diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-annotate.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-annotate.txt
index 98a31e3..0102d83 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-annotate.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-annotate.txt
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@
 --symfs=<directory>::
         Look for files with symbols relative to this directory.
 
+-M::
+--disassembler-style=:: Set disassembler style for objdump.
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-report[1]
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
index 04253c0..6349b6c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@
 	CPUs are specified with -: 0-2. Default is to report samples on all
 	CPUs.
 
+-M::
+--disassembler-style=:: Set disassembler style for objdump.
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkperf:perf-stat[1]
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
index c5be288..cf68819 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
@@ -273,6 +273,8 @@
 		    "Interleave source code with assembly code (default)"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('0', "asm-raw", &symbol_conf.annotate_asm_raw,
 		    "Display raw encoding of assembly instructions (default)"),
+	OPT_STRING('M', "disassembler-style", &disassembler_style, "disassembler style",
+		   "Specify disassembler style (e.g. -M intel for intel syntax)"),
 	OPT_END()
 };
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index d7ff277..a0673ee 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -487,6 +487,8 @@
 	OPT_STRING(0, "symfs", &symbol_conf.symfs, "directory",
 		    "Look for files with symbols relative to this directory"),
 	OPT_STRING('c', "cpu", &cpu_list, "cpu", "list of cpus to profile"),
+	OPT_STRING('M', "disassembler-style", &disassembler_style, "disassembler style",
+		   "Specify disassembler style (e.g. -M intel for intel syntax)"),
 	OPT_END()
 };
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
index 01d36ba..bc8f477 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #include "annotate.h"
 #include <pthread.h>
 
+const char 	*disassembler_style;
+
 int symbol__annotate_init(struct map *map __used, struct symbol *sym)
 {
 	struct annotation *notes = symbol__annotation(sym);
@@ -323,9 +325,11 @@
 		 dso, dso->long_name, sym, sym->name);
 
 	snprintf(command, sizeof(command),
-		 "objdump --start-address=0x%016" PRIx64
+		 "objdump %s%s --start-address=0x%016" PRIx64
 		 " --stop-address=0x%016" PRIx64
 		 " -d %s %s -C %s|grep -v %s|expand",
+		 disassembler_style ? "-M " : "",
+		 disassembler_style ? disassembler_style : "",
 		 map__rip_2objdump(map, sym->start),
 		 map__rip_2objdump(map, sym->end),
 		 symbol_conf.annotate_asm_raw ? "" : "--no-show-raw",
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate.h b/tools/perf/util/annotate.h
index c2c2868..6ede128 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate.h
@@ -100,4 +100,6 @@
 			 int refresh);
 #endif
 
+extern const char	*disassembler_style;
+
 #endif	/* __PERF_ANNOTATE_H */