diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
index 8c2c229faf50..da7809b15cc9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
@@ -168,6 +168,12 @@ OPTIONS
 	CPUs are specified with -: 0-2. Default is to report samples on all
 	CPUs.
 
+--pid=::
+	Only diff samples for given process ID (comma separated list).
+
+--tid=::
+	Only diff samples for given thread ID (comma separated list).
+
 COMPARISON
 ----------
 The comparison is governed by the baseline file. The baseline perf.data
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
index dfe6c7606f5a..6e7920793729 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
@@ -985,6 +985,10 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
 	OPT_STRING(0, "time", &pdiff.time_str, "str",
 		   "Time span (time percent or absolute timestamp)"),
 	OPT_STRING(0, "cpu", &cpu_list, "cpu", "list of cpus to profile"),
+	OPT_STRING(0, "pid", &symbol_conf.pid_list_str, "pid[,pid...]",
+		   "only consider symbols in these pids"),
+	OPT_STRING(0, "tid", &symbol_conf.tid_list_str, "tid[,tid...]",
+		   "only consider symbols in these tids"),
 	OPT_END()
 };