diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt
index 0d641b0d15aef43b12c38e11dcc6630e0e51d2b5..cd9bf12fb255863ba2743a3933d66524d65a2069 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt
@@ -529,6 +529,9 @@ trace.*::
 		activate the 'perf trace' logic that looks for syscall
 		pointer contents after the normal tracepoint payload.
 
+	trace.no_inherit::
+		Do not follow children threads.
+
 	trace.show_duration::
 		Show syscall duration.
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index 4355dadad23261d5b4eb33672a788e6462436aa9..a4e2290e57e098c5d40578288c1f9200f761aa0d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -3542,6 +3542,8 @@ static int trace__config(const char *var, const char *value, void *arg)
 		trace->show_duration = perf_config_bool(var, value);
 	} else if (!strcmp(var, "trace.show_zeros")) {
 		trace->show_zeros = perf_config_bool(var, value);
+	} else if (!strcmp(var, "trace.no_inherit")) {
+		trace->opts.no_inherit = perf_config_bool(var, value);
 	}
 
 	return err;