diff --git a/CONFIG b/CONFIG
index f8a488126..60092b23d 100644
--- a/CONFIG
+++ b/CONFIG
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ CONFIG_WERROR=n
 # Build with link-time optimization.
 CONFIG_LTO=n
 
+# Generate profile guided optimization data.
+CONFIG_PGO_CAPTURE=n
+
+# Use profile guided optimization data.
+CONFIG_PGO_USE=n
+
 # Build with code coverage instrumentation.
 CONFIG_COVERAGE=n
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a2a8bbb4e..e06b0daf6 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ function usage()
 	echo " --enable-ubsan            Enable undefined behavior sanitizer"
 	echo " --enable-coverage         Enable code coverage tracking"
 	echo " --enable-lto              Enable link-time optimization"
+	echo " --enable-pgo-capture      Enable generation of profile guided optimization data"
+	echo " --enable-pgo-use          Use previously captured profile guided optimization data"
 	echo " --disable-tests           Disable building of tests"
 	echo " --with-env=path           Use an alternate environment implementation"
 	echo ""
@@ -146,6 +148,18 @@ for i in "$@"; do
 		--disable-lto)
 			CONFIG[LTO]=n
 			;;
+		--enable-pgo-capture)
+			CONFIG[PGO_CAPTURE]=y
+			;;
+		--disable-pgo-capture)
+			CONFIG[PGO_CAPTURE]=n
+			;;
+		--enable-pgo-use)
+			CONFIG[PGO_USE]=y
+			;;
+		--disable-pgo-use)
+			CONFIG[PGO_USE]=n
+			;;
 		--enable-tests)
 			CONFIG[TESTS]=y
 			;;
@@ -466,6 +480,12 @@ if [[ "${CONFIG[OCF]}" = "y" ]]; then
 	fi
 fi
 
+if [[ "${CONFIG[PGO_CAPTURE]}" = "y" && "${CONFIG[PGO_USE]}" = "y" ]]; then
+	echo "ERROR: --enable-pgo-capture and --enable-pgo-use are mutually exclusive."
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+
 # We are now ready to generate final configuration. But first do sanity
 # check to see if all keys in CONFIG array have its reflection in CONFIG file.
 if [ $(egrep -c "^\s*CONFIG_[[:alnum:]_]+=" CONFIG) -ne ${#CONFIG[@]} ]; then
diff --git a/mk/spdk.common.mk b/mk/spdk.common.mk
index 52e28a46f..9f2a175a5 100644
--- a/mk/spdk.common.mk
+++ b/mk/spdk.common.mk
@@ -94,6 +94,16 @@ COMMON_CFLAGS += -flto
 LDFLAGS += -flto
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_PGO_CAPTURE),y)
+COMMON_CFLAGS += -fprofile-generate=$(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/build/pgo
+LDFLAGS += -fprofile-generate=$(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/build/pgo
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_PGO_USE),y)
+COMMON_CFLAGS += -fprofile-use=$(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/build/pgo
+LDFLAGS += -fprofile-use=$(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/build/pgo
+endif
+
 COMMON_CFLAGS += -Wformat -Wformat-security
 
 COMMON_CFLAGS += -D_GNU_SOURCE