diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-ftrace.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-ftrace.txt
index 78d6126..721a447 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-ftrace.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-ftrace.txt
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@
 	This can be used more than once to specify multiple functions.
 	It will be passed to 'set_graph_notrace' in tracefs.
 
+-D::
+--graph-depth=::
+	Set max depth for function graph tracer to follow
 
 SEE ALSO
 --------
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
index 3285375..dd26c62 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 	struct list_head	notrace;
 	struct list_head	graph_funcs;
 	struct list_head	nograph_funcs;
+	int			graph_depth;
 };
 
 struct filter_entry {
@@ -129,6 +130,9 @@
 	if (reset_tracing_cpu() < 0)
 		return -1;
 
+	if (write_tracing_file("max_graph_depth", "0") < 0)
+		return -1;
+
 	reset_tracing_filters();
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -237,6 +241,26 @@
 	write_tracing_file("set_graph_notrace", " ");
 }
 
+static int set_tracing_depth(struct perf_ftrace *ftrace)
+{
+	char buf[16];
+
+	if (ftrace->graph_depth == 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (ftrace->graph_depth < 0) {
+		pr_err("invalid graph depth: %d\n", ftrace->graph_depth);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%d", ftrace->graph_depth);
+
+	if (write_tracing_file("max_graph_depth", buf) < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int __cmd_ftrace(struct perf_ftrace *ftrace, int argc, const char **argv)
 {
 	char *trace_file;
@@ -284,6 +308,11 @@
 		goto out_reset;
 	}
 
+	if (set_tracing_depth(ftrace) < 0) {
+		pr_err("failed to set graph depth\n");
+		goto out_reset;
+	}
+
 	if (write_tracing_file("current_tracer", ftrace->tracer) < 0) {
 		pr_err("failed to set current_tracer to %s\n", ftrace->tracer);
 		goto out_reset;
@@ -425,6 +454,8 @@
 		     "Set graph filter on given functions", parse_filter_func),
 	OPT_CALLBACK('g', "nograph-funcs", &ftrace.nograph_funcs, "func",
 		     "Set nograph filter on given functions", parse_filter_func),
+	OPT_INTEGER('D', "graph-depth", &ftrace.graph_depth,
+		    "Max depth for function graph tracer"),
 	OPT_END()
 	};