diff --git a/tools/perf/Build b/tools/perf/Build
index b12d5d1666e3..0b48806f93c2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/Build
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ perf-y += builtin-help.o
 perf-y += builtin-sched.o
 perf-y += builtin-buildid-list.o
 perf-y += builtin-buildid-cache.o
+perf-y += builtin-kallsyms.o
 perf-y += builtin-list.o
 perf-y += builtin-record.o
 perf-y += builtin-report.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kallsyms.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kallsyms.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..954ea9e21236
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kallsyms.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+perf-kallsyms(1)
+==============
+
+NAME
+----
+perf-kallsyms - Searches running kernel for symbols
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'perf kallsyms <options> symbol_name[,symbol_name...]'
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+This command searches the running kernel kallsyms file for the given symbol(s)
+and prints information about it, including the DSO, the kallsyms begin/end
+addresses and the addresses in the ELF kallsyms symbol table (for symbols in
+modules).
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+-v::
+--verbose=::
+	Increase verbosity level, showing details about symbol table loading, etc.
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-help.c b/tools/perf/builtin-help.c
index 3bdb2c78a21b..93da24a638be 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-help.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-help.c
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 	const char * const builtin_help_subcommands[] = {
 		"buildid-cache", "buildid-list", "diff", "evlist", "help", "list",
 		"record", "report", "bench", "stat", "timechart", "top", "annotate",
-		"script", "sched", "kmem", "lock", "kvm", "test", "inject", "mem", "data",
+		"script", "sched", "kallsyms", "kmem", "lock", "kvm", "test", "inject", "mem", "data",
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBELF_SUPPORT
 		"probe",
 #endif
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kallsyms.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kallsyms.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..224bfc454b4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kallsyms.c
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/*
+ * builtin-kallsyms.c
+ *
+ * Builtin command: Look for a symbol in the running kernel and its modules
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2017, Red Hat Inc, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * Released under the GPL v2. (and only v2, not any later version)
+ */
+#include "builtin.h"
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
+#include "debug.h"
+#include "machine.h"
+#include "symbol.h"
+
+static int __cmd_kallsyms(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+	int i;
+	struct machine *machine = machine__new_kallsyms();
+
+	if (machine == NULL) {
+		pr_err("Couldn't read /proc/kallsyms\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < argc; ++i) {
+		struct map *map;
+		struct symbol *symbol = machine__find_kernel_function_by_name(machine, argv[i], &map);
+
+		if (symbol == NULL) {
+			printf("%s: not found\n", argv[i]);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		printf("%s: %s %s %#" PRIx64 "-%#" PRIx64 " (%#" PRIx64 "-%#" PRIx64")\n",
+			symbol->name, map->dso->short_name, map->dso->long_name,
+			map->unmap_ip(map, symbol->start), map->unmap_ip(map, symbol->end),
+			symbol->start, symbol->end);
+	}
+
+	machine__delete(machine);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int cmd_kallsyms(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
+{
+	const struct option options[] = {
+	OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose, "be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc)"),
+	OPT_END()
+	};
+	const char * const kallsyms_usage[] = {
+		"perf kallsyms [<options>] symbol_name",
+		NULL
+	};
+
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options, kallsyms_usage, 0);
+	if (argc < 1)
+		usage_with_options(kallsyms_usage, options);
+
+	symbol_conf.sort_by_name = true;
+	symbol_conf.try_vmlinux_path = (symbol_conf.vmlinux_name == NULL);
+	if (symbol__init(NULL) < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	return __cmd_kallsyms(argc, argv);
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin.h b/tools/perf/builtin.h
index 0bcf68e98ccc..b55f5be486a1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin.h
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ int cmd_diff(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 int cmd_evlist(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 int cmd_sched(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
+int cmd_kallsyms(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 int cmd_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 int cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
diff --git a/tools/perf/command-list.txt b/tools/perf/command-list.txt
index ab5cbaa170d0..fb45613dba9e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/command-list.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/command-list.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ perf-diff			mainporcelain common
 perf-config			mainporcelain common
 perf-evlist			mainporcelain common
 perf-inject			mainporcelain common
+perf-kallsyms			mainporcelain common
 perf-kmem			mainporcelain common
 perf-kvm			mainporcelain common
 perf-list			mainporcelain common
diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.c b/tools/perf/perf.c
index aa23b3347d6b..13c8a7db055e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ static struct cmd_struct commands[] = {
 	{ "diff",	cmd_diff,	0 },
 	{ "evlist",	cmd_evlist,	0 },
 	{ "help",	cmd_help,	0 },
+	{ "kallsyms",	cmd_kallsyms,	0 },
 	{ "list",	cmd_list,	0 },
 	{ "record",	cmd_record,	0 },
 	{ "report",	cmd_report,	0 },