diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index fe66895..86981bd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -46,9 +46,12 @@
 static unsigned long	page_size;
 static unsigned long	mmap_window = 32;
 
-static char		*parent_pattern = "^sys_|^do_page_fault";
+static char		default_parent_pattern[] = "^sys_|^do_page_fault";
+static char		*parent_pattern = default_parent_pattern;
 static regex_t		parent_regex;
 
+static int		exclude_other = 1;
+
 struct ip_event {
 	struct perf_event_header header;
 	__u64 ip;
@@ -742,6 +745,9 @@
 	struct sort_entry *se;
 	size_t ret;
 
+	if (exclude_other && !self->parent)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (total_samples) {
 		double percent = self->count * 100.0 / total_samples;
 		char *color = PERF_COLOR_NORMAL;
@@ -764,6 +770,9 @@
 		ret = fprintf(fp, "%12Ld ", self->count);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(se, &hist_entry__sort_list, list) {
+		if (exclude_other && (se == &sort_parent))
+			continue;
+
 		fprintf(fp, "  ");
 		ret += se->print(fp, self);
 	}
@@ -855,6 +864,7 @@
 		.ip	= ip,
 		.level	= level,
 		.count	= count,
+		.parent = NULL,
 	};
 	int cmp;
 
@@ -1029,14 +1039,20 @@
 	fprintf(fp, "#\n");
 
 	fprintf(fp, "# Overhead");
-	list_for_each_entry(se, &hist_entry__sort_list, list)
+	list_for_each_entry(se, &hist_entry__sort_list, list) {
+		if (exclude_other && (se == &sort_parent))
+			continue;
 		fprintf(fp, "  %s", se->header);
+	}
 	fprintf(fp, "\n");
 
 	fprintf(fp, "# ........");
 	list_for_each_entry(se, &hist_entry__sort_list, list) {
 		int i;
 
+		if (exclude_other && (se == &sort_parent))
+			continue;
+
 		fprintf(fp, "  ");
 		for (i = 0; i < strlen(se->header); i++)
 			fprintf(fp, ".");
@@ -1050,7 +1066,8 @@
 		ret += hist_entry__fprintf(fp, pos, total_samples);
 	}
 
-	if (!strcmp(sort_order, default_sort_order)) {
+	if (sort_order == default_sort_order &&
+			parent_pattern == default_parent_pattern) {
 		fprintf(fp, "#\n");
 		fprintf(fp, "# (For more details, try: perf report --sort comm,dso,symbol)\n");
 		fprintf(fp, "#\n");
@@ -1508,6 +1525,8 @@
 		    "Don't shorten the pathnames taking into account the cwd"),
 	OPT_STRING('p', "parent", &parent_pattern, "regex",
 		   "regex filter to identify parent, see: '--sort parent'"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN('x', "exclude-other", &exclude_other,
+		    "Only display entries with parent-match"),
 	OPT_END()
 };
 
@@ -1536,6 +1555,11 @@
 
 	setup_sorting();
 
+	if (parent_pattern != default_parent_pattern)
+		sort_dimension__add("parent");
+	else
+		exclude_other = 0;
+
 	/*
 	 * Any (unrecognized) arguments left?
 	 */