diff --git a/src/gallium/tools/trace/model.py b/src/gallium/tools/trace/model.py
index 6a338b53012..aedad1218f4 100755
--- a/src/gallium/tools/trace/model.py
+++ b/src/gallium/tools/trace/model.py
@@ -228,22 +228,26 @@ class PrettyPrinter:
     def visit_call(self, node):
         if not self.options.suppress_variants:
             self.formatter.text('%s ' % node.no)
+
         if node.klass is not None:
             self.formatter.function(node.klass + '::' + node.method)
         else:
             self.formatter.function(node.method)
-        self.formatter.text('(')
-        sep = ''
-        for name, value in node.args:
-            self.formatter.text(sep)
-            self.formatter.variable(name)
-            self.formatter.text(' = ')
-            value.visit(self) 
-            sep = ', '
-        self.formatter.text(')')
-        if node.ret is not None:
-            self.formatter.text(' = ')
-            node.ret.visit(self)
+
+        if not self.options.method_only:
+            self.formatter.text('(')
+            sep = ''
+            for name, value in node.args:
+                self.formatter.text(sep)
+                self.formatter.variable(name)
+                self.formatter.text(' = ')
+                value.visit(self)
+                sep = ', '
+            self.formatter.text(')')
+            if node.ret is not None:
+                self.formatter.text(' = ')
+                node.ret.visit(self)
+
         if not self.options.suppress_variants and node.time is not None:
             self.formatter.text(' // time ')
             node.time.visit(self)
diff --git a/src/gallium/tools/trace/parse.py b/src/gallium/tools/trace/parse.py
index ae5e34e7fbb..cbf6896f9df 100755
--- a/src/gallium/tools/trace/parse.py
+++ b/src/gallium/tools/trace/parse.py
@@ -424,6 +424,9 @@ class Main:
         optparser.add_argument("-N", "--named",
             action="store_const", const=True, default=False,
             dest="named_ptrs", help="generate symbolic names for raw pointer values")
+        optparser.add_argument("-M", "--method-only",
+            action="store_const", const=True, default=False,
+            dest="method_only", help="output only call names without arguments")
 
         return optparser
 
diff --git a/src/gallium/tools/trace/tracediff.sh b/src/gallium/tools/trace/tracediff.sh
index f5c8ae39db3..908e9e2afdb 100755
--- a/src/gallium/tools/trace/tracediff.sh
+++ b/src/gallium/tools/trace/tracediff.sh
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ print_help()
   echo ""
   echo "dump.py options:"
   echo "  -N, --named        generate symbolic names for raw pointer values"
+  echo "  -M, --method-only  output only call names without arguments"
   echo ""
   echo "sdiff options:"
   echo "  -d, --minimal      try hard to find a smaller set of changes"
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ do
       print_help
       exit 0
       ;;
-    -N|--named)
+    -N|--named|-M|--method-only)
       DUMP_ARGS+=("$1")
       shift
       ;;