diff --git a/cmd/ipfs/daemon.go b/cmd/ipfs/daemon.go
index 9d2ca22696e8..01c111935ced 100644
--- a/cmd/ipfs/daemon.go
+++ b/cmd/ipfs/daemon.go
@@ -448,6 +448,7 @@ func serveHTTPApi(req *cmds.Request, cctx *oldcmds.Context) (<-chan error, error
 		corehttp.VersionOption(),
 		defaultMux("/debug/vars"),
 		defaultMux("/debug/pprof/"),
+		corehttp.MutexFractionOption("/debug/pprof-mutex/"),
 		corehttp.MetricsScrapingOption("/debug/metrics/prometheus"),
 		corehttp.LogOption(),
 	}
diff --git a/core/corehttp/mutex_profile.go b/core/corehttp/mutex_profile.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6f629746e95a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/corehttp/mutex_profile.go
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package corehttp
+
+import (
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
+	"runtime"
+	"strconv"
+
+	core "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/core"
+)
+
+func MutexFractionOption(path string) ServeOption {
+	return func(_ *core.IpfsNode, _ net.Listener, mux *http.ServeMux) (*http.ServeMux, error) {
+		mux.HandleFunc(path, func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			if r.Method != http.MethodPost {
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
+				return
+			}
+			if err := r.ParseForm(); err != nil {
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+				w.Write([]byte(err.Error()))
+				return
+			}
+
+			asfr := r.Form.Get("fraction")
+			if len(asfr) == 0 {
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+				return
+			}
+
+			fr, err := strconv.Atoi(asfr)
+			if err != nil {
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+				w.Write([]byte(err.Error()))
+				return
+			}
+			log.Infof("Setting MutexProfileFraction to %d", fr)
+			runtime.SetMutexProfileFraction(fr)
+		})
+
+		return mux, nil
+	}
+}