diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-data.c b/tools/perf/builtin-data.c
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
+#include "builtin.h"
+#include "perf.h"
+#include "debug.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
+#include "data-convert.h"
+#include "data-convert-bt.h"
+
+typedef int (*data_cmd_fn_t)(int argc, const char **argv);
+
+struct data_cmd {
+	const char	*name;
+	const char	*summary;
+	data_cmd_fn_t	fn;
+};
+
+static struct data_cmd data_cmds[];
+
+#define for_each_cmd(cmd) \
+	for (cmd = data_cmds; cmd && cmd->name; cmd++)
+
+static const struct option data_options[] = {
+	OPT_END()
+};
+
+static const char * const data_subcommands[] = { "convert", NULL };
+
+static const char *data_usage[] = {
+	"perf data [<common options>] <command> [<options>]",
+	NULL
+};
+
+static void print_usage(void)
+{
+	struct data_cmd *cmd;
+
+	printf("Usage:\n");
+	printf("\t%s\n\n", data_usage[0]);
+	printf("\tAvailable commands:\n");
+
+	for_each_cmd(cmd) {
+		printf("\t %s\t- %s\n", cmd->name, cmd->summary);
+	}
+
+	printf("\n");
+}
+
+static const char * const data_convert_usage[] = {
+	"perf data convert [<options>]",
+	NULL
+};
+
+static int cmd_data_convert(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+	const char *to_ctf     = NULL;
+	struct perf_data_convert_opts opts = {
+		.force = false,
+		.all = false,
+	};
+	const struct option options[] = {
+		OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose, "be more verbose"),
+		OPT_STRING('i', "input", &input_name, "file", "input file name"),
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBBABELTRACE_SUPPORT
+		OPT_STRING(0, "to-ctf", &to_ctf, NULL, "Convert to CTF format"),
+#endif
+		OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &opts.force, "don't complain, do it"),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "all", &opts.all, "Convert all events"),
+		OPT_END()
+	};
+
+#ifndef HAVE_LIBBABELTRACE_SUPPORT
+	pr_err("No conversion support compiled in. perf should be compiled with environment variables LIBBABELTRACE=1 and LIBBABELTRACE_DIR=/path/to/libbabeltrace/\n");
+	return -1;
+#endif
+
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options,
+			     data_convert_usage, 0);
+	if (argc) {
+		usage_with_options(data_convert_usage, options);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (to_ctf) {
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBBABELTRACE_SUPPORT
+		return bt_convert__perf2ctf(input_name, to_ctf, &opts);
+#else
+		pr_err("The libbabeltrace support is not compiled in.\n");
+		return -1;
+#endif
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct data_cmd data_cmds[] = {
+	{ "convert", "converts data file between formats", cmd_data_convert },
+	{ .name = NULL, },
+};
+
+int cmd_data(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+	struct data_cmd *cmd;
+	const char *cmdstr;
+
+	/* No command specified. */
+	if (argc < 2)
+		goto usage;
+
+	argc = parse_options_subcommand(argc, argv, data_options, data_subcommands, data_usage,
+			     PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION);
+	if (argc < 1)
+		goto usage;
+
+	cmdstr = argv[0];
+
+	for_each_cmd(cmd) {
+		if (strcmp(cmd->name, cmdstr))
+			continue;
+
+		return cmd->fn(argc, argv);
+	}
+
+	pr_err("Unknown command: %s\n", cmdstr);
+usage:
+	print_usage();
+	return -1;
+}