diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-annotate.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-annotate.txt
index 749cc6055dac32ab1d30879bda29343eed3d887d..e8c972f89357d2dc47bbe57000e503f46d964f37 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-annotate.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-annotate.txt
@@ -118,6 +118,15 @@ OPTIONS
 --group::
 	Show event group information together
 
+--percent-type::
+	Set annotation percent type from following choices:
+	  global-period, local-period, global-hits, local-hits
+
+	The local/global keywords set if the percentage is computed
+	in the scope of the function (local) or the whole data (global).
+	The period/hits keywords set the base the percentage is computed
+	on - the samples period or the number of samples (hits).
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-report[1]
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
index 8180319285af3377810c30c0298f37c73cb9bb8d..830481b8db26ae379d7e9816c130bdb49be04bd7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
@@ -542,6 +542,10 @@ int cmd_annotate(int argc, const char **argv)
 	OPT_CALLBACK_DEFAULT(0, "stdio-color", NULL, "mode",
 			     "'always' (default), 'never' or 'auto' only applicable to --stdio mode",
 			     stdio__config_color, "always"),
+	OPT_CALLBACK(0, "percent-type", &annotate.opts, "local-period",
+		     "Set percent type local/global-period/hits",
+		     annotate_parse_percent_type),
+
 	OPT_END()
 	};
 	int ret;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
index 6316fa96d984b4973add0095d2e5e414679256c3..e4268b948e0e05d4de22555b8236a6a2d4650eca 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
@@ -2799,3 +2799,55 @@ void annotation_config__init(void)
 	annotation__default_options.show_total_period = symbol_conf.show_total_period;
 	annotation__default_options.show_nr_samples   = symbol_conf.show_nr_samples;
 }
+
+static unsigned int parse_percent_type(char *str1, char *str2)
+{
+	unsigned int type = (unsigned int) -1;
+
+	if (!strcmp("period", str1)) {
+		if (!strcmp("local", str2))
+			type = PERCENT_PERIOD_LOCAL;
+		else if (!strcmp("global", str2))
+			type = PERCENT_PERIOD_GLOBAL;
+	}
+
+	if (!strcmp("hits", str1)) {
+		if (!strcmp("local", str2))
+			type = PERCENT_HITS_LOCAL;
+		else if (!strcmp("global", str2))
+			type = PERCENT_HITS_GLOBAL;
+	}
+
+	return type;
+}
+
+int annotate_parse_percent_type(const struct option *opt, const char *_str,
+				int unset __maybe_unused)
+{
+	struct annotation_options *opts = opt->value;
+	unsigned int type;
+	char *str1, *str2;
+	int err = -1;
+
+	str1 = strdup(_str);
+	if (!str1)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	str2 = strchr(str1, '-');
+	if (!str2)
+		goto out;
+
+	*str2++ = 0;
+
+	type = parse_percent_type(str1, str2);
+	if (type == (unsigned int) -1)
+		type = parse_percent_type(str2, str1);
+	if (type != (unsigned int) -1) {
+		opts->percent_type = type;
+		err = 0;
+	}
+
+out:
+	free(str1);
+	return err;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate.h b/tools/perf/util/annotate.h
index 760a6678edffb18df02e74a94b56e3aae66ecc6b..005a5fe8a8c6bccc49ed7d6b1861952313ecb2df 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate.h
@@ -397,4 +397,6 @@ static inline int symbol__tui_annotate(struct symbol *sym __maybe_unused,
 
 void annotation_config__init(void);
 
+int annotate_parse_percent_type(const struct option *opt, const char *_str,
+				int unset);
 #endif	/* __PERF_ANNOTATE_H */