diff --git a/test/vhost/common.sh b/test/vhost/common.sh
index 972cf86af..147324a67 100644
--- a/test/vhost/common.sh
+++ b/test/vhost/common.sh
@@ -1343,3 +1343,43 @@ function parse_irqs() {
 	mkdir -p "$VHOST_DIR/irqs/$iter"
 	mv "$VHOST_DIR/irqs/"*.parsed "$VHOST_DIR/irqs/$iter/"
 }
+
+function collect_perf() {
+	local cpus=$1 outf=$2 runtime=$3 delay=$4
+
+	mkdir -p "$VHOST_DIR/perf"
+
+	perf record -g \
+		${cpus:+-C "$cpus"} \
+		${outf:+-o "$outf"} \
+		${delay:+-D $((delay * 1000))} \
+		-z \
+		${runtime:+ -- sleep $((runtime + delay))}
+}
+
+function parse_perf() {
+	local iter=${1:-1}
+	local report out
+
+	mkdir -p "$VHOST_DIR/perf/$iter"
+	shift
+
+	for report in "$@" "$VHOST_DIR/perf/"*.perf; do
+		[[ -f $report ]] || continue
+		perf report \
+			-n \
+			-i "$report" \
+			--header \
+			--stdio > "$VHOST_DIR/perf/$iter/${report##*/}.parsed"
+		cp "$report" "$VHOST_DIR/perf/$iter/"
+	done
+	rm "$VHOST_DIR/perf/"*.perf
+}
+
+function get_from_fio() {
+	local opt=$1 conf=$2
+
+	[[ -n $opt && -f $conf ]] || return 1
+
+	awk -F= "/^$opt/{print \$2}" "$conf"
+}
diff --git a/test/vhost/perf_bench/vhost_perf.sh b/test/vhost/perf_bench/vhost_perf.sh
index a861ab431..eb0c15fd4 100755
--- a/test/vhost/perf_bench/vhost_perf.sh
+++ b/test/vhost/perf_bench/vhost_perf.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ precond_fio_bin=$CONFIG_FIO_SOURCE_DIR/fio
 disk_map=""
 enable_irq=0
 irqs_pids=()
+enable_perf=0
+perf_cpus=""
 
 disk_cfg_bdfs=()
 disk_cfg_spdk_names=()
@@ -91,6 +93,7 @@ function usage() {
 	echo "    --iobuf-large-pool-count=INT   number of large buffers in the global pool"
 	echo "-x                          set -x for script debug"
 	echo "-i                          Collect IRQ stats from each VM"
+	echo "-p                          Enable perf report collection hooked to vhost CPUs"
 	exit 0
 }
 
@@ -177,7 +180,7 @@ function create_spdk_controller() {
 	fi
 }
 
-while getopts 'xhi-:' optchar; do
+while getopts 'xhip-:' optchar; do
 	case "$optchar" in
 		-)
 			case "$OPTARG" in
@@ -214,6 +217,7 @@ while getopts 'xhi-:' optchar; do
 			x="-x"
 			;;
 		i) enable_irq=1 ;;
+		p) enable_perf=1 ;;
 		*) usage $0 "Invalid argument '$OPTARG'" ;;
 	esac
 done
@@ -492,15 +496,24 @@ for vm_num in $used_vms; do
 	((enable_irq == 1)) && lookup_dev_irqs "$vm_num"
 done
 
+# Gather perf stats only from the vhost cpus
+perf_cpus=${vhost_reactor_mask//[\[\]]/}
+
 # Run FIO traffic
 for fio_job in ${fio_jobs//,/ }; do
 	((enable_irq == 1)) && irqs $used_vms
+	runtime=$(get_from_fio "runtime" "$fio_job")
+	ramptime=$(get_from_fio "ramp_time" "$fio_job")
 	fio_job_fname=$(basename $fio_job)
 	fio_log_fname="${fio_job_fname%%.*}.log"
 	for i in $(seq 1 $fio_iterations); do
 		echo "Running FIO iteration $i for $fio_job_fname"
 		run_fio $fio_bin --hide-results --job-file="$fio_job" --out="$VHOST_DIR/fio_results" --json $fio_disks $fio_gtod &
 		fio_pid=$!
+		if ((enable_perf == 1)); then
+			collect_perf "$perf_cpus" "$VHOST_DIR/perf/report.perf" "$runtime" "$ramptime" &
+			perf_pid=$!
+		fi
 
 		if $host_sar_enable || $vm_sar_enable; then
 			pids=""
@@ -530,7 +543,7 @@ for fio_job in ${fio_jobs//,/ }; do
 			done
 		fi
 
-		wait $fio_pid
+		wait $fio_pid $perf_pid
 		mv $VHOST_DIR/fio_results/$fio_log_fname $VHOST_DIR/fio_results/$fio_log_fname.$i
 		sleep 1
 	done
@@ -539,6 +552,7 @@ for fio_job in ${fio_jobs//,/ }; do
 
 	parse_fio_results "$VHOST_DIR/fio_results" "$fio_log_fname"
 	((enable_irq == 1)) && parse_irqs $((++iter))
+	((enable_perf == 1)) && parse_perf $iter
 done
 
 notice "Shutting down virtual machines..."