diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/record.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/record.sh
index 345764afb74563c7d425bdb2b57c74878b9a087f..c59d1459c960355ce45487697f8f326b7a0e38e9 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/record.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/record.sh
@@ -174,11 +174,29 @@ test_system_wide() {
   echo "Basic --system-wide mode test [Success]"
 }
 
+test_workload() {
+  echo "Basic target workload test"
+  if ! perf record -o "${perfdata}" ${testprog} 2> /dev/null
+  then
+    echo "Workload record [Failed record]"
+    err=1
+    return
+  fi
+  if ! perf report -i "${perfdata}" -q | grep -q "${testsym}"
+  then
+    echo "Workload record [Failed missing output]"
+    err=1
+    return
+  fi
+  echo "Basic target workload test [Success]"
+}
+
 build_test_program
 
 test_per_thread
 test_register_capture
 test_system_wide
+test_workload
 
 cleanup
 exit $err