diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt
index 973fede403a0..892c82a9bf40 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt
@@ -249,6 +249,10 @@ the thread executes on the designated CPUs. Default is to monitor all CPUs.
 	works well with -s/--summary option where no argument information is
 	required.
 
+--max-summary=N::
+	Maximum number of lines in the summary mode.  Note that this applies to
+	each entry (thread or cgroup).
+
 
 PAGEFAULTS
 ----------
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index fe737b3ac6e6..5f54777d8ba0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ struct trace {
 	unsigned int		max_stack;
 	unsigned int		min_stack;
 	enum trace_summary_mode	summary_mode;
+	int			max_summary;
 	int			raw_augmented_syscalls_args_size;
 	bool			raw_augmented_syscalls;
 	bool			fd_path_disabled;
@@ -4599,7 +4600,7 @@ out_disable:
 	if (!err) {
 		if (trace->summary) {
 			if (trace->summary_bpf)
-				trace_print_bpf_summary(trace->output);
+				trace_print_bpf_summary(trace->output, trace->max_summary);
 			else if (trace->summary_mode == SUMMARY__BY_TOTAL)
 				trace__fprintf_total_summary(trace, trace->output);
 			else
@@ -4822,6 +4823,7 @@ static size_t syscall__dump_stats(struct trace *trace, int e_machine, FILE *fp,
 				  struct hashmap *syscall_stats)
 {
 	size_t printed = 0;
+	int lines = 0;
 	struct syscall *sc;
 	struct syscall_entry *entries;
 
@@ -4866,7 +4868,11 @@ static size_t syscall__dump_stats(struct trace *trace, int e_machine, FILE *fp,
 						fprintf(fp, "\t\t\t\t%s: %d\n", perf_env__arch_strerrno(trace->host->env, e + 1), stats->errnos[e]);
 				}
 			}
+			lines++;
 		}
+
+		if (trace->max_summary && trace->max_summary <= lines)
+			break;
 	}
 
 	free(entries);
@@ -5443,6 +5449,8 @@ int cmd_trace(int argc, const char **argv)
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "force-btf", &trace.force_btf, "Prefer btf_dump general pretty printer"
 		       "to customized ones"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "bpf-summary", &trace.summary_bpf, "Summary syscall stats in BPF"),
+	OPT_INTEGER(0, "max-summary", &trace.max_summary,
+		     "Max number of entries in the summary."),
 	OPTS_EVSWITCH(&trace.evswitch),
 	OPT_END()
 	};
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf-trace-summary.c b/tools/perf/util/bpf-trace-summary.c
index 69fb165da206..8dfe7e678941 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/bpf-trace-summary.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf-trace-summary.c
@@ -138,11 +138,14 @@ static bool sc_node_equal(long key1, long key2, void *ctx __maybe_unused)
 	return key1 == key2;
 }
 
-static int print_common_stats(struct syscall_data *data, FILE *fp)
+static int print_common_stats(struct syscall_data *data, int max_summary, FILE *fp)
 {
 	int printed = 0;
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < data->nr_nodes; i++) {
+	if (max_summary == 0 || max_summary > data->nr_nodes)
+		max_summary = data->nr_nodes;
+
+	for (int i = 0; i < max_summary; i++) {
 		struct syscall_node *node = &data->nodes[i];
 		struct syscall_stats *stat = &node->stats;
 		double total = (double)(stat->total_time) / NSEC_PER_MSEC;
@@ -200,7 +203,7 @@ static int update_thread_stats(struct hashmap *hash, struct syscall_key *map_key
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int print_thread_stat(struct syscall_data *data, FILE *fp)
+static int print_thread_stat(struct syscall_data *data, int max_summary, FILE *fp)
 {
 	int printed = 0;
 
@@ -213,18 +216,18 @@ static int print_thread_stat(struct syscall_data *data, FILE *fp)
 	printed += fprintf(fp, "                                     (msec)    (msec)    (msec)    (msec)        (%%)\n");
 	printed += fprintf(fp, "   --------------- --------  ------ -------- --------- --------- ---------     ------\n");
 
-	printed += print_common_stats(data, fp);
+	printed += print_common_stats(data, max_summary, fp);
 	printed += fprintf(fp, "\n\n");
 
 	return printed;
 }
 
-static int print_thread_stats(struct syscall_data **data, int nr_data, FILE *fp)
+static int print_thread_stats(struct syscall_data **data, int nr_data, int max_summary, FILE *fp)
 {
 	int printed = 0;
 
 	for (int i = 0; i < nr_data; i++)
-		printed += print_thread_stat(data[i], fp);
+		printed += print_thread_stat(data[i], max_summary, fp);
 
 	return printed;
 }
@@ -277,7 +280,7 @@ static int update_total_stats(struct hashmap *hash, struct syscall_key *map_key,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int print_total_stats(struct syscall_data **data, int nr_data, FILE *fp)
+static int print_total_stats(struct syscall_data **data, int nr_data, int max_summary, FILE *fp)
 {
 	int printed = 0;
 	int nr_events = 0;
@@ -291,8 +294,11 @@ static int print_total_stats(struct syscall_data **data, int nr_data, FILE *fp)
 	printed += fprintf(fp, "                                     (msec)    (msec)    (msec)    (msec)        (%%)\n");
 	printed += fprintf(fp, "   --------------- --------  ------ -------- --------- --------- ---------     ------\n");
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < nr_data; i++)
-		printed += print_common_stats(data[i], fp);
+	if (max_summary == 0 || max_summary > nr_data)
+		max_summary = nr_data;
+
+	for (int i = 0; i < max_summary; i++)
+		printed += print_common_stats(data[i], max_summary, fp);
 
 	printed += fprintf(fp, "\n\n");
 	return printed;
@@ -333,7 +339,7 @@ static int update_cgroup_stats(struct hashmap *hash, struct syscall_key *map_key
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int print_cgroup_stat(struct syscall_data *data, FILE *fp)
+static int print_cgroup_stat(struct syscall_data *data, int max_summary, FILE *fp)
 {
 	int printed = 0;
 	struct cgroup *cgrp = __cgroup__find(&cgroups, data->key);
@@ -351,23 +357,23 @@ static int print_cgroup_stat(struct syscall_data *data, FILE *fp)
 	printed += fprintf(fp, "                                     (msec)    (msec)    (msec)    (msec)        (%%)\n");
 	printed += fprintf(fp, "   --------------- --------  ------ -------- --------- --------- ---------     ------\n");
 
-	printed += print_common_stats(data, fp);
+	printed += print_common_stats(data, max_summary, fp);
 	printed += fprintf(fp, "\n\n");
 
 	return printed;
 }
 
-static int print_cgroup_stats(struct syscall_data **data, int nr_data, FILE *fp)
+static int print_cgroup_stats(struct syscall_data **data, int nr_data, int max_summary, FILE *fp)
 {
 	int printed = 0;
 
 	for (int i = 0; i < nr_data; i++)
-		printed += print_cgroup_stat(data[i], fp);
+		printed += print_cgroup_stat(data[i], max_summary, fp);
 
 	return printed;
 }
 
-int trace_print_bpf_summary(FILE *fp)
+int trace_print_bpf_summary(FILE *fp, int max_summary)
 {
 	struct bpf_map *map = skel->maps.syscall_stats_map;
 	struct syscall_key *prev_key, key;
@@ -420,13 +426,13 @@ int trace_print_bpf_summary(FILE *fp)
 
 	switch (skel->rodata->aggr_mode) {
 	case SYSCALL_AGGR_THREAD:
-		printed += print_thread_stats(data, nr_data, fp);
+		printed += print_thread_stats(data, nr_data, max_summary, fp);
 		break;
 	case SYSCALL_AGGR_CPU:
-		printed += print_total_stats(data, nr_data, fp);
+		printed += print_total_stats(data, nr_data, max_summary, fp);
 		break;
 	case SYSCALL_AGGR_CGROUP:
-		printed += print_cgroup_stats(data, nr_data, fp);
+		printed += print_cgroup_stats(data, nr_data, max_summary, fp);
 		break;
 	default:
 		break;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace.h b/tools/perf/util/trace.h
index fa8d480527a2..fbbcfe6f44fe 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ enum trace_summary_mode {
 int trace_prepare_bpf_summary(enum trace_summary_mode mode);
 void trace_start_bpf_summary(void);
 void trace_end_bpf_summary(void);
-int trace_print_bpf_summary(FILE *fp);
+int trace_print_bpf_summary(FILE *fp, int max_summary);
 void trace_cleanup_bpf_summary(void);
 
 #else /* !HAVE_BPF_SKEL */
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ static inline int trace_prepare_bpf_summary(enum trace_summary_mode mode __maybe
 }
 static inline void trace_start_bpf_summary(void) {}
 static inline void trace_end_bpf_summary(void) {}
-static inline int trace_print_bpf_summary(FILE *fp __maybe_unused)
+static inline int trace_print_bpf_summary(FILE *fp __maybe_unused, int max_summary __maybe_unused)
 {
 	return 0;
 }