diff --git a/pkg/debugutil/pprof.go b/pkg/debugutil/pprof.go
index 2e87124b827d..2df13a7352cd 100644
--- a/pkg/debugutil/pprof.go
+++ b/pkg/debugutil/pprof.go
@@ -17,10 +17,16 @@ package debugutil
 import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/pprof"
+	"runtime"
 )
 
 const HTTPPrefixPProf = "/debug/pprof"
 
+func init() {
+	// 1 out of 5 mutex events are reported, on average
+	runtime.SetMutexProfileFraction(5)
+}
+
 // PProfHandlers returns a map of pprof handlers keyed by the HTTP path.
 func PProfHandlers() map[string]http.Handler {
 	m := make(map[string]http.Handler)
@@ -34,6 +40,7 @@ func PProfHandlers() map[string]http.Handler {
 	m[HTTPPrefixPProf+"/goroutine"] = pprof.Handler("goroutine")
 	m[HTTPPrefixPProf+"/threadcreate"] = pprof.Handler("threadcreate")
 	m[HTTPPrefixPProf+"/block"] = pprof.Handler("block")
+	m[HTTPPrefixPProf+"/mutex"] = pprof.Handler("mutex")
 
 	return m
 }