diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/attr/test-record-no-samples b/tools/perf/tests/attr/test-record-no-samples
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d0141b2418b5c68cd54d1efd130da65a6fc3fddc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/attr/test-record-no-samples
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[config]
+command = record
+args    = -n kill >/dev/null 2>&1
+
+[event:base-record]
+sample_period=0