diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index e1821ee..6238794 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -1543,6 +1543,8 @@ static struct option __record_options[] = {
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "tail-synthesize", &record.opts.tail_synthesize,
 		    "synthesize non-sample events at the end of output"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "overwrite", &record.opts.overwrite, "use overwrite mode"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "strict-freq", &record.opts.strict_freq,
+		    "Fail if the specified frequency can't be used"),
 	OPT_CALLBACK('F', "freq", &record.opts, "freq or 'max'",
 		     "profile at this frequency",
 		      record__parse_freq),