diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
index 9cbddc290affdb2ad67c8c76b676e8932513d02f..2d1746295abf1206b5feed03ef8ad344aea6ff59 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
@@ -265,6 +265,13 @@ OPTIONS
 
 --stdio:: Use the stdio interface.
 
+--stdio-color::
+	'always', 'never' or 'auto', allowing configuring color output
+	via the command line, in addition to via "color.ui" .perfconfig.
+	Use '--stdio-color always' to generate color even when redirecting
+	to a pipe or file. Using just '--stdio-color' is equivalent to
+	using 'always'.
+
 --tui:: Use the TUI interface, that is integrated with annotate and allows
         zooming into DSOs or threads, among other features. Use of --tui
 	requires a tty, if one is not present, as when piping to other
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index f6cb357986c6f7bc95c2797dcd66dbcfb2ab61a8..949e5a15c960e2ef190cc97217df29d561c73777 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -817,6 +817,9 @@ int cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 		    "Show raw trace event output (do not use print fmt or plugins)"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "hierarchy", &symbol_conf.report_hierarchy,
 		    "Show entries in a hierarchy"),
+	OPT_CALLBACK_DEFAULT(0, "stdio-color", NULL, "mode",
+			     "'always' (default), 'never' or 'auto' only applicable to --stdio mode",
+			     stdio__config_color, "always"),
 	OPT_END()
 	};
 	struct perf_data_file file = {