diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
index 7b139e1..555aefd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 #include "util/hist.h"
 #include "util/session.h"
 
+#include <linux/bitmap.h>
+
 static char		const *input_name = "perf.data";
 
 static bool		force, use_tui, use_stdio;
@@ -38,6 +40,9 @@
 
 static const char *sym_hist_filter;
 
+static const char	*cpu_list;
+static DECLARE_BITMAP(cpu_bitmap, MAX_NR_CPUS);
+
 static int perf_evlist__add_sample(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 				   struct perf_sample *sample,
 				   struct perf_evsel *evsel,
@@ -90,6 +95,9 @@
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	if (cpu_list && !test_bit(sample->cpu, cpu_bitmap))
+		return 0;
+
 	if (!al.filtered &&
 	    perf_evlist__add_sample(session->evlist, sample, evsel, &al)) {
 		pr_warning("problem incrementing symbol count, "
@@ -177,6 +185,12 @@
 	if (session == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	if (cpu_list) {
+		ret = perf_session__cpu_bitmap(session, cpu_list, cpu_bitmap);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out_delete;
+	}
+
 	ret = perf_session__process_events(session, &event_ops);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_delete;
@@ -252,6 +266,7 @@
 		    "print matching source lines (may be slow)"),
 	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_END()
 };