diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index b0e9e921d534c46d79da49fe0641013a64caebb6..9bdea047c5db4f7a03215e974af771fe08e5ec5c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ following filters are defined:
 	- no_tx: only when the target is not in a hardware transaction
 	- abort_tx: only when the target is a hardware transaction abort
 	- cond: conditional branches
+	- save_type: save branch type during sampling in case binary is not available later
 
 +
 The option requires at least one branch type among any, any_call, any_ret, ind_call, cond.
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c
index 38fd11504015a0753cd738f3a243b0d5d854c5b2..e71fb5f31e84db54672dede30c058eb8fc87129c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ static const struct branch_mode branch_modes[] = {
 	BRANCH_OPT("cond", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_COND),
 	BRANCH_OPT("ind_jmp", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_IND_JUMP),
 	BRANCH_OPT("call", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_CALL),
+	BRANCH_OPT("save_type", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_TYPE_SAVE),
 	BRANCH_END
 };