diff --git a/include/trace/events/sched.h b/include/trace/events/sched.h
index 9208c92aeab5eee575b21f3000ea8034f6c00788..f6334782a593847907b82fcfc5756040b1bd6ff8 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/sched.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/sched.h
@@ -362,6 +362,35 @@ TRACE_EVENT(sched_stat_runtime,
 			(unsigned long long)__entry->vruntime)
 );
 
+/*
+ * Tracepoint for showing priority inheritance modifying a tasks
+ * priority.
+ */
+TRACE_EVENT(sched_pi_setprio,
+
+	TP_PROTO(struct task_struct *tsk, int newprio),
+
+	TP_ARGS(tsk, newprio),
+
+	TP_STRUCT__entry(
+		__array( char,	comm,	TASK_COMM_LEN	)
+		__field( pid_t,	pid			)
+		__field( int,	oldprio			)
+		__field( int,	newprio			)
+	),
+
+	TP_fast_assign(
+		memcpy(__entry->comm, tsk->comm, TASK_COMM_LEN);
+		__entry->pid		= tsk->pid;
+		__entry->oldprio	= tsk->prio;
+		__entry->newprio	= newprio;
+	),
+
+	TP_printk("comm=%s pid=%d oldprio=%d newprio=%d",
+			__entry->comm, __entry->pid,
+			__entry->oldprio, __entry->newprio)
+);
+
 #endif /* _TRACE_SCHED_H */
 
 /* This part must be outside protection */
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 9ca8ad05950bf13d23ea5cc1c2ce266df9bdc9f1..4ad473814350e21df6dd516c45808283e74c3768 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -4355,6 +4355,7 @@ void rt_mutex_setprio(struct task_struct *p, int prio)
 
 	rq = task_rq_lock(p, &flags);
 
+	trace_sched_pi_setprio(p, prio);
 	oldprio = p->prio;
 	prev_class = p->sched_class;
 	on_rq = p->se.on_rq;