diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-prog.rst b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-prog.rst
index ab36e920e552165e08b2e09eb75e4b7eb362dd6c..5524b6dccd856468668a6234a903ac0bb07a318f 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-prog.rst
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-prog.rst
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ MAP COMMANDS
 |	**bpftool** **prog dump jited**  *PROG* [{**file** *FILE* | **opcodes**}]
 |	**bpftool** **prog pin** *PROG* *FILE*
 |	**bpftool** **prog { load | loadall }** *OBJ* *PATH* [**type** *TYPE*] [**map** {**idx** *IDX* | **name** *NAME*} *MAP*] [**dev** *NAME*]
-|       **bpftool** **prog attach** *PROG* *ATTACH_TYPE* [*MAP*]
-|       **bpftool** **prog detach** *PROG* *ATTACH_TYPE* [*MAP*]
+|	**bpftool** **prog attach** *PROG* *ATTACH_TYPE* [*MAP*]
+|	**bpftool** **prog detach** *PROG* *ATTACH_TYPE* [*MAP*]
+|	**bpftool** **prog tracelog**
 |	**bpftool** **prog help**
 |
 |	*MAP* := { **id** *MAP_ID* | **pinned** *FILE* }
@@ -117,6 +118,14 @@ DESCRIPTION
 		  parameter, with the exception of *flow_dissector* which is
 		  detached from the current networking name space.
 
+	**bpftool prog tracelog**
+		  Dump the trace pipe of the system to the console (stdout).
+		  Hit <Ctrl+C> to stop printing. BPF programs can write to this
+		  trace pipe at runtime with the **bpf_trace_printk()** helper.
+		  This should be used only for debugging purposes. For
+		  streaming data from BPF programs to user space, one can use
+		  perf events (see also **bpftool-map**\ (8)).
+
 	**bpftool prog help**
 		  Print short help message.
 
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/bash-completion/bpftool b/tools/bpf/bpftool/bash-completion/bpftool
index 9a60080f085f1977d99761ee999cae29a5b6aadb..44c189ba072a3bf3e1cfee218ac6fc89c0200d05 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/bash-completion/bpftool
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/bash-completion/bpftool
@@ -398,10 +398,13 @@ _bpftool()
                             ;;
                     esac
                     ;;
+                tracelog)
+                    return 0
+                    ;;
                 *)
                     [[ $prev == $object ]] && \
                         COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W 'dump help pin attach detach load \
-                            show list' -- "$cur" ) )
+                            show list tracelog' -- "$cur" ) )
                     ;;
             esac
             ;;
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.h b/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.h
index 2761981669c8284062ef7c7b429c143d0a9ae3d6..0be0dd8f467ff5c053bc26cdd85c7e3600bbb147 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.h
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.h
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ int do_event_pipe(int argc, char **argv);
 int do_cgroup(int argc, char **arg);
 int do_perf(int argc, char **arg);
 int do_net(int argc, char **arg);
+int do_tracelog(int argc, char **arg);
 
 int parse_u32_arg(int *argc, char ***argv, __u32 *val, const char *what);
 int prog_parse_fd(int *argc, char ***argv);
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c
index 56db61c5a91fea59a4e2c18a013ac06c5023e405..54c8dbf05c9cb385788ade0f26b158627a09489f 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c
@@ -1140,6 +1140,7 @@ static int do_help(int argc, char **argv)
 		"                         [pinmaps MAP_DIR]\n"
 		"       %s %s attach PROG ATTACH_TYPE [MAP]\n"
 		"       %s %s detach PROG ATTACH_TYPE [MAP]\n"
+		"       %s %s tracelog\n"
 		"       %s %s help\n"
 		"\n"
 		"       " HELP_SPEC_MAP "\n"
@@ -1158,7 +1159,7 @@ static int do_help(int argc, char **argv)
 		"",
 		bin_name, argv[-2], bin_name, argv[-2], bin_name, argv[-2],
 		bin_name, argv[-2], bin_name, argv[-2], bin_name, argv[-2],
-		bin_name, argv[-2], bin_name, argv[-2]);
+		bin_name, argv[-2], bin_name, argv[-2], bin_name, argv[-2]);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1173,6 +1174,7 @@ static const struct cmd cmds[] = {
 	{ "loadall",	do_loadall },
 	{ "attach",	do_attach },
 	{ "detach",	do_detach },
+	{ "tracelog",	do_tracelog },
 	{ 0 }
 };
 
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/tracelog.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/tracelog.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1fa8e513f5906315986874655c8f267da90cafda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/tracelog.c
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
+/* Copyright (c) 2015-2017 Daniel Borkmann */
+/* Copyright (c) 2018 Netronome Systems, Inc. */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <linux/magic.h>
+#include <sys/fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/vfs.h>
+
+#include "main.h"
+
+#ifndef TRACEFS_MAGIC
+# define TRACEFS_MAGIC	0x74726163
+#endif
+
+#define _textify(x)	#x
+#define textify(x)	_textify(x)
+
+FILE *trace_pipe_fd;
+char *buff;
+
+static int validate_tracefs_mnt(const char *mnt, unsigned long magic)
+{
+	struct statfs st_fs;
+
+	if (statfs(mnt, &st_fs) < 0)
+		return -ENOENT;
+	if ((unsigned long)st_fs.f_type != magic)
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static bool
+find_tracefs_mnt_single(unsigned long magic, char *mnt, const char *mntpt)
+{
+	size_t src_len;
+
+	if (validate_tracefs_mnt(mntpt, magic))
+		return false;
+
+	src_len = strlen(mntpt);
+	if (src_len + 1 >= PATH_MAX) {
+		p_err("tracefs mount point name too long");
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	strcpy(mnt, mntpt);
+	return true;
+}
+
+static bool find_tracefs_pipe(char *mnt)
+{
+	static const char * const known_mnts[] = {
+		"/sys/kernel/debug/tracing",
+		"/sys/kernel/tracing",
+		"/tracing",
+		"/trace",
+	};
+	const char *pipe_name = "/trace_pipe";
+	const char *fstype = "tracefs";
+	char type[100], format[32];
+	const char * const *ptr;
+	bool found = false;
+	FILE *fp;
+
+	for (ptr = known_mnts; ptr < known_mnts + ARRAY_SIZE(known_mnts); ptr++)
+		if (find_tracefs_mnt_single(TRACEFS_MAGIC, mnt, *ptr))
+			goto exit_found;
+
+	fp = fopen("/proc/mounts", "r");
+	if (!fp)
+		return false;
+
+	/* Allow room for NULL terminating byte and pipe file name */
+	snprintf(format, sizeof(format), "%%*s %%%zds %%99s %%*s %%*d %%*d\\n",
+		 PATH_MAX - strlen(pipe_name) - 1);
+	while (fscanf(fp, format, mnt, type) == 2)
+		if (strcmp(type, fstype) == 0) {
+			found = true;
+			break;
+		}
+	fclose(fp);
+
+	/* The string from fscanf() might be truncated, check mnt is valid */
+	if (!found || validate_tracefs_mnt(mnt, TRACEFS_MAGIC))
+		return false;
+
+exit_found:
+	strcat(mnt, pipe_name);
+	return true;
+}
+
+static void exit_tracelog(int signum)
+{
+	fclose(trace_pipe_fd);
+	free(buff);
+
+	if (json_output) {
+		jsonw_end_array(json_wtr);
+		jsonw_destroy(&json_wtr);
+	}
+
+	exit(0);
+}
+
+int do_tracelog(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	const struct sigaction act = {
+		.sa_handler = exit_tracelog
+	};
+	char trace_pipe[PATH_MAX];
+	bool found_trace_pipe;
+	size_t buff_len = 0;
+
+	if (json_output)
+		jsonw_start_array(json_wtr);
+
+	found_trace_pipe = find_tracefs_pipe(trace_pipe);
+	if (!found_trace_pipe) {
+		p_err("could not find trace pipe, tracefs not mounted?");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	trace_pipe_fd = fopen(trace_pipe, "r");
+	if (!trace_pipe_fd) {
+		p_err("could not open trace pipe: %s", strerror(errno));
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	sigaction(SIGHUP, &act, NULL);
+	sigaction(SIGINT, &act, NULL);
+	sigaction(SIGTERM, &act, NULL);
+	while (1) {
+		ssize_t ret;
+
+		ret = getline(&buff, &buff_len, trace_pipe_fd);
+		if (ret <= 0) {
+			p_err("failed to read content from trace pipe: %s",
+			      strerror(errno));
+			break;
+		}
+		if (json_output)
+			jsonw_string(json_wtr, buff);
+		else
+			printf("%s", buff);
+	}
+
+	fclose(trace_pipe_fd);
+	free(buff);
+	return -1;
+}