diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 2e9ce77b5e144a720a01a01661d3482661fb4f88..b027d28658f2a709999feffec076c4174aac03ef 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ following filters are defined:
         - any_call: any function call or system call
         - any_ret: any function return or system call return
         - ind_call: any indirect branch
+        - call: direct calls, including far (to/from kernel) calls
         - u:  only when the branch target is at the user level
         - k: only when the branch target is in the kernel
         - hv: only when the target is at the hypervisor level
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c
index a3b1e13a05c0dd493e5bbb8a394705bff6e73fd2..355eecf6bf598ba051dde4df6368747e55fb141a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ static const struct branch_mode branch_modes[] = {
 	BRANCH_OPT("no_tx", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_NO_TX),
 	BRANCH_OPT("cond", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_COND),
 	BRANCH_OPT("ind_jmp", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_IND_JUMP),
+	BRANCH_OPT("call", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_CALL),
 	BRANCH_END
 };