diff --git a/tools/perf-automation/Azure.Sdk.Tools.PerfAutomation/Net.cs b/tools/perf-automation/Azure.Sdk.Tools.PerfAutomation/Net.cs
index d922857294a..9ed0956ebd8 100644
--- a/tools/perf-automation/Azure.Sdk.Tools.PerfAutomation/Net.cs
+++ b/tools/perf-automation/Azure.Sdk.Tools.PerfAutomation/Net.cs
@@ -101,9 +101,9 @@ public override async Task<IterationResult> RunAsync(
             var dllName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(project) + ".dll";
             var dllPath = Path.Combine(PublishDirectory, dllName);
 
-            var processArguments = $"{dllPath} {testName} {arguments}";
-
-            var result = await Util.RunAsync("dotnet", processArguments, WorkingDirectory, throwOnError: false);
+            var result = profile
+                ? await Util.RunAsync("dotnet-trace", $"collect --format NetTrace --show-child-io --output {GetProfileOutputFile(testName, arguments)} -- dotnet {dllPath} {testName} {arguments}", WorkingDirectory, throwOnError: false)
+                : await Util.RunAsync("dotnet", $"{dllPath} {testName} {arguments}", WorkingDirectory, throwOnError: false);
 
             // Completed 693,696 operations in a weighted-average of 1.00s (692,328.31 ops/s, 0.000 s/op)
             var match = Regex.Match(result.StandardOutput, @"\((.*) ops/s", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.RightToLeft);
@@ -123,6 +123,12 @@ public override async Task<IterationResult> RunAsync(
             };
         }
 
+        private string GetProfileOutputFile(string testName, string arguments)
+        {
+            var fileName = $"{testName}_{arguments.Replace(" --", "_").Replace("--", "_").Replace(" ", "-")}_{DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMdd_hhmmss")}.nettrace";
+            return Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(Util.GetProfileDirectory(WorkingDirectory), fileName));
+        }
+
         // === Versions ===
         // Runtime:         3.1.27
         // Azure.Core:
diff --git a/tools/perf-automation/tests.yml b/tools/perf-automation/tests.yml
index 654814925c5..1bbb1cd9ba6 100644
--- a/tools/perf-automation/tests.yml
+++ b/tools/perf-automation/tests.yml
@@ -160,6 +160,13 @@ stages:
         - template: /eng/pipelines/templates/steps/install-dotnet.yml@azure-sdk-for-net
           parameters:
             EnableNuGetCache: false
+        - ${{ if parameters.Profile }}:
+          - task: PowerShell@2
+            displayName: 'Install dotnet-trace'
+            inputs:
+              targetType: 'inline'
+              script: 'dotnet tool install -g dotnet-trace'
+              workingDirectory: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/sdk'
         ServiceDirectory: ${{ parameters.NetServiceDirectory }}
         PackageVersions: ${{ parameters.PackageVersions }}
         Tests: ${{ parameters.Tests }}