diff --git a/vllm/engine/multiprocessing/__init__.py b/vllm/engine/multiprocessing/__init__.py
index 05067a6a192d5..6d6d7895b2101 100644
--- a/vllm/engine/multiprocessing/__init__.py
+++ b/vllm/engine/multiprocessing/__init__.py
@@ -107,7 +107,13 @@ class RPCStartupResponse:
     tracing_enabled: bool
 
 
-RPC_REQUEST_T = Union[RPCProcessRequest, RPCAbortRequest, RPCStartupRequest]
+class RPCUProfileRequest(Enum):
+    START_PROFILE = 1
+    STOP_PROFILE = 2
+
+
+RPC_REQUEST_T = Union[RPCProcessRequest, RPCAbortRequest, RPCStartupRequest,
+                      RPCUProfileRequest]
 
 REQUEST_OUTPUTS_T = Union[List[RequestOutput], RPCError]
 
diff --git a/vllm/engine/multiprocessing/client.py b/vllm/engine/multiprocessing/client.py
index 239ca52ef13e2..700e65000e052 100644
--- a/vllm/engine/multiprocessing/client.py
+++ b/vllm/engine/multiprocessing/client.py
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
                                          IPC_OUTPUT_EXT, RPC_REQUEST_T,
                                          VLLM_RPC_SUCCESS_STR, RPCAbortRequest,
                                          RPCError, RPCProcessRequest,
-                                         RPCStartupRequest, RPCStartupResponse)
+                                         RPCStartupRequest, RPCStartupResponse,
+                                         RPCUProfileRequest)
 # yapf: enable
 from vllm.envs import VLLM_RPC_TIMEOUT
 from vllm.inputs import PromptType
@@ -38,10 +39,10 @@
 
 class MQClientClosedError(Exception):
     """Exception class raised when the client is used post-close.
-    
+
     The client can be closed, which closes the ZMQ context. This normally
-    happens on server shutdown. In some cases, methods like abort and 
-    do_log_stats will still be called and then try to open a socket, which 
+    happens on server shutdown. In some cases, methods like abort and
+    do_log_stats will still be called and then try to open a socket, which
     causes a ZMQError and creates a huge stack trace.
     So, we throw this error such that we can suppress it.
     """
@@ -345,7 +346,7 @@ async def do_log_stats(self):
     async def check_health(self):
         """
         The check health loop probes the health status of the
-        Engine's health every N seconds and sets _errored_with 
+        Engine's health every N seconds and sets _errored_with
         if the engine is unhealthy.
         """
         if self._errored_with is not None:
@@ -561,3 +562,15 @@ async def _process_request(
                     await self.abort(request_id)
         finally:
             self.output_queues.pop(request_id)
+
+    async def start_profile(self) -> None:
+        """Start profiling the engine"""
+
+        await self._send_one_way_rpc_request(
+            request=RPCUProfileRequest.START_PROFILE, socket=self.input_socket)
+
+    async def stop_profile(self) -> None:
+        """Stop profiling the engine"""
+
+        await self._send_one_way_rpc_request(
+            request=RPCUProfileRequest.STOP_PROFILE, socket=self.input_socket)
diff --git a/vllm/engine/multiprocessing/engine.py b/vllm/engine/multiprocessing/engine.py
index b406d4a759667..eecca82cd2f7d 100644
--- a/vllm/engine/multiprocessing/engine.py
+++ b/vllm/engine/multiprocessing/engine.py
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@
                                          IPC_OUTPUT_EXT, REQUEST_OUTPUTS_T,
                                          VLLM_RPC_SUCCESS_STR, RPCAbortRequest,
                                          RPCError, RPCProcessRequest,
-                                         RPCStartupRequest, RPCStartupResponse)
+                                         RPCStartupRequest, RPCStartupResponse,
+                                         RPCUProfileRequest)
 # yapf: enable
 from vllm.envs import VLLM_RPC_TIMEOUT
+from vllm.executor.gpu_executor import GPUExecutor
 from vllm.logger import init_logger
 from vllm.outputs import RequestOutput
 from vllm.usage.usage_lib import UsageContext
@@ -249,6 +251,11 @@ def handle_new_input(self):
                     self._handle_process_request(request)
                 elif isinstance(request, RPCAbortRequest):
                     self._handle_abort_request(request)
+                elif isinstance(request, RPCUProfileRequest):
+                    if request == RPCUProfileRequest.START_PROFILE:
+                        self.start_profile()
+                    else:
+                        self.stop_profile()
                 else:
                     raise ValueError("Unknown RPCRequest Type: "
                                      f"{type(request)}")
@@ -356,6 +363,18 @@ def _set_errored(self, e: BaseException):
     def _alive(self):
         self._last_alive_time = time.time()
 
+    def start_profile(self) -> None:
+        if type(self.engine.model_executor) is GPUExecutor:
+            self.engine.model_executor.start_profile()
+        else:
+            self.engine.model_executor._run_workers("start_profile")
+
+    def stop_profile(self) -> None:
+        if type(self.engine.model_executor) is GPUExecutor:
+            self.engine.model_executor.stop_profile()
+        else:
+            self.engine.model_executor._run_workers("stop_profile")
+
 
 def run_mp_engine(engine_args: AsyncEngineArgs, usage_context: UsageContext,
                   ipc_path: str):