diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-hist-mod.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-hist-mod.tc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..57e350a0bcca98a1361cdf2c30c4e082f04dbac7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-hist-mod.tc
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# description: event trigger - test histogram modifiers
+
+do_reset() {
+    reset_trigger
+    echo > set_event
+    clear_trace
+}
+
+fail() { #msg
+    do_reset
+    echo $1
+    exit $FAIL
+}
+
+if [ ! -f set_event -o ! -d events/sched ]; then
+    echo "event tracing is not supported"
+    exit_unsupported
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger ]; then
+    echo "event trigger is not supported"
+    exit_unsupported
+fi
+
+reset_tracer
+do_reset
+
+FEATURE=`grep hist events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger`
+if [ -z "$FEATURE" ]; then
+    echo "hist trigger is not supported"
+    exit_unsupported
+fi
+
+echo "Test histogram with execname modifier"
+
+echo 'hist:keys=common_pid.execname' > events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger
+for i in `seq 1 10` ; do ( echo "forked" > /dev/null); done
+COMM=`cat /proc/$$/comm`
+grep "common_pid: $COMM" events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist > /dev/null || \
+    fail "execname modifier on sched_process_fork did not work"
+
+reset_trigger
+
+echo "Test histogram with hex modifier"
+
+echo 'hist:keys=parent_pid.hex' > events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger
+for i in `seq 1 10` ; do ( echo "forked" > /dev/null); done
+# Note that $$ is the parent pid. $PID is current PID.
+HEX=`printf %x $PID`
+grep "parent_pid: $HEX" events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist > /dev/null || \
+    fail "hex modifier on sched_process_fork did not work"
+
+reset_trigger
+
+echo "Test histogram with syscall modifier"
+
+echo 'hist:keys=id.syscall' > events/raw_syscalls/sys_exit/trigger
+for i in `seq 1 10` ; do ( echo "forked" > /dev/null); done
+grep "id: sys_" events/raw_syscalls/sys_exit/hist > /dev/null || \
+    fail "syscall modifier on raw_syscalls/sys_exit did not work"
+
+do_reset
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-hist.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-hist.tc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b2902d42a53762acfd14772e31c72fc6c1a7da6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-hist.tc
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# description: event trigger - test histogram trigger
+
+do_reset() {
+    reset_trigger
+    echo > set_event
+    clear_trace
+}
+
+fail() { #msg
+    do_reset
+    echo $1
+    exit $FAIL
+}
+
+if [ ! -f set_event -o ! -d events/sched ]; then
+    echo "event tracing is not supported"
+    exit_unsupported
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger ]; then
+    echo "event trigger is not supported"
+    exit_unsupported
+fi
+
+reset_tracer
+do_reset
+
+FEATURE=`grep hist events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger`
+if [ -z "$FEATURE" ]; then
+    echo "hist trigger is not supported"
+    exit_unsupported
+fi
+
+echo "Test histogram basic tigger"
+
+echo 'hist:keys=parent_pid:vals=child_pid' > events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger
+for i in `seq 1 10` ; do ( echo "forked" > /dev/null); done
+grep parent_pid events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist > /dev/null || \
+    fail "hist trigger on sched_process_fork did not work"
+grep child events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist > /dev/null || \
+    fail "hist trigger on sched_process_fork did not work"
+
+reset_trigger
+
+echo "Test histogram with compound keys"
+
+echo 'hist:keys=parent_pid,child_pid' > events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger
+for i in `seq 1 10` ; do ( echo "forked" > /dev/null); done
+grep '^{ parent_pid:.*, child_pid:.*}' events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist > /dev/null || \
+    fail "compound keys on sched_process_fork did not work"
+
+reset_trigger
+
+echo "Test histogram with string key"
+
+echo 'hist:keys=parent_comm' > events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger
+for i in `seq 1 10` ; do ( echo "forked" > /dev/null); done
+COMM=`cat /proc/$$/comm`
+grep "parent_comm: $COMM" events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist > /dev/null || \
+    fail "string key on sched_process_fork did not work"
+
+reset_trigger
+
+echo "Test histogram with sort key"
+
+echo 'hist:keys=parent_pid,child_pid:sort=child_pid.ascending' > events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger
+for i in `seq 1 10` ; do ( echo "forked" > /dev/null); done
+
+check_inc() {
+    while [ $# -gt 1 ]; do
+        [ $1 -gt $2 ] && return 1
+        shift 1
+    done
+    return 0
+}
+check_inc `grep -o "child_pid:[[:space:]]*[[:digit:]]*" \
+    events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist | cut -d: -f2 ` ||
+    fail "sort param on sched_process_fork did not work"
+
+do_reset
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-multihist.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-multihist.tc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..03c4a46561fcf58c8c76d0d3f4386246dd9e9b7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-multihist.tc
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# description: event trigger - test multiple histogram triggers
+
+do_reset() {
+    reset_trigger
+    echo > set_event
+    clear_trace
+}
+
+fail() { #msg
+    do_reset
+    echo $1
+    exit $FAIL
+}
+
+if [ ! -f set_event -o ! -d events/sched ]; then
+    echo "event tracing is not supported"
+    exit_unsupported
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger ]; then
+    echo "event trigger is not supported"
+    exit_unsupported
+fi
+
+reset_tracer
+do_reset
+
+FEATURE=`grep hist events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger`
+if [ -z "$FEATURE" ]; then
+    echo "hist trigger is not supported"
+    exit_unsupported
+fi
+
+reset_trigger
+
+echo "Test histogram multiple tiggers"
+
+echo 'hist:keys=parent_pid:vals=child_pid' > events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger
+echo 'hist:keys=parent_comm:vals=child_pid' >> events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger
+for i in `seq 1 10` ; do ( echo "forked" > /dev/null); done
+grep parent_pid events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist > /dev/null || \
+    fail "hist trigger on sched_process_fork did not work"
+grep child events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist > /dev/null || \
+    fail "hist trigger on sched_process_fork did not work"
+COMM=`cat /proc/$$/comm`
+grep "parent_comm: $COMM" events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist > /dev/null || \
+    fail "string key on sched_process_fork did not work"
+
+reset_trigger
+
+echo "Test histogram with its name"
+
+echo 'hist:name=test_hist:keys=common_pid' > events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger
+for i in `seq 1 10` ; do ( echo "forked" > /dev/null); done
+grep test_hist events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist > /dev/null || \
+    fail "named event on sched_process_fork did not work"
+
+echo "Test same named histogram on different events"
+
+echo 'hist:name=test_hist:keys=common_pid' > events/sched/sched_process_exit/trigger
+for i in `seq 1 10` ; do ( echo "forked" > /dev/null); done
+grep test_hist events/sched/sched_process_exit/hist > /dev/null || \
+    fail "named event on sched_process_fork did not work"
+
+diffs=`diff events/sched/sched_process_exit/hist events/sched/sched_process_fork/hist | wc -l`
+test $diffs -eq 0 || fail "Same name histograms are not same"
+
+reset_trigger
+
+do_reset
+
+exit 0