diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/Build b/tools/perf/tests/Build
index ee41e705b2eba7b726e417a1fdd73a421b7a985b..d20d6e6ab65beb1d433e06a769cd09510e4ced9b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/Build
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ perf-y += code-reading.o
 perf-y += sample-parsing.o
 perf-y += parse-no-sample-id-all.o
 perf-y += kmod-path.o
+perf-y += thread-map.o
 
 perf-$(CONFIG_X86) += perf-time-to-tsc.o
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
index 87b9961646e4a5f08728e694549195d9eeb2ad86..c1dde733c3a6b594ccab52a2a0077c3504c95fc2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
@@ -170,6 +170,10 @@ static struct test {
 		.desc = "Test kmod_path__parse function",
 		.func = test__kmod_path__parse,
 	},
+	{
+		.desc = "Test thread map",
+		.func = test__thread_map,
+	},
 	{
 		.func = NULL,
 	},
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/tests.h b/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
index 8e5038b48ba8dfe3313d9c508156ae9b4ecb8c5a..ebb47d96bc0b09fdf5c7b0bbba6022e209fc72ab 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ int test__switch_tracking(void);
 int test__fdarray__filter(void);
 int test__fdarray__add(void);
 int test__kmod_path__parse(void);
+int test__thread_map(void);
 
 #if defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__i386__) || defined(__arm__) || defined(__aarch64__)
 #ifdef HAVE_DWARF_UNWIND_SUPPORT
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/thread-map.c b/tools/perf/tests/thread-map.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5acf000939ea5178fa7b98fb0a3d35ff0a9301af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/thread-map.c
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include "tests.h"
+#include "thread_map.h"
+#include "debug.h"
+
+int test__thread_map(void)
+{
+	struct thread_map *map;
+
+	/* test map on current pid */
+	map = thread_map__new_by_pid(getpid());
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("failed to alloc map", map);
+
+	thread_map__read_comms(map);
+
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong nr", map->nr == 1);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong pid",
+			thread_map__pid(map, 0) == getpid());
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong comm",
+			thread_map__comm(map, 0) &&
+			!strcmp(thread_map__comm(map, 0), "perf"));
+	thread_map__put(map);
+
+	/* test dummy pid */
+	map = thread_map__new_dummy();
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("failed to alloc map", map);
+
+	thread_map__read_comms(map);
+
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong nr", map->nr == 1);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong pid", thread_map__pid(map, 0) == -1);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong comm",
+			thread_map__comm(map, 0) &&
+			!strcmp(thread_map__comm(map, 0), "dummy"));
+	thread_map__put(map);
+	return 0;
+}