diff --git a/cmd/lotus-sim/profile.go b/cmd/lotus-sim/profile.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e18fd22f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/lotus-sim/profile.go
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"archive/tar"
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"os/signal"
+	"runtime/pprof"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
+)
+
+func takeProfiles(ctx context.Context) (fname string, _err error) {
+	file, err := os.CreateTemp(".", ".profiles*.tar")
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	if err := writeProfiles(ctx, file); err != nil {
+		_ = os.Remove(file.Name())
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	fname = fmt.Sprintf("pprof-simulation-%s.tar", time.Now())
+	if err := os.Rename(file.Name(), fname); err != nil {
+		_ = os.Remove(file.Name())
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return fname, nil
+}
+
+func writeProfiles(ctx context.Context, w io.Writer) error {
+	tw := tar.NewWriter(w)
+	for _, profile := range pprof.Profiles() {
+		if err := tw.WriteHeader(&tar.Header{Name: profile.Name()}); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if err := profile.WriteTo(tw, 0); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if err := ctx.Err(); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err := tw.WriteHeader(&tar.Header{Name: "cpu"}); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := pprof.StartCPUProfile(tw); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	select {
+	case <-time.After(30 * time.Second):
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		pprof.StopCPUProfile()
+		return ctx.Err()
+	}
+	pprof.StopCPUProfile()
+	return tw.Close()
+}
+
+func profileOnSignal(cctx *cli.Context, signals ...os.Signal) {
+	ch := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
+	signal.Notify(ch, signals...)
+	defer signal.Stop(ch)
+
+	for range ch {
+		select {
+		case <-ch:
+			fname, err := takeProfiles(cctx.Context)
+			switch err {
+			case context.Canceled:
+				return
+			case nil:
+				fmt.Fprintf(cctx.App.ErrWriter, "Wrote profile to %q\n", fname)
+			default:
+				fmt.Fprintf(cctx.App.ErrWriter, "ERROR: failed to write profile: %s\n", err)
+			}
+		case <-cctx.Done():
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/lotus-sim/run.go b/cmd/lotus-sim/run.go
index 479ce898d..f696243fa 100644
--- a/cmd/lotus-sim/run.go
+++ b/cmd/lotus-sim/run.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"syscall"
 
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 )
@@ -22,6 +23,8 @@ var runSimCommand = &cli.Command{
 		}
 		defer node.Close()
 
+		go profileOnSignal(cctx, syscall.SIGUSR2)
+
 		sim, err := node.LoadSim(cctx.Context, cctx.String("simulation"))
 		if err != nil {
 			return err