diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest
index 52e3c4df28d6..a8631d978725 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ echo "		-k|--keep  Keep passed test logs"
 echo "		-v|--verbose Increase verbosity of test messages"
 echo "		-vv        Alias of -v -v (Show all results in stdout)"
 echo "		-d|--debug Debug mode (trace all shell commands)"
+echo "		-l|--logdir <dir> Save logs on the <dir>"
 exit $1
 }
 
@@ -64,6 +65,10 @@ parse_opts() { # opts
       DEBUG=1
       shift 1
     ;;
+    --logdir|-l)
+      LOG_DIR=$2
+      shift 2
+    ;;
     *.tc)
       if [ -f "$1" ]; then
         OPT_TEST_CASES="$OPT_TEST_CASES `abspath $1`"