diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index f4c09e5..333dd74 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -91,6 +91,14 @@ endif
 
 endif
 
+if with_tracing == 'percetto'
+   # percetto uses C++ internally, so we need to link with C++.
+   # TODO: remove -lstdc++ when percetto is a shared library.
+   add_project_link_arguments('-lstdc++', language : 'c')
+   percetto_dep = dependency('percetto', version : '>=0.0.8')
+   conf_data.set('ENABLE_TRACING', 'TRACE_WITH_PERCETTO')
+endif
+
 if with_tracing == 'perfetto'
    vperfetto_min_dep = dependency('vperfetto_min')
    conf_data.set('ENABLE_TRACING', 'TRACE_WITH_PERFETTO')
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index ce988a6..0a57b6f 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -63,6 +63,6 @@ option(
   'tracing',
   type : 'combo',
   value : 'none',
-  choices : [ 'perfetto', 'stderr', 'none' ],
+  choices : [ 'percetto', 'perfetto', 'stderr', 'none' ],
   description : 'enable emitting traces using the selected backend'
 )
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index d854027..257d7dc 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ if with_tracing == 'perfetto'
    virgl_depends += [vperfetto_min_dep]
 endif
 
+if with_tracing == 'percetto'
+   virgl_depends += [percetto_dep]
+endif
+
 virgl_sources += vrend_sources
 
 if have_egl
diff --git a/src/virgl_util.c b/src/virgl_util.c
index 5f14058..6dead0a 100644
--- a/src/virgl_util.c
+++ b/src/virgl_util.c
@@ -114,6 +114,15 @@ void flush_eventfd(int fd)
     } while ((len == -1 && errno == EINTR) || len == sizeof(value));
 }
 
+#if ENABLE_TRACING == TRACE_WITH_PERCETTO
+PERCETTO_CATEGORY_DEFINE(VIRGL_PERCETTO_CATEGORIES)
+
+void trace_init(void)
+{
+  PERCETTO_INIT(PERCETTO_CLOCK_DONT_CARE);
+}
+#endif
+
 #if ENABLE_TRACING == TRACE_WITH_PERFETTO
 void trace_init(void)
 {
diff --git a/src/virgl_util.h b/src/virgl_util.h
index f0158fd..951410e 100644
--- a/src/virgl_util.h
+++ b/src/virgl_util.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 
 #define TRACE_WITH_PERFETTO 1
 #define TRACE_WITH_STDERR 2
+#define TRACE_WITH_PERCETTO 3
 
 #define BIT(n)                   (UINT32_C(1) << (n))
 
@@ -63,20 +64,42 @@ void flush_eventfd(int fd);
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_TRACING
 void trace_init(void);
-const char *trace_begin(const char *scope);
-void trace_end(const char **dummy);
 
 #define TRACE_INIT() trace_init()
 #define TRACE_FUNC() TRACE_SCOPE(__func__)
 
+#if ENABLE_TRACING == TRACE_WITH_PERCETTO
+
+#include <percetto.h>
+
+#define VIRGL_PERCETTO_CATEGORIES(C, G) \
+  C(virgl, "virglrenderer") \
+  C(virgls, "virglrenderer detailed events", "slow")
+
+PERCETTO_CATEGORY_DECLARE(VIRGL_PERCETTO_CATEGORIES)
+
+#define TRACE_SCOPE(SCOPE) TRACE_EVENT(virgl, SCOPE)
+/* Trace high frequency events (tracing may impact performance). */
+#define TRACE_SCOPE_SLOW(SCOPE) TRACE_EVENT(virgls, SCOPE)
+
+#else
+
+const char *trace_begin(const char *scope);
+void trace_end(const char **scope);
+
 #define TRACE_SCOPE(SCOPE) \
    const char *trace_dummy __attribute__((cleanup (trace_end), unused)) = \
    trace_begin(SCOPE)
 
+#define TRACE_SCOPE_SLOW(SCOPE) TRACE_SCOPE(SCOPE)
+
+#endif /* ENABLE_TRACING == TRACE_WITH_PERCETTO */
+
 #else
 #define TRACE_INIT()
 #define TRACE_FUNC()
 #define TRACE_SCOPE(SCOPE)
-#endif
+#define TRACE_SCOPE_SLOW(SCOPE)
+#endif /* ENABLE_TRACING */
 
 #endif /* VIRGL_UTIL_H */