diff --git a/doc/perfetto/perfetto_out_of_process_trace.cfg b/doc/perfetto/perfetto_out_of_process_trace.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f01c09997
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/perfetto/perfetto_out_of_process_trace.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+buffers {
+  size_kb: 16384
+  fill_policy: RING_BUFFER
+}
+
+data_sources {
+  config {
+    name: "track_event"
+    track_event_config {
+      enabled_categories: "mesa.default"
+      enabled_categories: "mesa.slow"
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+duration_ms: 5000
+write_into_file: true
+file_write_period_ms: 500
+flush_period_ms: 500
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/toc/libweston/log.rst b/doc/sphinx/toc/libweston/log.rst
index 989b9a6bb..5cb62dcf6 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/toc/libweston/log.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx/toc/libweston/log.rst
@@ -186,6 +186,10 @@ the meson invocation to configure the build.
 If Perfetto support is built in, timeline points are added to Perfetto tracks
 when Perfetto is running, even when the 'timeline' scope is not enabled.
 
+For capturing a trace you can use the supplied
+`out of process trace <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/weston/-/tree/main/doc/perfetto/perfetto_out_of_process_trace.cfg>`_.
+config file.
+
 Inserting timeline points
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~