diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index 46a72ecac427..01d542007c8b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -1065,7 +1065,9 @@ static struct syscall_fmt syscall_fmts[] = {
 	{ .name	    = "poll", .timeout = true, },
 	{ .name	    = "ppoll", .timeout = true, },
 	{ .name	    = "prctl",
-	  .arg = { [0] = { .scnprintf = SCA_PRCTL_OPTION, /* option */ },
+	  .arg = { [0] = { .scnprintf = SCA_PRCTL_OPTION, /* option */
+			   .strtoul   = STUL_STRARRAY,
+			   .parm      = &strarray__prctl_options, },
 		   [1] = { .scnprintf = SCA_PRCTL_ARG2, /* arg2 */ },
 		   [2] = { .scnprintf = SCA_PRCTL_ARG3, /* arg3 */ }, }, },
 	{ .name	    = "pread", .alias = "pread64", },