diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ccf7aad..70888ae 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ test: phpspy_static $(phpspy_tests)
 
 install: phpspy_static
 	install -D -v -m 755 phpspy $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/bin/phpspy
+	install -D -v -m 755 stackcollapse-phpspy.pl $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/lib/phpspy/stackcollapse-phpspy.pl
+	install -D -v -m 755 vendor/flamegraph.pl $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/lib/phpspy/vendor/flamegraph.pl
+	install -D -v -m 755 phpspy-flamegraph $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/lib/phpspy/phpspy-flamegraph
+	ln -sf $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/lib/phpspy/phpspy-flamegraph $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/bin/phpspy-flamegraph
 
 clean:
 	cd vendor/termbox && ./waf clean
diff --git a/phpspy-flamegraph b/phpspy-flamegraph
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b08ce99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpspy-flamegraph
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+usage() {
+    local exitcode=0
+    [[ -n $1 ]] && exitcode="$1"
+
+    execname="$(basename "$0")"
+    cat << EOF
+Usage: $execname [OPTIONS]
+
+Generates a flamegraph svg from traces created with phpspy.
+
+Example:
+$execname -t traces
+$execname -t phpspy.traces -f myphpapp
+
+Options:
+  -t    the traces file
+  -f    svg flamegraph output file (will automatically get .svg extension)
+EOF
+    exit "$exitcode"
+}
+
+libfolder="$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")"
+traces=''
+flamegraph='phpspy-flamegraph'
+
+# process options
+while getopts ":t:f:h" arg; do
+	case "$arg" in
+		t) traces="$OPTARG" ;;
+		f) flamegraph="$OPTARG" ;;
+		h) usage ;;
+        *) usage 1 ;;
+	esac
+done
+
+if [[ -z "$traces" ]]; then
+    echo "E= please select a traces file"
+    echo
+    usage 1
+fi
+
+[[ -z $1 ]] && echo "please give traces" && exit 1
+
+"$libfolder"/stackcollapse-phpspy.pl < "$traces" \
+    | "$libfolder"/vendor/flamegraph.pl > "$flamegraph.svg"