diff --git a/tools/perf/Build b/tools/perf/Build
index 976e03849f6d8614ab246a8e7a959a05b7589230..b77370ef70058d2245f4d53f2e47132a7b458e64 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/Build
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ perf-y += builtin-lock.o
 perf-y += builtin-kvm.o
 perf-y += builtin-inject.o
 perf-y += builtin-mem.o
+perf-y += builtin-data.o
 
 perf-$(CONFIG_AUDIT) += builtin-trace.o
 perf-$(CONFIG_LIBELF) += builtin-probe.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-data.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-data.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b8c83947715cf1f11437cee73047246c31a23d78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-data.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+perf-data(1)
+==============
+
+NAME
+----
+perf-data - Data file related processing
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'perf data' [<common options>] <command> [<options>]",
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+Data file related processing.
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-data.c b/tools/perf/builtin-data.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1eee97d020fabce67cbfbb84fa10fc2b68b0b78f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-data.c
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
+#include "builtin.h"
+#include "perf.h"
+#include "debug.h"
+#include "parse-options.h"
+
+typedef int (*data_cmd_fn_t)(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
+
+struct data_cmd {
+	const char	*name;
+	const char	*summary;
+	data_cmd_fn_t	fn;
+};
+
+static struct data_cmd data_cmds[];
+
+#define for_each_cmd(cmd) \
+	for (cmd = data_cmds; cmd && cmd->name; cmd++)
+
+static const struct option data_options[] = {
+	OPT_END()
+};
+
+static const char * const data_usage[] = {
+	"perf data [<common options>] <command> [<options>]",
+	NULL
+};
+
+static void print_usage(void)
+{
+	struct data_cmd *cmd;
+
+	printf("Usage:\n");
+	printf("\t%s\n\n", data_usage[0]);
+	printf("\tAvailable commands:\n");
+
+	for_each_cmd(cmd) {
+		printf("\t %s\t- %s\n", cmd->name, cmd->summary);
+	}
+
+	printf("\n");
+}
+
+static struct data_cmd data_cmds[] = {
+	{ NULL },
+};
+
+int cmd_data(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	struct data_cmd *cmd;
+	const char *cmdstr;
+
+	/* No command specified. */
+	if (argc < 2)
+		goto usage;
+
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, data_options, data_usage,
+			     PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION);
+	if (argc < 1)
+		goto usage;
+
+	cmdstr = argv[0];
+
+	for_each_cmd(cmd) {
+		if (strcmp(cmd->name, cmdstr))
+			continue;
+
+		return cmd->fn(argc, argv, prefix);
+	}
+
+	pr_err("Unknown command: %s\n", cmdstr);
+usage:
+	print_usage();
+	return -1;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin.h b/tools/perf/builtin.h
index b210d62907e4d87853ce25bdfd86d3eee74c3e09..3688ad29085fa55739cceabad42e34f1413e879f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin.h
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ extern int cmd_test(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_trace(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_inject(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_mem(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
+extern int cmd_data(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 
 extern int find_scripts(char **scripts_array, char **scripts_path_array);
 #endif
diff --git a/tools/perf/command-list.txt b/tools/perf/command-list.txt
index 0906fc401c520aa2c49f38f4e54447cd788ee425..00fcaf8a5b8d60535d00981ff67a47094ece0604 100644
--- a/tools/perf/command-list.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/command-list.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ perf-archive			mainporcelain common
 perf-bench			mainporcelain common
 perf-buildid-cache		mainporcelain common
 perf-buildid-list		mainporcelain common
+perf-data			mainporcelain common
 perf-diff			mainporcelain common
 perf-evlist			mainporcelain common
 perf-inject			mainporcelain common
diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.c b/tools/perf/perf.c
index 3700a7faca6cf4df09be10ebc0b98376b10e84b6..f3c66b81c6bee9b2cb57e2c36939df8bf533d090 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ static struct cmd_struct commands[] = {
 #endif
 	{ "inject",	cmd_inject,	0 },
 	{ "mem",	cmd_mem,	0 },
+	{ "data",	cmd_data,	0 },
 };
 
 struct pager_config {