diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
index 5015e04..c5be288 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
@@ -267,6 +267,8 @@
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('P', "full-paths", &full_paths,
 		    "Don't shorten the displayed pathnames"),
 	OPT_STRING('c', "cpu", &cpu_list, "cpu", "list of cpus to profile"),
+	OPT_STRING(0, "symfs", &symbol_conf.symfs, "directory",
+		   "Look for files with symbols relative to this directory"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('0', "source", &symbol_conf.annotate_src,
 		    "Interleave source code with assembly code (default)"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('0', "asm-raw", &symbol_conf.annotate_asm_raw,