diff --git a/bin/_mocha b/bin/_mocha
index f8068835f6..35ca281524 100755
--- a/bin/_mocha
+++ b/bin/_mocha
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ program
   .option('--no-exit', 'require a clean shutdown of the event loop: mocha will not call process.exit')
   .option('--no-timeouts', 'disables timeouts, given implicitly with --debug')
   .option('--opts <path>', 'specify opts path', 'test/mocha.opts')
+  .option('--perf-basic-prof', 'enable perf linux profiler (basic support)')
   .option('--prof', 'log statistical profiling information')
   .option('--recursive', 'include sub directories')
   .option('--reporters', 'display available reporters')
diff --git a/bin/mocha b/bin/mocha
index 031ef56bff..22db154df6 100755
--- a/bin/mocha
+++ b/bin/mocha
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ process.argv.slice(2).forEach(function(arg){
     case '--throw-deprecation':
     case '--trace-deprecation':
     case '--allow-natives-syntax':
+    case '--perf-basic-prof':
       args.unshift(arg);
       break;
     default: