diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
index fafb7b3..f924b46 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "util/config.h"
 #include "util/time-utils.h"
 #include "util/annotate.h"
+#include "util/map.h"
 
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ enum {
 	PERF_HPP_DIFF__WEIGHTED_DIFF,
 	PERF_HPP_DIFF__FORMULA,
 	PERF_HPP_DIFF__DELTA_ABS,
+	PERF_HPP_DIFF__CYCLES,
 
 	PERF_HPP_DIFF__MAX_INDEX
 };
@@ -114,6 +116,7 @@ static int compute_2_hpp[COMPUTE_MAX] = {
 	[COMPUTE_DELTA_ABS]	= PERF_HPP_DIFF__DELTA_ABS,
 	[COMPUTE_RATIO]		= PERF_HPP_DIFF__RATIO,
 	[COMPUTE_WEIGHTED_DIFF]	= PERF_HPP_DIFF__WEIGHTED_DIFF,
+	[COMPUTE_CYCLES]	= PERF_HPP_DIFF__CYCLES,
 };
 
 #define MAX_COL_WIDTH 70
@@ -152,6 +155,10 @@ static struct header_column {
 	[PERF_HPP_DIFF__FORMULA] = {
 		.name  = "Formula",
 		.width = MAX_COL_WIDTH,
+	},
+	[PERF_HPP_DIFF__CYCLES] = {
+		.name  = "[Program Block Range] Cycles Diff",
+		.width = 70,
 	}
 };
 
@@ -239,8 +246,6 @@ static int setup_compute(const struct option *opt, const char *str,
 	for (i = 0; i < COMPUTE_MAX; i++)
 		if (!strcmp(cstr, compute_names[i])) {
 			*cp = i;
-			if (i == COMPUTE_CYCLES)
-				break;
 			return setup_compute_opt(option);
 		}
 
@@ -980,6 +985,9 @@ static void hists__process(struct hists *hists)
 	hists__precompute(hists);
 	hists__output_resort(hists, NULL);
 
+	if (compute == COMPUTE_CYCLES)
+		symbol_conf.report_block = true;
+
 	hists__fprintf(hists, !quiet, 0, 0, 0, stdout,
 		       !symbol_conf.use_callchain);
 }
@@ -1235,7 +1243,7 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('b', "baseline-only", &show_baseline_only,
 		    "Show only items with match in baseline"),
 	OPT_CALLBACK('c', "compute", &compute,
-		     "delta,delta-abs,ratio,wdiff:w1,w2 (default delta-abs)",
+		     "delta,delta-abs,ratio,wdiff:w1,w2 (default delta-abs),cycles",
 		     "Entries differential computation selection",
 		     setup_compute),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('p', "period", &show_period,
@@ -1313,6 +1321,49 @@ static int hpp__entry_baseline(struct hist_entry *he, char *buf, size_t size)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int cycles_printf(struct hist_entry *he, struct hist_entry *pair,
+			 struct perf_hpp *hpp, int width)
+{
+	struct block_hist *bh = container_of(he, struct block_hist, he);
+	struct block_hist *bh_pair = container_of(pair, struct block_hist, he);
+	struct hist_entry *block_he;
+	struct block_info *bi;
+	char buf[128];
+	char *start_line, *end_line;
+
+	block_he = hists__get_entry(&bh_pair->block_hists, bh->block_idx);
+	if (!block_he) {
+		hpp->skip = true;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Avoid printing the warning "addr2line_init failed for ..."
+	 */
+	symbol_conf.disable_add2line_warn = true;
+
+	bi = block_he->block_info;
+
+	start_line = map__srcline(he->ms.map, bi->sym->start + bi->start,
+				  he->ms.sym);
+
+	end_line = map__srcline(he->ms.map, bi->sym->start + bi->end,
+				he->ms.sym);
+
+	if ((start_line != SRCLINE_UNKNOWN) && (end_line != SRCLINE_UNKNOWN)) {
+		scnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "[%s -> %s] %4ld",
+			  start_line, end_line, block_he->diff.cycles);
+	} else {
+		scnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "[%7lx -> %7lx] %4ld",
+			  bi->start, bi->end, block_he->diff.cycles);
+	}
+
+	free_srcline(start_line);
+	free_srcline(end_line);
+
+	return scnprintf(hpp->buf, hpp->size, "%*s", width, buf);
+}
+
 static int __hpp__color_compare(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt,
 				struct perf_hpp *hpp, struct hist_entry *he,
 				int comparison_method)
@@ -1324,8 +1375,17 @@ static int __hpp__color_compare(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt,
 	s64 wdiff;
 	char pfmt[20] = " ";
 
-	if (!pair)
+	if (!pair) {
+		if (comparison_method == COMPUTE_CYCLES) {
+			struct block_hist *bh;
+
+			bh = container_of(he, struct block_hist, he);
+			if (bh->block_idx)
+				hpp->skip = true;
+		}
+
 		goto no_print;
+	}
 
 	switch (comparison_method) {
 	case COMPUTE_DELTA:
@@ -1360,6 +1420,8 @@ static int __hpp__color_compare(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt,
 		return color_snprintf(hpp->buf, hpp->size,
 				get_percent_color(wdiff),
 				pfmt, wdiff);
+	case COMPUTE_CYCLES:
+		return cycles_printf(he, pair, hpp, dfmt->header_width);
 	default:
 		BUG_ON(1);
 	}
@@ -1389,6 +1451,12 @@ static int hpp__color_wdiff(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt,
 	return __hpp__color_compare(fmt, hpp, he, COMPUTE_WEIGHTED_DIFF);
 }
 
+static int hpp__color_cycles(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt,
+			     struct perf_hpp *hpp, struct hist_entry *he)
+{
+	return __hpp__color_compare(fmt, hpp, he, COMPUTE_CYCLES);
+}
+
 static void
 hpp__entry_unpair(struct hist_entry *he, int idx, char *buf, size_t size)
 {
@@ -1590,6 +1658,10 @@ static void data__hpp_register(struct data__file *d, int idx)
 		fmt->color = hpp__color_delta;
 		fmt->sort  = hist_entry__cmp_delta_abs;
 		break;
+	case PERF_HPP_DIFF__CYCLES:
+		fmt->color = hpp__color_cycles;
+		fmt->sort  = hist_entry__cmp_nop;
+		break;
 	default:
 		fmt->sort  = hist_entry__cmp_nop;
 		break;