bool                    show_tool_stats;
        bool                    trace_syscalls;
        bool                    kernel_syscallchains;
+       s16                     args_alignment;
        bool                    show_tstamp;
        bool                    show_duration;
        bool                    show_zeros;
                return 0;
 
        printed  = trace__fprintf_entry_head(trace, trace->current, 0, false, ttrace->entry_time, trace->output);
-       printed += fprintf(trace->output, "%-70s) ...\n", ttrace->entry_str);
+       printed += fprintf(trace->output, "%-*s) ...\n", trace->args_alignment, ttrace->entry_str);
        ttrace->entry_pending = false;
 
        ++trace->nr_events_printed;
        if (sc->is_exit) {
                if (!(trace->duration_filter || trace->summary_only || trace->failure_only || trace->min_stack)) {
                        trace__fprintf_entry_head(trace, thread, 0, false, ttrace->entry_time, trace->output);
-                       fprintf(trace->output, "%-70s)\n", ttrace->entry_str);
+                       fprintf(trace->output, "%-*s)\n", trace->args_alignment, ttrace->entry_str);
                }
        } else {
                ttrace->entry_pending = true;
        trace__fprintf_entry_head(trace, thread, duration, duration_calculated, ttrace->entry_time, trace->output);
 
        if (ttrace->entry_pending) {
-               fprintf(trace->output, "%-70s", ttrace->entry_str);
+               fprintf(trace->output, "%-*s", trace->args_alignment, ttrace->entry_str);
        } else {
                fprintf(trace->output, " ... [");
                color_fprintf(trace->output, PERF_COLOR_YELLOW, "continued");
                trace->show_zeros = new_show_zeros;
        } else if (!strcmp(var, "trace.no_inherit")) {
                trace->opts.no_inherit = perf_config_bool(var, value);
+       } else if (!strcmp(var, "trace.args_alignment")) {
+               int args_alignment = 0;
+               if (perf_config_int(&args_alignment, var, value) == 0)
+                       trace->args_alignment = args_alignment;
        }
 out:
        return err;
                .show_tstamp = true,
                .show_duration = true,
                .show_arg_names = true,
+               .args_alignment = 70,
                .trace_syscalls = false,
                .kernel_syscallchains = false,
                .max_stack = UINT_MAX,