diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-bench.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-bench.txt
index 4464ad770d51257e392dfa801c64adcba72e76d7..f6480cbf309b40fee97e86112033c1a0cf04236a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-bench.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-bench.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ This 'perf bench' command is a general framework for benchmark suites.
 
 COMMON OPTIONS
 --------------
+-r::
+--repeat=::
+Specify amount of times to repeat the run (default 10).
+
 -f::
 --format=::
 Specify format style.
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/bench.h b/tools/perf/bench/bench.h
index eba46709b279d42244f1ed85265c390e2778b500..3c4dd44d45cb7b668bd22822b6f105c1de9eaf86 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/bench.h
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/bench.h
@@ -43,5 +43,6 @@ extern int bench_futex_requeue(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 #define BENCH_FORMAT_UNKNOWN		-1
 
 extern int bench_format;
+extern unsigned int bench_repeat;
 
 #endif
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-bench.c b/tools/perf/builtin-bench.c
index 1e6e77710545afc472eae5c0f5e5a63f5ec432d1..b9a56fa8333065271a9242e98cf052d9c8100b87 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-bench.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-bench.c
@@ -104,9 +104,11 @@ static const char *bench_format_str;
 
 /* Output/formatting style, exported to benchmark modules: */
 int bench_format = BENCH_FORMAT_DEFAULT;
+unsigned int bench_repeat = 10; /* default number of times to repeat the run */
 
 static const struct option bench_options[] = {
 	OPT_STRING('f', "format", &bench_format_str, "default", "Specify format style"),
+	OPT_UINTEGER('r', "repeat",  &bench_repeat,   "Specify amount of times to repeat the run"),
 	OPT_END()
 };
 
@@ -226,6 +228,11 @@ int cmd_bench(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 		goto end;
 	}
 
+	if (bench_repeat == 0) {
+		printf("Invalid repeat option: Must specify a positive value\n");
+		goto end;
+	}
+
 	if (argc < 1) {
 		print_usage();
 		goto end;