diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/record.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/record.sh
index d1640d1daf2e3715e560e099f9790137a3a2ef7d..345764afb74563c7d425bdb2b57c74878b9a087f 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/record.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/record.sh
@@ -154,10 +154,31 @@ test_register_capture() {
   echo "Register capture test [Success]"
 }
 
+test_system_wide() {
+  echo "Basic --system-wide mode test"
+  if ! perf record -aB --synth=no -o "${perfdata}" ${testprog} 2> /dev/null
+  then
+    echo "System-wide record [Skipped not supported]"
+    if [ $err -ne 1 ]
+    then
+      err=2
+    fi
+    return
+  fi
+  if ! perf report -i "${perfdata}" -q | grep -q "${testsym}"
+  then
+    echo "System-wide record [Failed missing output]"
+    err=1
+    return
+  fi
+  echo "Basic --system-wide mode test [Success]"
+}
+
 build_test_program
 
 test_per_thread
 test_register_capture
+test_system_wide
 
 cleanup
 exit $err