diff --git a/Makefile.work b/Makefile.work
index 9fe410a2ef48..19fd70b05e08 100644
--- a/Makefile.work
+++ b/Makefile.work
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@
 #  * ENABLE_AUTO_TECH_SUPPORT: Enable the configuration for event-driven techsupport & coredump mgmt feature
 #  *                 Default: y
 #  *                 Values: y,n
+#  * INCLUDE_BOOTCHART: Install SONiC bootchart
+#  *                 Default: y
+#  *                 Values: y,n
+#  * ENABLE_BOOTCHART: Enable SONiC bootchart
+#  *                 Default: n
+#  *                 Values: y,n
 #
 ###############################################################################
 
@@ -368,6 +374,8 @@ SONIC_BUILD_INSTRUCTION :=  make \
                            ENABLE_AUTO_TECH_SUPPORT=$(ENABLE_AUTO_TECH_SUPPORT) \
                            BUILD_MULTIASIC_KVM=$(BUILD_MULTIASIC_KVM) \
                            ENABLE_ASAN=$(ENABLE_ASAN) \
+                           SONIC_INCLUDE_BOOTCHART=$(INCLUDE_BOOTCHART) \
+                           SONIC_ENABLE_BOOTCHART=$(ENABLE_BOOTCHART) \
                            ENABLE_FIPS_FEATURE=$(ENABLE_FIPS_FEATURE) \
                            ENABLE_FIPS=$(ENABLE_FIPS) \
                            $(SONIC_OVERRIDE_BUILD_VARS)
diff --git a/files/build_templates/sonic_debian_extension.j2 b/files/build_templates/sonic_debian_extension.j2
index 659921d50aa9..c522e63d3274 100644
--- a/files/build_templates/sonic_debian_extension.j2
+++ b/files/build_templates/sonic_debian_extension.j2
@@ -420,6 +420,18 @@ sudo chmod og-rw $FILESYSTEM_ROOT_ETC_SONIC/core_analyzer.rc.json
 
 sudo LANG=C DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT apt-get -y install libffi-dev libssl-dev
 
+{% if include_bootchart == 'y' %}
+sudo LANG=C DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT apt-get -y install systemd-bootchart
+sudo tee $FILESYSTEM_ROOT_ETC/systemd/bootchart.conf > /dev/null <<EOF
+[Bootchart]
+Samples=4500
+Frequency=25
+EOF
+{% if enable_bootchart == 'y' %}
+sudo LANG=C chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT systemctl enable systemd-bootchart
+{% endif %}
+{% endif %}
+
 if [[ $CONFIGURED_ARCH == armhf ]]; then
     # The azure-storage package depends on the cryptography package. Newer
     # versions of cryptography require the rust compiler, the correct version
diff --git a/rules/config b/rules/config
index 415aa795e767..ba8d802844f5 100644
--- a/rules/config
+++ b/rules/config
@@ -225,6 +225,12 @@ ENABLE_ASAN ?= n
 # reset default container registry from dockerhub to other
 DEFAULT_CONTAINER_REGISTRY ?=
 
+# INCLUDE_BOOTCHART - install systemd-bootchart
+INCLUDE_BOOTCHART = y
+
+# ENABLE_BOOTCHART - whether to enable systemd-bootchart on boot
+ENABLE_BOOTCHART = n
+
 # ENABLE_FIPS_FEATURE - support FIPS feature, only for amd64 or arm64, armhf not supported yet
 # ENABLE_FIPS - support FIPS flag, if enabled, no additional config requred for the image to support FIPS
 ENABLE_FIPS_FEATURE ?= y
diff --git a/slave.mk b/slave.mk
index 7b91ba0384c0..38434614875f 100644
--- a/slave.mk
+++ b/slave.mk
@@ -191,6 +191,15 @@ ifeq ($(SONIC_INCLUDE_MUX),y)
 INCLUDE_MUX = y
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(SONIC_INCLUDE_BOOTCHART),y)
+INCLUDE_BOOTCHART = y
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(SONIC_ENABLE_BOOTCHART),y)
+ENABLE_BOOTCHART = y
+endif
+
+
 ifeq ($(ENABLE_ASAN),y)
 	ifneq ($(CONFIGURED_ARCH),amd64)
 		@echo "Disabling SWSS address sanitizer due to incompatible CPU architecture: $(CONFIGURED_ARCH)"
@@ -243,7 +252,7 @@ endif
 
 DOCKER_IMAGE_REF = $*-$(DOCKER_USERNAME):$(DOCKER_USERTAG)
 DOCKER_DBG_IMAGE_REF = $*-$(DBG_IMAGE_MARK)-$(DOCKER_USERNAME):$(DOCKER_USERTAG)
-export DOCKER_USERNAME DOCKER_USERTAG 
+export DOCKER_USERNAME DOCKER_USERTAG
 
 ifeq ($(VS_PREPARE_MEM),)
 override VS_PREPARE_MEM := $(DEFAULT_VS_PREPARE_MEM)
@@ -334,6 +343,8 @@ $(info "INCLUDE_P4RT"                    : "$(INCLUDE_P4RT)")
 $(info "INCLUDE_KUBERNETES"              : "$(INCLUDE_KUBERNETES)")
 $(info "INCLUDE_MACSEC"                  : "$(INCLUDE_MACSEC)")
 $(info "INCLUDE_MUX"                     : "$(INCLUDE_MUX)")
+$(info "INCLUDE_BOOTCHART                : "$(INCLUDE_BOOTCHART)")
+$(info "ENABLE_BOOTCHART                 : "$(ENABLE_BOOTCHART)")
 $(info "ENABLE_FIPS_FEATURE"             : "$(ENABLE_FIPS_FEATURE)")
 $(info "TELEMETRY_WRITABLE"              : "$(TELEMETRY_WRITABLE)")
 $(info "ENABLE_AUTO_TECH_SUPPORT"        : "$(ENABLE_AUTO_TECH_SUPPORT)")
@@ -379,7 +390,7 @@ export vs_build_prepare_mem=$(VS_PREPARE_MEM)
 ##     docker-swss:latest <=SAVE/LOAD=> docker-swss-<user>:<tag>
 
 # $(call docker-image-save,from,to)
-# Sonic docker images are always created with username as extension. During the save operation, 
+# Sonic docker images are always created with username as extension. During the save operation,
 # it removes the username extension from docker image and saved them as compressed tar file for SONiC image generation.
 # The save operation is protected with lock for parallel build.
 #
@@ -403,7 +414,7 @@ define docker-image-save
 endef
 
 # $(call docker-image-load,from)
-# Sonic docker images are always created with username as extension. During the load operation, 
+# Sonic docker images are always created with username as extension. During the load operation,
 # it loads the docker image from compressed tar file and tag them with username as extension.
 # The load operation is protected with lock for parallel build.
 #
@@ -1151,6 +1162,8 @@ $(addprefix $(TARGET_PATH)/, $(SONIC_INSTALLERS)) : $(TARGET_PATH)/% : \
 		$(shell [[ ! -z '$($(component)_VERSION)' && ! -z '$($(component)_NAME)' ]] && \
 			echo $($(component)_NAME)==$($(component)_VERSION)))"
 	export include_mux="$(INCLUDE_MUX)"
+	export include_bootchart="$(INCLUDE_BOOTCHART)"
+	export enable_bootchart="$(ENABLE_BOOTCHART)"
 	$(foreach docker, $($*_DOCKERS),\
 		export docker_image="$(docker)"
 		export docker_image_name="$(basename $(docker))"