diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index d309f4535a45..c283153d8c7f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -1073,6 +1073,8 @@ static size_t syscall_arg__scnprintf_getrandom_flags(char *bf, size_t size,
 	  .arg_scnprintf = { [arg] = SCA_STRARRAY, }, \
 	  .arg_parm	 = { [arg] = &strarray__##array, }
 
+#include "trace/beauty/sched_policy.c"
+
 static struct syscall_fmt {
 	const char *name;
 	const char *alias;
@@ -1304,6 +1306,8 @@ static struct syscall_fmt {
 	  .arg_scnprintf = { [1] = SCA_SIGNUM, /* sig */ }, },
 	{ .name	    = "rt_tgsigqueueinfo", .errmsg = true,
 	  .arg_scnprintf = { [2] = SCA_SIGNUM, /* sig */ }, },
+	{ .name	    = "sched_setscheduler",   .errmsg = true,
+	  .arg_scnprintf = { [1] = SCA_SCHED_POLICY, /* policy */ }, },
 	{ .name	    = "seccomp", .errmsg = true,
 	  .arg_scnprintf = { [0] = SCA_SECCOMP_OP, /* op */
 			     [1] = SCA_SECCOMP_FLAGS, /* flags */ }, },
diff --git a/tools/perf/trace/beauty/sched_policy.c b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/sched_policy.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c205bc608b3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/sched_policy.c
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#include <sched.h>
+
+/*
+ * Not defined anywhere else, probably, just to make sure we
+ * catch future flags
+ */
+#define SCHED_POLICY_MASK 0xff
+
+#ifndef SCHED_DEADLINE
+#define SCHED_DEADLINE 6
+#endif
+
+static size_t syscall_arg__scnprintf_sched_policy(char *bf, size_t size,
+						  struct syscall_arg *arg)
+{
+	const char *policies[] = {
+		"NORMAL", "FIFO", "RR", "BATCH", "ISO", "IDLE", "DEADLINE",
+	};
+	size_t printed;
+	int policy = arg->val,
+	    flags = policy & ~SCHED_POLICY_MASK;
+
+	policy &= SCHED_POLICY_MASK;
+	if (policy <= SCHED_DEADLINE)
+		printed = scnprintf(bf, size, "%s", policies[policy]);
+	else
+		printed = scnprintf(bf, size, "%#x", policy);
+
+#define	P_POLICY_FLAG(n) \
+	if (flags & SCHED_##n) { \
+		printed += scnprintf(bf + printed, size - printed, "|%s", #n); \
+		flags &= ~SCHED_##n; \
+	}
+
+	P_POLICY_FLAG(RESET_ON_FORK);
+#undef P_POLICY_FLAG
+
+	if (flags)
+		printed += scnprintf(bf + printed, size - printed, "|%#x", flags);
+
+	return printed;
+}
+
+#define SCA_SCHED_POLICY syscall_arg__scnprintf_sched_policy