diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index 4bf805b..de5d277 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -1518,7 +1518,8 @@
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	err = __machine__synthesize_threads(trace->host, &trace->tool, &trace->opts.target,
-					    evlist->threads, trace__tool_process, false);
+					    evlist->threads, trace__tool_process, false,
+					    trace->opts.proc_map_timeout);
 	if (err)
 		symbol__exit();
 
@@ -2747,6 +2748,7 @@
 			.user_interval = ULLONG_MAX,
 			.no_buffering  = true,
 			.mmap_pages    = UINT_MAX,
+			.proc_map_timeout  = 500,
 		},
 		.output = stdout,
 		.show_comm = true,
@@ -2796,6 +2798,8 @@
 		     "Trace pagefaults", parse_pagefaults, "maj"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "syscalls", &trace.trace_syscalls, "Trace syscalls"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &trace.force, "don't complain, do it"),
+	OPT_UINTEGER(0, "proc-map-timeout", &trace.opts.proc_map_timeout,
+			"per thread proc mmap processing timeout in ms"),
 	OPT_END()
 	};
 	const char * const trace_subcommands[] = { "record", NULL };