diff --git a/tools/include/linux/kernel.h b/tools/include/linux/kernel.h
index 857d9e22826e..cba226948a0c 100644
--- a/tools/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/tools/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@
 
 int vscnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args);
 int scnprintf(char * buf, size_t size, const char * fmt, ...);
+int scnprintf_pad(char * buf, size_t size, const char * fmt, ...);
 
 #define ARRAY_SIZE(arr) (sizeof(arr) / sizeof((arr)[0]) + __must_be_array(arr))
 
diff --git a/tools/lib/vsprintf.c b/tools/lib/vsprintf.c
index e08ee147eab4..8780b4cdab21 100644
--- a/tools/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -23,3 +23,22 @@ int scnprintf(char * buf, size_t size, const char * fmt, ...)
 
        return (i >= ssize) ? (ssize - 1) : i;
 }
+
+int scnprintf_pad(char * buf, size_t size, const char * fmt, ...)
+{
+	ssize_t ssize = size;
+	va_list args;
+	int i;
+
+	va_start(args, fmt);
+	i = vscnprintf(buf, size, fmt, args);
+	va_end(args);
+
+	if (i < (int) size) {
+		for (; i < (int) size; i++)
+			buf[i] = ' ';
+		buf[i] = 0x0;
+	}
+
+	return (i >= ssize) ? (ssize - 1) : i;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index 61cfd8f70989..7adaa6c63a0b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -3297,6 +3297,7 @@ static int parse_call_trace(const struct option *opt __maybe_unused,
 	parse_output_fields(NULL, "-ip,-addr,-event,-period,+callindent", 0);
 	itrace_parse_synth_opts(opt, "cewp", 0);
 	symbol_conf.nanosecs = true;
+	symbol_conf.pad_output_len_dso = 50;
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/map.c b/tools/perf/util/map.c
index ee71efb9db62..6fce983c6115 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/map.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/map.c
@@ -405,6 +405,7 @@ size_t map__fprintf(struct map *map, FILE *fp)
 
 size_t map__fprintf_dsoname(struct map *map, FILE *fp)
 {
+	char buf[symbol_conf.pad_output_len_dso + 1];
 	const char *dsoname = "[unknown]";
 
 	if (map && map->dso) {
@@ -414,6 +415,11 @@ size_t map__fprintf_dsoname(struct map *map, FILE *fp)
 			dsoname = map->dso->name;
 	}
 
+	if (symbol_conf.pad_output_len_dso) {
+		scnprintf_pad(buf, symbol_conf.pad_output_len_dso, "%s", dsoname);
+		dsoname = buf;
+	}
+
 	return fprintf(fp, "%s", dsoname);
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol_conf.h b/tools/perf/util/symbol_conf.h
index 6c55fa6fccec..382ba63fc554 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol_conf.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol_conf.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ struct symbol_conf {
 			*tid_list;
 	const char	*symfs;
 	int		res_sample;
+	int		pad_output_len_dso;
 };
 
 extern struct symbol_conf symbol_conf;