diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-list.c b/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-list.c
index 4229c2c..431f204 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 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 @@
 	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 @@
 	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;