diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-list.c b/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-list.c
index 4229c2c213cc..431f204bde64 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-list.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-list.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 static char const *input_name = "perf.data";
 static int force;
+static bool with_hits;
 
 static const char * const buildid_list_usage[] = {
 	"perf buildid-list [<options>]",
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ static const char * const buildid_list_usage[] = {
 };
 
 static const struct option options[] = {
+	OPT_BOOLEAN('H', "with-hits", &with_hits, "Show only DSOs with hits"),
 	OPT_STRING('i', "input", &input_name, "file",
 		    "input file name"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &force, "don't complain, do it"),
@@ -31,6 +33,34 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
 	OPT_END()
 };
 
+static int build_id_list__process_event(event_t *event,
+					struct perf_session *session)
+{
+	struct addr_location al;
+	u8 cpumode = event->header.misc & PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_MASK;
+	struct thread *thread = perf_session__findnew(session, event->ip.pid);
+
+	if (thread == NULL) {
+		pr_err("problem processing %d event, skipping it.\n",
+			event->header.type);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	thread__find_addr_map(thread, session, cpumode, MAP__FUNCTION,
+			      event->ip.ip, &al);
+
+	if (al.map != NULL)
+		al.map->dso->hit = 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct perf_event_ops build_id_list__event_ops = {
+	.sample	= build_id_list__process_event,
+	.mmap	= event__process_mmap,
+	.fork	= event__process_task,
+};
+
 static int __cmd_buildid_list(void)
 {
 	int err = -1;
@@ -40,7 +70,10 @@ static int __cmd_buildid_list(void)
 	if (session == NULL)
 		return -1;
 
-	dsos__fprintf_buildid(stdout);
+	if (with_hits)
+		perf_session__process_events(session, &build_id_list__event_ops);
+
+	dsos__fprintf_buildid(stdout, with_hits);
 
 	perf_session__delete(session);
 	return err;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 4267138c7bbe..a4e745934584 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -1716,22 +1716,25 @@ void dsos__fprintf(FILE *fp)
 	__dsos__fprintf(&dsos__user, fp);
 }
 
-static size_t __dsos__fprintf_buildid(struct list_head *head, FILE *fp)
+static size_t __dsos__fprintf_buildid(struct list_head *head, FILE *fp,
+				      bool with_hits)
 {
 	struct dso *pos;
 	size_t ret = 0;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(pos, head, node) {
+		if (with_hits && !pos->hit)
+			continue;
 		ret += dso__fprintf_buildid(pos, fp);
 		ret += fprintf(fp, " %s\n", pos->long_name);
 	}
 	return ret;
 }
 
-size_t dsos__fprintf_buildid(FILE *fp)
+size_t dsos__fprintf_buildid(FILE *fp, bool with_hits)
 {
-	return (__dsos__fprintf_buildid(&dsos__kernel, fp) +
-		__dsos__fprintf_buildid(&dsos__user, fp));
+	return (__dsos__fprintf_buildid(&dsos__kernel, fp, with_hits) +
+		__dsos__fprintf_buildid(&dsos__user, fp, with_hits));
 }
 
 static struct dso *dsos__create_kernel(const char *vmlinux)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
index 36b7c717f5ee..525085fd0735 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ struct dso {
 	u8		 slen_calculated:1;
 	u8		 has_build_id:1;
 	u8		 kernel:1;
+	u8		 hit:1;
 	unsigned char	 origin;
 	u8		 sorted_by_name;
 	u8		 loaded;
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ struct perf_session;
 int dso__load(struct dso *self, struct map *map, struct perf_session *session,
 	      symbol_filter_t filter);
 void dsos__fprintf(FILE *fp);
-size_t dsos__fprintf_buildid(FILE *fp);
+size_t dsos__fprintf_buildid(FILE *fp, bool with_hits);
 
 size_t dso__fprintf_buildid(struct dso *self, FILE *fp);
 size_t dso__fprintf(struct dso *self, enum map_type type, FILE *fp);