diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/futex.h b/tools/perf/bench/futex.h
index 71f2844cf97f89a0c9ffef38c94d61b756203895..7ed22ff1e1acd7cc86a97376076b135dc20642b7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/futex.h
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/futex.h
@@ -68,4 +68,17 @@ futex_cmp_requeue(u_int32_t *uaddr, u_int32_t val, u_int32_t *uaddr2, int nr_wak
 		 val, opflags);
 }
 
+#ifndef HAVE_PTHREAD_ATTR_SETAFFINITY_NP
+#include <pthread.h>
+static inline int pthread_attr_setaffinity_np(pthread_attr_t *attr,
+					      size_t cpusetsize,
+					      cpu_set_t *cpuset)
+{
+	attr = attr;
+	cpusetsize = cpusetsize;
+	cpuset = cpuset;
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
 #endif /* _FUTEX_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
index 648e31ff4021c2e11520ab8b00e6f89213d324a9..cc224080b52560d5b37ed2035b436215a13ea095 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ CORE_FEATURE_TESTS =			\
 	libpython-version		\
 	libslang			\
 	libunwind			\
+	pthread-attr-setaffinity-np	\
 	stackprotector-all		\
 	timerfd				\
 	libdw-dwarf-unwind		\
@@ -226,6 +227,7 @@ VF_FEATURE_TESTS =			\
 	libelf-getphdrnum		\
 	libelf-mmap			\
 	libpython-version		\
+	pthread-attr-setaffinity-np	\
 	stackprotector-all		\
 	timerfd				\
 	libunwind-debug-frame		\
@@ -301,6 +303,10 @@ ifeq ($(feature-sync-compare-and-swap), 1)
   CFLAGS += -DHAVE_SYNC_COMPARE_AND_SWAP_SUPPORT
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(feature-pthread-attr-setaffinity-np), 1)
+  CFLAGS += -DHAVE_PTHREAD_ATTR_SETAFFINITY_NP
+endif
+
 ifndef NO_BIONIC
   $(call feature_check,bionic)
   ifeq ($(feature-bionic), 1)
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
index 53f19b5dbc37b3f991eb3afe9a8b09be814f4297..42ac05aaf8ac1a8bf004c1e664aa10a1853111bc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ FILES=					\
 	test-libslang.bin		\
 	test-libunwind.bin		\
 	test-libunwind-debug-frame.bin	\
+	test-pthread-attr-setaffinity-np.bin	\
 	test-stackprotector-all.bin	\
 	test-timerfd.bin		\
 	test-libdw-dwarf-unwind.bin	\
@@ -47,6 +48,9 @@ test-all.bin:
 test-hello.bin:
 	$(BUILD)
 
+test-pthread-attr-setaffinity-np.bin:
+	$(BUILD) -Werror -lpthread
+
 test-stackprotector-all.bin:
 	$(BUILD) -Werror -fstack-protector-all
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-all.c b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-all.c
index 652e0098eba6ef7a050ebed5530c6ac757712024..6d4d093239222a07d51ca81f4ca77d2d76f87bb1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-all.c
+++ b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-all.c
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@
 # include "test-zlib.c"
 #undef main
 
+#define main main_test_pthread_attr_setaffinity_np
+# include "test-pthread_attr_setaffinity_np.c"
+#undef main
+
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	main_test_libpython();
@@ -121,6 +125,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	main_test_libdw_dwarf_unwind();
 	main_test_sync_compare_and_swap(argc, argv);
 	main_test_zlib();
+	main_test_pthread_attr_setaffinity_np();
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-pthread-attr-setaffinity-np.c b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-pthread-attr-setaffinity-np.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0a0d3ecb4e8af81b77222c29f92efcbf4485313b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-pthread-attr-setaffinity-np.c
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	pthread_attr_t thread_attr;
+
+	pthread_attr_init(&thread_attr);
+	/* don't care abt exact args, just the API itself in libpthread */
+	ret = pthread_attr_setaffinity_np(&thread_attr, 0, NULL);
+
+	return ret;
+}