diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index eb0bbff52b42..62801663bd46 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -255,6 +255,16 @@ static DEFINE_STRARRAY(fcntl_cmds);
 static const char *sighow[] = { "BLOCK", "UNBLOCK", "SETMASK", };
 static DEFINE_STRARRAY(sighow);
 
+static const char *socket_families[] = {
+	"UNSPEC", "LOCAL", "INET", "AX25", "IPX", "APPLETALK", "NETROM",
+	"BRIDGE", "ATMPVC", "X25", "INET6", "ROSE", "DECnet", "NETBEUI",
+	"SECURITY", "KEY", "NETLINK", "PACKET", "ASH", "ECONET", "ATMSVC",
+	"RDS", "SNA", "IRDA", "PPPOX", "WANPIPE", "LLC", "IB", "CAN", "TIPC",
+	"BLUETOOTH", "IUCV", "RXRPC", "ISDN", "PHONET", "IEEE802154", "CAIF",
+	"ALG", "NFC", "VSOCK",
+};
+static DEFINE_STRARRAY(socket_families);
+
 static size_t syscall_arg__scnprintf_open_flags(char *bf, size_t size,
 					       struct syscall_arg *arg)
 {
@@ -429,7 +439,9 @@ static struct syscall_fmt {
 	{ .name	    = "setitimer",  .errmsg = true,
 	  .arg_scnprintf = { [0] = SCA_STRARRAY, /* which */ },
 	  .arg_parm	 = { [0] = &strarray__itimers, /* which */ }, },
-	{ .name	    = "socket",	    .errmsg = true, },
+	{ .name	    = "socket",	    .errmsg = true,
+	  .arg_scnprintf = { [0] = SCA_STRARRAY, /* family */ },
+	  .arg_parm	 = { [0] = &strarray__socket_families, /* family */ }, },
 	{ .name	    = "stat",	    .errmsg = true, .alias = "newstat", },
 	{ .name	    = "tgkill",	    .errmsg = true,
 	  .arg_scnprintf = { [2] = SCA_SIGNUM, /* sig */ }, },