diff --git a/cmd/admin-handlers.go b/cmd/admin-handlers.go
index f72f2bd6c..81097f1ef 100644
--- a/cmd/admin-handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/admin-handlers.go
@@ -286,9 +286,9 @@ type StartProfilingResult struct {
 	Error    string `json:"error"`
 }
 
-// StartProfilingHandler - POST /minio/admin/v1/profiling/start/{profiler}
+// StartProfilingHandler - POST /minio/admin/v1/profiling/start?profilerType={profilerType}
 // ----------
-// Enable profiling information
+// Enable server profiling
 func (a adminAPIHandlers) StartProfilingHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	adminAPIErr := checkAdminRequestAuthType(r, "")
 	if adminAPIErr != ErrNone {
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ func (a adminAPIHandlers) StartProfilingHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.R
 	}
 
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
-	profiler := vars["profiler"]
+	profiler := vars["profilerType"]
 
 	startProfilingResult := make([]StartProfilingResult, len(globalAdminPeers))
 
diff --git a/cmd/admin-router.go b/cmd/admin-router.go
index 70cb093c6..a8ad08b9d 100644
--- a/cmd/admin-router.go
+++ b/cmd/admin-router.go
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ func registerAdminRouter(router *mux.Router) {
 	adminV1Router.Methods(http.MethodPost).Path("/heal/{bucket}/{prefix:.*}").HandlerFunc(httpTraceAll(adminAPI.HealHandler))
 
 	// Profiling operations
-	adminV1Router.Methods(http.MethodPost).Path("/profiling/start/{profiler}").HandlerFunc(httpTraceAll(adminAPI.StartProfilingHandler))
+	adminV1Router.Methods(http.MethodPost).Path("/profiling/start").HandlerFunc(httpTraceAll(adminAPI.StartProfilingHandler)).
+		Queries("profilerType", "{profilerType:.*}")
 	adminV1Router.Methods(http.MethodGet).Path("/profiling/download").HandlerFunc(httpTraceAll(adminAPI.DownloadProfilingHandler))
 
 	/// Config operations
diff --git a/cmd/utils.go b/cmd/utils.go
index 950cd670a..726b7113a 100644
--- a/cmd/utils.go
+++ b/cmd/utils.go
@@ -226,6 +226,10 @@ func startProfiler(profilerType, dirPath string) (interface {
 		profiler = profile.Start(profile.MemProfile, profile.NoShutdownHook, profile.ProfilePath(dirPath))
 	case "block":
 		profiler = profile.Start(profile.BlockProfile, profile.NoShutdownHook, profile.ProfilePath(dirPath))
+	case "mutex":
+		profiler = profile.Start(profile.MutexProfile, profile.NoShutdownHook, profile.ProfilePath(dirPath))
+	case "trace":
+		profiler = profile.Start(profile.TraceProfile, profile.NoShutdownHook, profile.ProfilePath(dirPath))
 	default:
 		return nil, errors.New("profiler type unknown")
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/madmin/api.go b/pkg/madmin/api.go
index 6c95f6d6e..6ed79d808 100644
--- a/pkg/madmin/api.go
+++ b/pkg/madmin/api.go
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ func (c *AdminClient) TraceOff() {
 type requestData struct {
 	customHeaders http.Header
 	queryValues   url.Values
-	relPath       string // Url path relative to admin API base endpoint
+	relPath       string // URL path relative to admin API base endpoint
 	content       []byte
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/madmin/profiling-commands.go b/pkg/madmin/profiling-commands.go
index 6639665af..ab686a1cf 100644
--- a/pkg/madmin/profiling-commands.go
+++ b/pkg/madmin/profiling-commands.go
@@ -24,20 +24,20 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
 )
 
 // ProfilerType represents the profiler type
-// passed to the profiler subsystem, currently
-// it can be only "cpu", "mem" or "block"
+// passed to the profiler subsystem.
 type ProfilerType string
 
+// Different supported profiler types.
 const (
-	// ProfilerCPU represents CPU profiler type
-	ProfilerCPU = ProfilerType("cpu")
-	// ProfilerMEM represents MEM profiler type
-	ProfilerMEM = ProfilerType("mem")
-	// ProfilerBlock represents Block profiler type
-	ProfilerBlock = ProfilerType("block")
+	ProfilerCPU   ProfilerType = "cpu"   // represents CPU profiler type
+	ProfilerMEM                = "mem"   // represents MEM profiler type
+	ProfilerBlock              = "block" // represents Block profiler type
+	ProfilerMutex              = "mutex" // represents Mutex profiler type
+	ProfilerTrace              = "trace" // represents Trace profiler type
 )
 
 // StartProfilingResult holds the result of starting
@@ -51,9 +51,11 @@ type StartProfilingResult struct {
 // StartProfiling makes an admin call to remotely start profiling on a standalone
 // server or the whole cluster in  case of a distributed setup.
 func (adm *AdminClient) StartProfiling(profiler ProfilerType) ([]StartProfilingResult, error) {
-	path := fmt.Sprintf("/v1/profiling/start/%s", profiler)
+	v := url.Values{}
+	v.Set("profilerType", string(profiler))
 	resp, err := adm.executeMethod("POST", requestData{
-		relPath: path,
+		relPath:     "/v1/profiling/start",
+		queryValues: v,
 	})
 	defer closeResponse(resp)
 	if err != nil {