diff --git a/doc/source/user/usage.rst b/doc/source/user/usage.rst
index 60c6ac82..93c0c1d7 100644
--- a/doc/source/user/usage.rst
+++ b/doc/source/user/usage.rst
@@ -179,3 +179,40 @@ logging options by sending a SIGHUP.
             logging.setup(cfg.CONF, 'foo')
 
 
+Profiling
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+Processes spawned through oslo_service.service can be profiled (function
+calltrace) through eventlet_backdoor module. Service has to configure
+backdoor_port option to enable it's workers to listen on TCP ports.
+Then user can send "prof()" command to capture worker processes function
+calltrace.
+
+1) To start profiling send "prof()" command on processes listening port
+
+2) To stop profiling and capture "pstat" calltrace to a file, send prof
+   command with filename as argument i.e "prof(filename)"
+   on worker processes listening port. Stats file (in pstat format) with
+   user provided filename by adding .prof as suffix will be generated
+   in temp directory.
+
+For example, to profile neutron server process (which is listening on
+port 8002 configured through backdoor_port option),
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    $ echo "prof()" | nc localhost 8002
+    $ neutron net-create n1; neutron port-create --name p1 n1;
+    $ neutron port-delete p1; neutron port-delete p1
+    $ echo "prof('neutron')" | nc localhost 8002
+
+
+This will generate "/tmp/neutron.prof" as stats file. Later user can print
+the stats from the trace file like below
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    import pstats
+
+    stats = pstats.Stats('/tmp/neutron.prof')
+    stats.print_stats()
diff --git a/lower-constraints.txt b/lower-constraints.txt
index 47570201..5c00875a 100644
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -72,3 +72,4 @@ traceback2==1.4.0
 unittest2==1.1.0
 WebOb==1.7.1
 wrapt==1.7.0
+Yappi==0.98
diff --git a/oslo_service/eventlet_backdoor.py b/oslo_service/eventlet_backdoor.py
index a82d5e2b..5e3186f3 100644
--- a/oslo_service/eventlet_backdoor.py
+++ b/oslo_service/eventlet_backdoor.py
@@ -22,10 +22,12 @@ import logging
 import os
 import pprint
 import sys
+import tempfile
 import traceback
 
 import eventlet.backdoor
 import greenlet
+import yappi
 
 from eventlet.green import socket
 from oslo_service._i18n import _
@@ -89,6 +91,30 @@ def _find_objects(t):
     return [o for o in gc.get_objects() if isinstance(o, t)]
 
 
+def _capture_profile(fname=''):
+    if not fname:
+        yappi.set_clock_type('cpu')
+        # We need to set context to greenlet to profile greenlets
+        # https://bitbucket.org/sumerc/yappi/pull-requests/3
+        yappi.set_context_id_callback(
+            lambda: id(greenlet.getcurrent()))
+        yappi.set_context_name_callback(
+            lambda: greenlet.getcurrent().__class__.__name__)
+        yappi.start()
+    else:
+        yappi.stop()
+        stats = yappi.get_func_stats()
+        # User should provide filename. This file with a suffix .prof
+        # will be created in temp directory.
+        try:
+            stats_file = os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), fname + '.prof')
+            stats.save(stats_file, "pstat")
+        except Exception as e:
+            print("Error while saving the trace stats ", str(e))
+        finally:
+            yappi.clear_stats()
+
+
 def _print_greenthreads(simple=True):
     for i, gt in enumerate(_find_objects(greenlet.greenlet)):
         print(i, gt)
@@ -175,6 +201,7 @@ def _initialize_if_enabled(conf):
         'fo': _find_objects,
         'pgt': _print_greenthreads,
         'pnt': _print_nativethreads,
+        'prof': _capture_profile,
     }
 
     if conf.backdoor_port is None and conf.backdoor_socket is None:
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/profile-worker-5d3fd0f0251d62b8.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/profile-worker-5d3fd0f0251d62b8.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..97878512
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/profile-worker-5d3fd0f0251d62b8.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Add support for profiling (capture function calltrace) service's worker
+    processes.
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 450a8532..ad86e4b4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ oslo.i18n>=3.15.3 # Apache-2.0
 PasteDeploy>=1.5.0 # MIT
 Routes>=2.3.1 # MIT
 Paste>=2.0.2 # MIT
+Yappi>=0.98 # MIT