diff --git a/tools/perf/util/callchain.c b/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
index 08f0fbf..ba72972 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
@@ -25,6 +25,90 @@
 
 __thread struct callchain_cursor callchain_cursor;
 
+#ifdef HAVE_DWARF_UNWIND_SUPPORT
+static int get_stack_size(const char *str, unsigned long *_size)
+{
+	char *endptr;
+	unsigned long size;
+	unsigned long max_size = round_down(USHRT_MAX, sizeof(u64));
+
+	size = strtoul(str, &endptr, 0);
+
+	do {
+		if (*endptr)
+			break;
+
+		size = round_up(size, sizeof(u64));
+		if (!size || size > max_size)
+			break;
+
+		*_size = size;
+		return 0;
+
+	} while (0);
+
+	pr_err("callchain: Incorrect stack dump size (max %ld): %s\n",
+	       max_size, str);
+	return -1;
+}
+#endif /* HAVE_DWARF_UNWIND_SUPPORT */
+
+int parse_callchain_record_opt(const char *arg)
+{
+	char *tok, *name, *saveptr = NULL;
+	char *buf;
+	int ret = -1;
+
+	/* We need buffer that we know we can write to. */
+	buf = malloc(strlen(arg) + 1);
+	if (!buf)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	strcpy(buf, arg);
+
+	tok = strtok_r((char *)buf, ",", &saveptr);
+	name = tok ? : (char *)buf;
+
+	do {
+		/* Framepointer style */
+		if (!strncmp(name, "fp", sizeof("fp"))) {
+			if (!strtok_r(NULL, ",", &saveptr)) {
+				callchain_param.record_mode = CALLCHAIN_FP;
+				ret = 0;
+			} else
+				pr_err("callchain: No more arguments "
+				       "needed for -g fp\n");
+			break;
+
+#ifdef HAVE_DWARF_UNWIND_SUPPORT
+		/* Dwarf style */
+		} else if (!strncmp(name, "dwarf", sizeof("dwarf"))) {
+			const unsigned long default_stack_dump_size = 8192;
+
+			ret = 0;
+			callchain_param.record_mode = CALLCHAIN_DWARF;
+			callchain_param.dump_size = default_stack_dump_size;
+
+			tok = strtok_r(NULL, ",", &saveptr);
+			if (tok) {
+				unsigned long size = 0;
+
+				ret = get_stack_size(tok, &size);
+				callchain_param.dump_size = size;
+			}
+#endif /* HAVE_DWARF_UNWIND_SUPPORT */
+		} else {
+			pr_err("callchain: Unknown --call-graph option "
+			       "value: %s\n", arg);
+			break;
+		}
+
+	} while (0);
+
+	free(buf);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 int
 parse_callchain_report_opt(const char *arg)
 {