diff --git a/DOCS/interface-changes/profile-scripts.rst b/DOCS/interface-changes/profile-scripts.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7201c64198e5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DOCS/interface-changes/profile-scripts.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+add `--profile-scripts` for script profiling
diff --git a/DOCS/man/options.rst b/DOCS/man/options.rst
index 0c06a3d22a59e..6843fccadc2ad 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/options.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/options.rst
@@ -833,6 +833,21 @@ Program Behavior
     and overwrites the internal list with it. The latter is a key/value list
     option. See `List Options`_ for details.
 
+``--profile-script=<name[=path]>``, ``--profile-scripts=name1[=path1],name2[=path2],...``
+    Profile the given script(s) and dump a report to ``path`` when the script
+    exits. If no ``path`` is given, logs to the console with ``info`` message
+    level.
+
+    Currently only supports profiling lua scripts with LuaJIT.
+
+    The exact format of the report depends on the profiler used. For LuaJIT the
+    format is::
+
+        <Number of samples>  <Percentage of total samples>  <Stack trace>
+
+    Stack is only printed up to a depth of 100. The requested sampling interval
+    is set to 4ms (but the actual sampling interval may vary due to OS).
+
 ``--merge-files``
     Pretend that all files passed to mpv are concatenated into a single, big
     file. This uses timeline/EDL support internally.
diff --git a/options/options.c b/options/options.c
index 9639294f1c382..ba1ebd27a4ca4 100644
--- a/options/options.c
+++ b/options/options.c
@@ -562,6 +562,8 @@ static const m_option_t mp_opts[] = {
     {"js-memory-report", OPT_BOOL(js_memory_report)},
 #endif
 #if HAVE_LUA
+    {"profile-scripts", OPT_STRINGLIST(profile_scripts)},
+    {"profile-script", OPT_CLI_ALIAS("profile-scripts-append")},
     {"osc", OPT_BOOL(lua_load_osc), .flags = UPDATE_BUILTIN_SCRIPTS},
     {"ytdl", OPT_BOOL(lua_load_ytdl), .flags = UPDATE_BUILTIN_SCRIPTS},
     {"ytdl-format", OPT_STRING(lua_ytdl_format)},
diff --git a/options/options.h b/options/options.h
index a8f82a98103e0..4f6c51c6e477a 100644
--- a/options/options.h
+++ b/options/options.h
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ typedef struct MPOpts {
     char **reset_options;
     char **script_files;
     char **script_opts;
+    char **profile_scripts;
     bool js_memory_report;
     bool lua_load_osc;
     bool lua_load_ytdl;
diff --git a/player/lua/defaults.lua b/player/lua/defaults.lua
index c85bbe0bd2671..f8ddfcea07f8d 100644
--- a/player/lua/defaults.lua
+++ b/player/lua/defaults.lua
@@ -67,6 +67,113 @@ local function dispatch_key_binding(name, state, key_name, key_text, scale, arg)
     end
 end
 
+-- LuaJIT profiling support
+local script_profile = nil
+
+local function get_profile_path()
+    local scripts = mp.get_property_native("options/profile-scripts", {}) or {}
+    for i = #scripts, 1, -1 do
+        local entry = scripts[i]
+        local name, path = entry:match("^([^=]+)=(.*)$")
+        if not name then
+            name = entry
+        end
+        if name == mp.script_name then
+            return path or ""
+        end
+    end
+    return nil
+end
+
+local function format_script_profile(state)
+    local entries = {}
+    for stack, samples in pairs(state.entries) do
+        entries[#entries + 1] = {stack = stack, samples = samples}
+    end
+
+    table.sort(entries, function(a, b)
+        if a.samples ~= b.samples then
+            return a.samples > b.samples
+        end
+        return a.stack < b.stack
+    end)
+
+    local lines = {
+        "script: " .. mp.script_name,
+        "samples: " .. state.total_samples,
+        "",
+    }
+
+    for _, entry in ipairs(entries) do
+        local percent = entry.samples * 100 / (state.total_samples or 1)
+        lines[#lines + 1] = string.format("%8d %6.2f%% %s",
+            entry.samples, percent, entry.stack)
+    end
+
+    return table.concat(lines, "\n")
+end
+
+local function write_script_profile(outpath, data)
+    if outpath == "" then
+        mp.log("info", data)
+        return
+    end
+
+    local out, err = io.open(outpath, "w+b")
+    local ok = out ~= nil
+    if out ~= nil then
+        ok, err = out:write(data, "\n")
+        if ok then
+            ok, err = out:flush()
+        end
+        out:close()
+    end
+    if ok then
+        mp.log("info", "Profile data written to " .. outpath)
+    else
+        mp.log("error", "Could not write profile data to " ..
+            outpath .. ": " .. tostring(err))
+    end
+end
+
+local function stop_script_profile()
+    if not script_profile then
+        return
+    end
+
+    script_profile.profiler.stop()
+
+    local data = format_script_profile(script_profile)
+    write_script_profile(script_profile.output_path, data)
+    script_profile = nil
+end
+
+local function setup_script_profile()
+    local output_path = get_profile_path()
+    if not output_path then
+        return
+    end
+
+    local ok, profiler = pcall(require, "jit.profile")
+    if not ok then
+        error("Lua profiling requires LuaJIT")
+    end
+
+    script_profile = {
+        profiler = profiler,
+        total_samples = 0,
+        entries = {},
+        output_path = output_path,
+    }
+
+    profiler.start("fi4", function(thread, samples)
+        local stack = profiler.dumpstack(thread, "fZ;", 100)
+        script_profile.entries[stack] =
+            (script_profile.entries[stack] or 0) + samples
+        script_profile.total_samples = script_profile.total_samples + samples
+    end)
+end
+
 -- "Old", deprecated API
 
 -- each script has its own section, so that they don't conflict
@@ -421,6 +528,7 @@ mp.keep_running = true
 
 function _G.exit()
     mp.keep_running = false
+    stop_script_profile()
 end
 
 local event_handlers = {}
@@ -502,6 +610,8 @@ _G.print = mp.msg.info
 package.loaded["mp"] = mp
 package.loaded["mp.msg"] = mp.msg
 
+setup_script_profile()
+
 _G.mp_event_loop = function()
     mp.dispatch_events(true)
 end