diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index c9f72b18e78715db81d6667891eaa4bf1970eed0..d0d79574403a555c8fc2c2421129ceb77e545d83 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -488,6 +488,7 @@ LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)tests/evsel-roundtrip-name.o
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)tests/evsel-tp-sched.o
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)tests/pmu.o
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)tests/hists_link.o
+LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)tests/python-use.o
 
 BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)builtin-annotate.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)builtin-bench.o
@@ -955,6 +956,9 @@ $(OUTPUT)tests/attr.o: tests/attr.c $(OUTPUT)PERF-CFLAGS
 		'-DBINDIR="$(bindir_SQ)"' \
 		$<
 
+$(OUTPUT)tests/python-use.o: tests/python-use.c $(OUTPUT)PERF-CFLAGS
+	$(QUIET_CC)$(CC) -o $@ -c $(ALL_CFLAGS) -DPYTHONPATH='"$(OUTPUT)/python"' $<
+
 $(OUTPUT)util/config.o: util/config.c $(OUTPUT)PERF-CFLAGS
 	$(QUIET_CC)$(CC) -o $@ -c $(ALL_CFLAGS) -DETC_PERFCONFIG='"$(ETC_PERFCONFIG_SQ)"' $<
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
index 479d10484a7458ece9fabe83bc75fb2277bd3cd0..a164e4cd5f4296eacae24d9a09e997b4ed3bc778 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ static struct test {
 		.desc = "Test matching and linking mutliple hists",
 		.func = test__hists_link,
 	},
+	{
+		.desc = "Try 'use perf' in python, checking link problems",
+		.func = test__python_use,
+	},
 	{
 		.func = NULL,
 	},
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/python-use.c b/tools/perf/tests/python-use.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..15301f4ac3f17b5be01cd17a74a8be84dfb350a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/python-use.c
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Just test if we can load the python binding.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "tests.h"
+
+extern int verbose;
+
+int test__python_use(void)
+{
+	char *cmd;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (asprintf(&cmd, "echo \"import sys ; sys.path.append('%s'); import perf\" | python %s",
+		     PYTHONPATH, verbose ? "" : "2> /dev/null") < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	ret = system(cmd) ? -1 : 0;
+	free(cmd);
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/tests.h b/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
index 0bf10697809491669dc9c649ba5b3c50a3050799..0ded425b17d6286e12b0c5284c2bf3dff9e0ad0e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
@@ -16,5 +16,6 @@ int test__attr(void);
 int test__dso_data(void);
 int test__parse_events(void);
 int test__hists_link(void);
+int test__python_use(void);
 
 #endif /* TESTS_H */