diff -r 886f48754f7e Lib/profile.py
--- a/Lib/profile.py	Thu Jan 31 16:11:28 2013 +0200
+++ b/Lib/profile.py	Sat Feb 23 17:35:37 2013 +0100
@@ -83,6 +83,24 @@
     else:
         return prof.print_stats(sort)
 
+def runcall(func, *args, **kwargs):
+    """ Run function under profiler with arguments and keywords. 
+
+    Keyword arguments filename_ and sort_ work as in run."""
+    prof = Profile()
+    try:
+        excludes = ['filename_', 'sort_']
+        filtered_kwargs = { k: v for k,v in kwargs.items() if k not in excludes }
+        return prof.runcall(func, *args, **filtered_kwargs)
+    except SystemExit:
+        pass
+    finally:
+        if 'filename_' in kwargs:
+            prof.dump_stats(kwargs['filename_'])
+        else:
+            sort = kwargs['sort_'] if 'sort_' in kwargs else -1
+            prof.print_stats(sort)
+
 class Profile:
     """Profiler class.