diff --git a/run-command.c b/run-command.c
index 3db26b7..3449db3 100644
--- a/run-command.c
+++ b/run-command.c
@@ -219,9 +219,29 @@ static int exists_in_PATH(const char *file)
 
 int sane_execvp(const char *file, char * const argv[])
 {
+#ifndef GIT_WINDOWS_NATIVE
+	/*
+	 * execvp() doesn't return, so we all we can do is tell trace2
+	 * what we are about to do and let it leave a hint in the log
+	 * (unless of course the execvp() fails).
+	 *
+	 * we skip this for Windows because the compat layer already
+	 * has to emulate the execvp() call anyway.
+	 */
+	int exec_id = trace2_exec(file, (const char **)argv);
+#endif
+
 	if (!execvp(file, argv))
 		return 0; /* cannot happen ;-) */
 
+#ifndef GIT_WINDOWS_NATIVE
+	{
+		int ec = errno;
+		trace2_exec_result(exec_id, ec);
+		errno = ec;
+	}
+#endif
+
 	/*
 	 * When a command can't be found because one of the directories
 	 * listed in $PATH is unsearchable, execvp reports EACCES, but
@@ -712,6 +732,7 @@ int start_command(struct child_process *cmd)
 		cmd->err = fderr[0];
 	}
 
+	trace2_child_start(cmd);
 	trace_run_command(cmd);
 
 	fflush(NULL);
@@ -926,6 +947,8 @@ int start_command(struct child_process *cmd)
 #endif
 
 	if (cmd->pid < 0) {
+		trace2_child_exit(cmd, -1);
+
 		if (need_in)
 			close_pair(fdin);
 		else if (cmd->in)
@@ -964,13 +987,16 @@ int start_command(struct child_process *cmd)
 int finish_command(struct child_process *cmd)
 {
 	int ret = wait_or_whine(cmd->pid, cmd->argv[0], 0);
+	trace2_child_exit(cmd, ret);
 	child_process_clear(cmd);
 	return ret;
 }
 
 int finish_command_in_signal(struct child_process *cmd)
 {
-	return wait_or_whine(cmd->pid, cmd->argv[0], 1);
+	int ret = wait_or_whine(cmd->pid, cmd->argv[0], 1);
+	trace2_child_exit(cmd, ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 
@@ -992,8 +1018,19 @@ int run_command_v_opt(const char **argv, int opt)
 	return run_command_v_opt_cd_env(argv, opt, NULL, NULL);
 }
 
+int run_command_v_opt_tr2(const char **argv, int opt, const char *tr2_class)
+{
+	return run_command_v_opt_cd_env_tr2(argv, opt, NULL, NULL, tr2_class);
+}
+
 int run_command_v_opt_cd_env(const char **argv, int opt, const char *dir, const char *const *env)
 {
+	return run_command_v_opt_cd_env_tr2(argv, opt, dir, env, NULL);
+}
+
+int run_command_v_opt_cd_env_tr2(const char **argv, int opt, const char *dir,
+				 const char *const *env, const char *tr2_class)
+{
 	struct child_process cmd = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
 	cmd.argv = argv;
 	cmd.no_stdin = opt & RUN_COMMAND_NO_STDIN ? 1 : 0;
@@ -1004,6 +1041,7 @@ int run_command_v_opt_cd_env(const char **argv, int opt, const char *dir, const
 	cmd.clean_on_exit = opt & RUN_CLEAN_ON_EXIT ? 1 : 0;
 	cmd.dir = dir;
 	cmd.env = env;
+	cmd.trace2_child_class = tr2_class;
 	return run_command(&cmd);
 }
 
@@ -1319,6 +1357,7 @@ int run_hook_ve(const char *const *env, const char *name, va_list args)
 	hook.env = env;
 	hook.no_stdin = 1;
 	hook.stdout_to_stderr = 1;
+	hook.trace2_hook_name = name;
 
 	return run_command(&hook);
 }
@@ -1807,3 +1846,21 @@ int run_processes_parallel(int n,
 	pp_cleanup(&pp);
 	return 0;
 }
+
+int run_processes_parallel_tr2(int n, get_next_task_fn get_next_task,
+			       start_failure_fn start_failure,
+			       task_finished_fn task_finished, void *pp_cb,
+			       const char *tr2_category, const char *tr2_label)
+{
+	int result;
+
+	trace2_region_enter_printf(tr2_category, tr2_label, NULL, "max:%d",
+				   ((n < 1) ? online_cpus() : n));
+
+	result = run_processes_parallel(n, get_next_task, start_failure,
+					task_finished, pp_cb);
+
+	trace2_region_leave(tr2_category, tr2_label, NULL);
+
+	return result;
+}