diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt
index 35108fd61fa685448c3ab3a5477e1dff81cc7c6d..0098eab8e5b10987026d18c8563c3813abf8029f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt
@@ -529,6 +529,10 @@ trace.*::
 		activate the 'perf trace' logic that looks for syscall
 		pointer contents after the normal tracepoint payload.
 
+	trace.args_alignment::
+		Number of columns to align the argument list, default is 70,
+		use 40 for the strace default, zero to no alignment.
+
 	trace.no_inherit::
 		Do not follow children threads.
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index 95dfcb851604373226d1cf8a3f3139e1b4ba6a38..2d8fd48a47272b45e3b62b139fb66118f65f84b1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ struct trace {
 	bool			show_tool_stats;
 	bool			trace_syscalls;
 	bool			kernel_syscallchains;
+	s16			args_alignment;
 	bool			show_tstamp;
 	bool			show_duration;
 	bool			show_zeros;
@@ -1731,7 +1732,7 @@ static int trace__printf_interrupted_entry(struct trace *trace)
 		return 0;
 
 	printed  = trace__fprintf_entry_head(trace, trace->current, 0, false, ttrace->entry_time, trace->output);
-	printed += fprintf(trace->output, "%-70s) ...\n", ttrace->entry_str);
+	printed += fprintf(trace->output, "%-*s) ...\n", trace->args_alignment, ttrace->entry_str);
 	ttrace->entry_pending = false;
 
 	++trace->nr_events_printed;
@@ -1838,7 +1839,7 @@ static int trace__sys_enter(struct trace *trace, struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 	if (sc->is_exit) {
 		if (!(trace->duration_filter || trace->summary_only || trace->failure_only || trace->min_stack)) {
 			trace__fprintf_entry_head(trace, thread, 0, false, ttrace->entry_time, trace->output);
-			fprintf(trace->output, "%-70s)\n", ttrace->entry_str);
+			fprintf(trace->output, "%-*s)\n", trace->args_alignment, ttrace->entry_str);
 		}
 	} else {
 		ttrace->entry_pending = true;
@@ -1981,7 +1982,7 @@ static int trace__sys_exit(struct trace *trace, struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 	trace__fprintf_entry_head(trace, thread, duration, duration_calculated, ttrace->entry_time, trace->output);
 
 	if (ttrace->entry_pending) {
-		fprintf(trace->output, "%-70s", ttrace->entry_str);
+		fprintf(trace->output, "%-*s", trace->args_alignment, ttrace->entry_str);
 	} else {
 		fprintf(trace->output, " ... [");
 		color_fprintf(trace->output, PERF_COLOR_YELLOW, "continued");
@@ -3563,6 +3564,10 @@ static int trace__config(const char *var, const char *value, void *arg)
 		trace->show_zeros = new_show_zeros;
 	} else if (!strcmp(var, "trace.no_inherit")) {
 		trace->opts.no_inherit = perf_config_bool(var, value);
+	} else if (!strcmp(var, "trace.args_alignment")) {
+		int args_alignment = 0;
+		if (perf_config_int(&args_alignment, var, value) == 0)
+			trace->args_alignment = args_alignment;
 	}
 out:
 	return err;
@@ -3596,6 +3601,7 @@ int cmd_trace(int argc, const char **argv)
 		.show_tstamp = true,
 		.show_duration = true,
 		.show_arg_names = true,
+		.args_alignment = 70,
 		.trace_syscalls = false,
 		.kernel_syscallchains = false,
 		.max_stack = UINT_MAX,