diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig.debug b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig.debug
index 68ff072f8b76..e091809a9a9e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig.debug
@@ -76,3 +76,14 @@ config DRM_I915_SELFTEST
 	  Recommended for driver developers only.
 
 	  If in doubt, say "N".
+
+config DRM_I915_LOW_LEVEL_TRACEPOINTS
+        bool "Enable low level request tracing events"
+        depends on DRM_I915
+        default n
+        help
+          Choose this option to turn on low level request tracing events.
+          This provides the ability to precisely monitor engine utilisation
+          and also analyze the request dependency resolving timeline.
+
+          If in doubt, say "N".
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c
index 543cef57972b..12b06e055490 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ void __i915_gem_request_submit(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request)
 	spin_unlock(&request->timeline->lock);
 
 	i915_sw_fence_commit(&request->execute);
+	trace_i915_gem_request_execute(request);
 }
 
 void i915_gem_request_submit(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request)
@@ -449,6 +450,7 @@ submit_notify(struct i915_sw_fence *fence, enum i915_sw_fence_notify state)
 
 	switch (state) {
 	case FENCE_COMPLETE:
+		trace_i915_gem_request_submit(request);
 		request->engine->submit_request(request);
 		break;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_trace.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_trace.h
index 85accea70b4d..e3c0f9e94488 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_trace.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_trace.h
@@ -477,6 +477,30 @@ DEFINE_EVENT(i915_gem_request, i915_gem_request_add,
 	    TP_ARGS(req)
 );
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_DRM_I915_LOW_LEVEL_TRACEPOINTS)
+DEFINE_EVENT(i915_gem_request, i915_gem_request_submit,
+	     TP_PROTO(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req),
+	     TP_ARGS(req)
+);
+
+DEFINE_EVENT(i915_gem_request, i915_gem_request_execute,
+	     TP_PROTO(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req),
+	     TP_ARGS(req)
+);
+#else
+#if !defined(TRACE_HEADER_MULTI_READ)
+static inline void
+trace_i915_gem_request_submit(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req)
+{
+}
+
+static inline void
+trace_i915_gem_request_execute(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req)
+{
+}
+#endif
+#endif
+
 TRACE_EVENT(i915_gem_request_notify,
 	    TP_PROTO(struct intel_engine_cs *engine),
 	    TP_ARGS(engine),