diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-bench.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-bench.txt
index ca5789625cd2..8331bd28b10e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-bench.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-bench.txt
@@ -124,6 +124,14 @@ Options of *pipe*
 --loop=::
 Specify number of loops.
 
+-G::
+--cgroups=::
+Names of cgroups for sender and receiver, separated by a comma.
+This is useful to check cgroup context switching overhead.
+Note that perf doesn't create nor delete the cgroups, so users should
+make sure that the cgroups exist and are accessible before use.
+
+
 Example of *pipe*
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
@@ -141,6 +149,17 @@ Example of *pipe*
         Total time:0.016 sec
                 16.948000 usecs/op
                 59004 ops/sec
+
+% perf bench sched pipe -G AAA,BBB
+(executing 1000000 pipe operations between cgroups)
+# Running 'sched/pipe' benchmark:
+# Executed 1000000 pipe operations between two processes
+
+     Total time: 6.886 [sec]
+
+       6.886208 usecs/op
+         145217 ops/sec
+
 ---------------------
 
 SUITES FOR 'syscall'
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/sched-pipe.c b/tools/perf/bench/sched-pipe.c
index a960e7a93aec..a98c2e239908 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/sched-pipe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/sched-pipe.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
  */
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "bench.h"
+#include "util/cgroup.h"
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
@@ -40,9 +42,55 @@ static	int			loops = LOOPS_DEFAULT;
 /* Use processes by default: */
 static bool			threaded;
 
+static struct cgroup *cgrp_send = NULL;
+static struct cgroup *cgrp_recv = NULL;
+
+static int parse_two_cgroups(const struct option *opt __maybe_unused,
+			     const char *str, int unset __maybe_unused)
+{
+	char *p = strdup(str);
+	char *q;
+	int ret = -1;
+
+	if (p == NULL) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "memory allocation failure");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	q = strchr(p, ',');
+	if (q == NULL) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "it should have two cgroup names: %s", p);
+		goto out;
+	}
+	*q = '\0';
+
+	cgrp_send = cgroup__new(p, /*do_open=*/true);
+	if (cgrp_send == NULL) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "cannot open sender cgroup: %s", p);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/* skip ',' */
+	q++;
+
+	cgrp_recv = cgroup__new(q, /*do_open=*/true);
+	if (cgrp_recv == NULL) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "cannot open receiver cgroup: %s", q);
+		goto out;
+	}
+	ret = 0;
+
+out:
+	free(p);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static const struct option options[] = {
 	OPT_INTEGER('l', "loop",	&loops,		"Specify number of loops"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('T', "threaded",	&threaded,	"Specify threads/process based task setup"),
+	OPT_CALLBACK('G', "cgroups", NULL, "SEND,RECV",
+		     "Put sender and receivers in given cgroups",
+		     parse_two_cgroups),
 	OPT_END()
 };
 
@@ -51,12 +99,54 @@ static const char * const bench_sched_pipe_usage[] = {
 	NULL
 };
 
+static void enter_cgroup(struct cgroup *cgrp)
+{
+	char buf[32];
+	int fd, len;
+	pid_t pid;
+
+	if (cgrp == NULL)
+		return;
+
+	if (threaded)
+		pid = syscall(__NR_gettid);
+	else
+		pid = getpid();
+
+	snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%d\n", pid);
+	len = strlen(buf);
+
+	/* try cgroup v2 interface first */
+	if (threaded)
+		fd = openat(cgrp->fd, "cgroup.threads", O_WRONLY);
+	else
+		fd = openat(cgrp->fd, "cgroup.procs", O_WRONLY);
+
+	/* try cgroup v1 if failed */
+	if (fd < 0)
+		fd = openat(cgrp->fd, "tasks", O_WRONLY);
+
+	if (fd < 0) {
+		printf("failed to open cgroup file in %s\n", cgrp->name);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (write(fd, buf, len) != len)
+		printf("cannot enter to cgroup: %s\n", cgrp->name);
+	close(fd);
+}
+
 static void *worker_thread(void *__tdata)
 {
 	struct thread_data *td = __tdata;
 	int m = 0, i;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (td->nr)
+		enter_cgroup(cgrp_send);
+	else
+		enter_cgroup(cgrp_recv);
+
 	for (i = 0; i < loops; i++) {
 		if (!td->nr) {
 			ret = read(td->pipe_read, &m, sizeof(int));
@@ -147,6 +237,9 @@ int bench_sched_pipe(int argc, const char **argv)
 	gettimeofday(&stop, NULL);
 	timersub(&stop, &start, &diff);
 
+	cgroup__put(cgrp_send);
+	cgroup__put(cgrp_recv);
+
 	switch (bench_format) {
 	case BENCH_FORMAT_DEFAULT:
 		printf("# Executed %d pipe operations between two %s\n\n",
