diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 551e7760f45e20..1749f5890606ba 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -962,6 +962,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_update_request);
 
 static inline void blk_account_io_done(struct request *req, u64 now)
 {
+	trace_block_io_done(req);
+
 	/*
 	 * Account IO completion.  flush_rq isn't accounted as a
 	 * normal IO on queueing nor completion.  Accounting the
@@ -981,6 +983,8 @@ static inline void blk_account_io_done(struct request *req, u64 now)
 
 static inline void blk_account_io_start(struct request *req)
 {
+	trace_block_io_start(req);
+
 	if (blk_do_io_stat(req)) {
 		/*
 		 * All non-passthrough requests are created from a bio with one
diff --git a/include/trace/events/block.h b/include/trace/events/block.h
index 7f4dfbdf12a6f1..40e60c33cc6f3d 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/block.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/block.h
@@ -245,6 +245,32 @@ DEFINE_EVENT(block_rq, block_rq_merge,
 	TP_ARGS(rq)
 );
 
+/**
+ * block_io_start - insert a request for execution
+ * @rq: block IO operation request
+ *
+ * Called when block operation request @rq is queued for execution
+ */
+DEFINE_EVENT(block_rq, block_io_start,
+
+	TP_PROTO(struct request *rq),
+
+	TP_ARGS(rq)
+);
+
+/**
+ * block_io_done - block IO operation request completed
+ * @rq: block IO operation request
+ *
+ * Called when block operation request @rq is completed
+ */
+DEFINE_EVENT(block_rq, block_io_done,
+
+	TP_PROTO(struct request *rq),
+
+	TP_ARGS(rq)
+);
+
 /**
  * block_bio_complete - completed all work on the block operation
  * @q: queue holding the block operation