diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.c b/tools/perf/perf.c
index 1b3fc8ec0fa23f19188a158637adea765f6e1271..1659029d03fccc03db57b0e94ec342571675b8e3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.c
@@ -190,6 +190,12 @@ static int handle_options(const char ***argv, int *argc, int *envchanged)
 			break;
 		}
 
+		if (!strcmp(cmd, "-vv")) {
+			(*argv)[0] = "version";
+			version_verbose = 1;
+			break;
+		}
+
 		/*
 		 * Check remaining flags.
 		 */
diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.h b/tools/perf/perf.h
index 8fec1abd0f1fd55f833f4eea04c100dcbadda641..a1a97956136f966a8f7240f4838e131232a93da8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.h
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.h
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ struct record_opts {
 struct option;
 extern const char * const *record_usage;
 extern struct option *record_options;
+extern int version_verbose;
 
 int record__parse_freq(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int unset);
 #endif