diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1496972b..e1ca8d52 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ check_static:
 .PHONY: check_license
 check_license:
 	@echo "Confirming source files have license headers..."
-	@for f in `find . -type f ! -path './perfspect_202*' ! -path './tools/bin/*' ! -path './internal/script/resources/*' ! -path './scripts/.venv/*' ! -path './test/output/*' ! -path './debug_out/*' \( -name "*.go" -o -name "*.s" -o -name "*.html" -o -name "Makefile" -o -name "*.sh" -o -name "*.Dockerfile" -o -name "*.py" \)`; do \
+	@for f in `find . -type f ! -path './perfspect_202*' ! -path './tools/bin/*' ! -path './internal/script/resources/*' ! -path './scripts/.venv/*' ! -path './test/output/*' ! -path './debug_out/*' ! -path './tools/perf-archive/*' \( -name "*.go" -o -name "*.s" -o -name "*.html" -o -name "Makefile" -o -name "*.sh" -o -name "*.Dockerfile" -o -name "*.py" \)`; do \
 		if ! grep -E 'SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause' "$$f" >/dev/null; then echo "Error: license not found: $$f"; fail=1; fi; \
 	done; if [ -n "$$fail" ]; then exit 1; fi
 
diff --git a/tools/perf-archive/perf-archive.sh b/tools/perf-archive/perf-archive.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..e5ff840a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf-archive/perf-archive.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# perf archive
+# Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
+
+PERF_DATA=perf.data
+PERF_SYMBOLS=perf.symbols
+PERF_ALL=perf.all
+ALL=0
+UNPACK=0
+
+while [ $# -gt 0 ] ; do
+	if [ $1 == "--all" ]; then
+		ALL=1
+		shift
+	elif [ $1 == "--unpack" ]; then
+		UNPACK=1
+		shift
+	elif [ $1 == "--buildids-blacklist" ]; then
+		BUILDIDS_BLACKLIST="$2"
+		if [ ! -e "$BUILDIDS_BLACKLIST" ]; then
+			echo "Provided buildids blacklist file $BUILDIDS_BLACKLIST does not exist"
+			exit 1
+		fi
+		shift 2
+	else
+		PERF_DATA=$1
+		UNPACK_TAR=$1
+		shift
+	fi
+done
+
+if [ $UNPACK -eq 1 ]; then
+	if [ ! -z "$UNPACK_TAR" ]; then					# tar given as an argument
+		if [ ! -e "$UNPACK_TAR" ]; then
+			echo "Provided file $UNPACK_TAR does not exist"
+			exit 1
+		fi
+		TARGET="$UNPACK_TAR"
+	else																# search for perf tar in the current directory
+		TARGET=`find . -regex "\./perf.*\.tar\.bz2"`
+		TARGET_NUM=`echo -n "$TARGET" | grep -c '^'`
+
+		if [ -z "$TARGET" ] || [ $TARGET_NUM -gt 1 ]; then
+			echo -e "Error: $TARGET_NUM files found for unpacking:\n$TARGET"
+			echo "Provide the requested file as an argument"
+			exit 1
+		else
+			echo "Found target file for unpacking: $TARGET"
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	if [[ "$TARGET" =~ (\./)?$PERF_ALL.*.tar.bz2 ]]; then				# perf tar generated by --all option
+		TAR_CONTENTS=`tar tvf "$TARGET" | tr -s " " | cut -d " " -f 6`
+		VALID_TAR=`echo "$TAR_CONTENTS" | grep "$PERF_SYMBOLS.tar.bz2" | wc -l`		# check if it contains a sub-tar perf.symbols
+		if [ $VALID_TAR -ne 1 ]; then
+			echo "Error: $TARGET file is not valid (contains zero or multiple sub-tar files with debug symbols)"
+			exit 1
+		fi
+
+		INTERSECT=`comm -12 <(ls) <(echo "$TAR_CONTENTS") | tr "\n" " "`	# check for overwriting
+		if [ ! -z "$INTERSECT" ]; then										# prompt if file(s) already exist in the current directory
+			echo "File(s) ${INTERSECT::-1} already exist in the current directory."
+			while true; do
+				read -p 'Do you wish to overwrite them? ' yn
+				case $yn in
+					[Yy]* ) break;;
+					[Nn]* ) exit 1;;
+					* ) echo "Please answer yes or no.";;
+				esac
+			done
+		fi
+
+		# unzip the perf.data file in the current working directory	and debug symbols in ~/.debug directory
+		tar xvf $TARGET && tar xvf $PERF_SYMBOLS.tar.bz2 -C ~/.debug
+
+	else																# perf tar generated by perf archive (contains only debug symbols)
+		tar xvf $TARGET -C ~/.debug
+	fi
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+#
+# PERF_BUILDID_DIR environment variable set by perf
+# path to buildid directory, default to $HOME/.debug
+#
+if [ -z $PERF_BUILDID_DIR ]; then
+	PERF_BUILDID_DIR=~/.debug/
+else
+        # append / to make substitutions work
+        PERF_BUILDID_DIR=$PERF_BUILDID_DIR/
+fi
+
+BUILDIDS=$(mktemp /tmp/perf-archive-buildids.XXXXXX)
+
+#
+# BUILDIDS_BLACKLIST is an optional file that contains build-ids to be excluded from the
+# archive. It is a list of build-ids, one per line, without any leading or trailing spaces.
+# If the file is empty, all build-ids will be included in the archive. To create a blacklist
+# file, you can use the following command:
+# 	perf buildid-list -i perf.data --with-hits | grep -v "^ " > buildids_blacklist.txt
+# You can edit the file to remove the lines that you want to keep in the archive, then:
+# 	perf archive --buildids-blacklist buildids_blacklist.txt
+#
+if [ ! -s $BUILDIDS_BLACKLIST ]; then
+	perf buildid-list -i $PERF_DATA --with-hits | grep -v "^ " > $BUILDIDS
+	if [ ! -s $BUILDIDS ] ; then
+		echo "perf archive: no build-ids found"
+		rm $BUILDIDS || true
+		exit 1
+	fi
+else
+	perf buildid-list -i $PERF_DATA --with-hits | grep -v "^ " | grep -Fv -f $BUILDIDS_BLACKLIST > $BUILDIDS
+	if [ ! -s $BUILDIDS ] ; then
+		echo "perf archive: no build-ids found after applying blacklist"
+		rm $BUILDIDS || true
+		exit 1
+	fi
+fi
+
+MANIFEST=$(mktemp /tmp/perf-archive-manifest.XXXXXX)
+PERF_BUILDID_LINKDIR=$(readlink -f $PERF_BUILDID_DIR)/
+
+cut -d ' ' -f 1 $BUILDIDS | \
+while read build_id ; do
+	linkname=$PERF_BUILDID_DIR.build-id/${build_id:0:2}/${build_id:2}
+	filename=$(readlink -f $linkname)
+	echo ${linkname#$PERF_BUILDID_DIR} >> $MANIFEST
+	echo ${filename#$PERF_BUILDID_LINKDIR} >> $MANIFEST
+done
+
+if [ $ALL -eq 1 ]; then						# pack perf.data file together with tar containing debug symbols
+	HOSTNAME=$(hostname)
+	DATE=$(date '+%Y%m%d-%H%M%S')
+	tar cjf $PERF_SYMBOLS.tar.bz2 -C $PERF_BUILDID_DIR -T $MANIFEST
+	tar cjf	$PERF_ALL-$HOSTNAME-$DATE.tar.bz2 $PERF_DATA $PERF_SYMBOLS.tar.bz2
+	rm $PERF_SYMBOLS.tar.bz2 $MANIFEST $BUILDIDS || true
+else										# pack only the debug symbols
+	tar cjf $PERF_DATA.tar.bz2 -C $PERF_BUILDID_DIR -T $MANIFEST
+	rm $MANIFEST $BUILDIDS || true
+fi
+
+echo -e "Now please run:\n"
+echo -e "$ perf archive --unpack\n"
+echo "or unpack the tar manually wherever you need to run 'perf report' on."
+exit 0