diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c b/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
index 89ee2a2f78603906..405e95666257b7fe 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
@@ -1646,6 +1646,12 @@ static void lock_filter_finish(void)
 
 	zfree(&filters.cgrps);
 	filters.nr_cgrps = 0;
+
+	for (int i = 0; i < filters.nr_slabs; i++)
+		free(filters.slabs[i]);
+
+	zfree(&filters.slabs);
+	filters.nr_slabs = 0;
 }
 
 static void sort_contention_result(void)
@@ -2412,6 +2418,27 @@ static bool add_lock_sym(char *name)
 	return true;
 }
 
+static bool add_lock_slab(char *name)
+{
+	char **tmp;
+	char *sym = strdup(name);
+
+	if (sym == NULL) {
+		pr_err("Memory allocation failure\n");
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	tmp = realloc(filters.slabs, (filters.nr_slabs + 1) * sizeof(*filters.slabs));
+	if (tmp == NULL) {
+		pr_err("Memory allocation failure\n");
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	tmp[filters.nr_slabs++] = sym;
+	filters.slabs = tmp;
+	return true;
+}
+
 static int parse_lock_addr(const struct option *opt __maybe_unused, const char *str,
 			   int unset __maybe_unused)
 {
@@ -2435,6 +2462,14 @@ static int parse_lock_addr(const struct option *opt __maybe_unused, const char *
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		if (*tok == '&') {
+			if (!add_lock_slab(tok + 1)) {
+				ret = -1;
+				break;
+			}
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		/*
 		 * At this moment, we don't have kernel symbols.  Save the symbols
 		 * in a separate list and resolve them to addresses later.
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf_lock_contention.c b/tools/perf/util/bpf_lock_contention.c
index 50c3039c647d4d77..2891a81380204b1d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/bpf_lock_contention.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf_lock_contention.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static void exit_slab_cache_iter(void)
 int lock_contention_prepare(struct lock_contention *con)
 {
 	int i, fd;
-	int ncpus = 1, ntasks = 1, ntypes = 1, naddrs = 1, ncgrps = 1;
+	int ncpus = 1, ntasks = 1, ntypes = 1, naddrs = 1, ncgrps = 1, nslabs = 1;
 	struct evlist *evlist = con->evlist;
 	struct target *target = con->target;
 
@@ -202,6 +202,13 @@ int lock_contention_prepare(struct lock_contention *con)
 
 	check_slab_cache_iter(con);
 
+	if (con->filters->nr_slabs && has_slab_iter) {
+		skel->rodata->has_slab = 1;
+		nslabs = con->filters->nr_slabs;
+	}
+
+	bpf_map__set_max_entries(skel->maps.slab_filter, nslabs);
+
 	if (lock_contention_bpf__load(skel) < 0) {
 		pr_err("Failed to load lock-contention BPF skeleton\n");
 		return -1;
@@ -272,6 +279,36 @@ int lock_contention_prepare(struct lock_contention *con)
 	bpf_program__set_autoload(skel->progs.collect_lock_syms, false);
 
 	lock_contention_bpf__attach(skel);
+
+	/* run the slab iterator after attaching */
+	run_slab_cache_iter();
+
+	if (con->filters->nr_slabs) {
+		u8 val = 1;
+		int cache_fd;
+		long key, *prev_key;
+
+		fd = bpf_map__fd(skel->maps.slab_filter);
+
+		/* Read the slab cache map and build a hash with its address */
+		cache_fd = bpf_map__fd(skel->maps.slab_caches);
+		prev_key = NULL;
+		while (!bpf_map_get_next_key(cache_fd, prev_key, &key)) {
+			struct slab_cache_data data;
+
+			if (bpf_map_lookup_elem(cache_fd, &key, &data) < 0)
+				break;
+
+			for (i = 0; i < con->filters->nr_slabs; i++) {
+				if (!strcmp(con->filters->slabs[i], data.name)) {
+					bpf_map_update_elem(fd, &key, &val, BPF_ANY);
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+			prev_key = &key;
+		}
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -397,7 +434,6 @@ static void account_end_timestamp(struct lock_contention *con)
 
 int lock_contention_start(void)
 {
-	run_slab_cache_iter();
 	skel->bss->enabled = 1;
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/lock_contention.bpf.c b/tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/lock_contention.bpf.c
index b5bc37955560a58e..048a04fc3a7fc27d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/lock_contention.bpf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/lock_contention.bpf.c
@@ -100,6 +100,13 @@ struct {
 	__uint(max_entries, 1);
 } cgroup_filter SEC(".maps");
 
+struct {
+	__uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_HASH);
+	__uint(key_size, sizeof(long));
+	__uint(value_size, sizeof(__u8));
+	__uint(max_entries, 1);
+} slab_filter SEC(".maps");
+
 struct {
 	__uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_HASH);
 	__uint(key_size, sizeof(long));
@@ -131,6 +138,7 @@ const volatile int has_task;
 const volatile int has_type;
 const volatile int has_addr;
 const volatile int has_cgroup;
+const volatile int has_slab;
 const volatile int needs_callstack;
 const volatile int stack_skip;
 const volatile int lock_owner;
@@ -213,7 +221,7 @@ static inline int can_record(u64 *ctx)
 		__u64 addr = ctx[0];
 
 		ok = bpf_map_lookup_elem(&addr_filter, &addr);
-		if (!ok)
+		if (!ok && !has_slab)
 			return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -226,6 +234,17 @@ static inline int can_record(u64 *ctx)
 			return 0;
 	}
 
+	if (has_slab && bpf_get_kmem_cache) {
+		__u8 *ok;
+		__u64 addr = ctx[0];
+		long kmem_cache_addr;
+
+		kmem_cache_addr = (long)bpf_get_kmem_cache(addr);
+		ok = bpf_map_lookup_elem(&slab_filter, &kmem_cache_addr);
+		if (!ok)
+			return 0;
+	}
+
 	return 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/lock-contention.h b/tools/perf/util/lock-contention.h
index 1a7248ff388947e1..95331b6ec062410d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/lock-contention.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/lock-contention.h
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@ struct lock_filter {
 	int			nr_addrs;
 	int			nr_syms;
 	int			nr_cgrps;
+	int			nr_slabs;
 	unsigned int		*types;
 	unsigned long		*addrs;
 	char			**syms;
 	u64			*cgrps;
+	char			**slabs;
 };
 
 struct lock_stat {
