_events__set_alloc_size(&session->ordered_events,
+					       report.queue_size);
+	}
+
 	report.session = session;
 
 	has_br_stack = perf_header__has_feat(&session->header,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/ordered-events.h b/tools/perf/util/ordered-events.h
index 6036bd65707320eb418c7ebdb9daa8c1c316eeef..2ce847fb48a5e051897de63f3ffa9980b9652b5e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/ordered-events.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/ordered-events.h
@@ -40,4 +40,10 @@ int ordered_events__flush(struct perf_session *s, struct perf_tool *tool,
 			  enum oe_flush how);
 void ordered_events__init(struct ordered_events *oe);
 void ordered_events__free(struct ordered_events *oe);
+
+static inline
+void ordered_events__set_alloc_size(struct ordered_events *oe, u64 size)
+{
+	oe->max_alloc_size = size;
+}
 #endif /* __ORDERED_EVENTS_H */