diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/bp_signal.c b/tools/perf/tests/bp_signal.c
index e7664fe3bd33739fd92be2579c30102e481e8f03..8ba2c4618fe90231d1157e8218bf10a2cb82f6a0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/bp_signal.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/bp_signal.c
@@ -288,3 +288,17 @@ int test__bp_signal(int subtest __maybe_unused)
 	return count1 == 1 && overflows == 3 && count2 == 3 && overflows_2 == 3 && count3 == 2 ?
 		TEST_OK : TEST_FAIL;
 }
+
+bool test__bp_signal_is_supported(void)
+{
+/*
+ * The powerpc so far does not have support to even create
+ * instruction breakpoint using the perf event interface.
+ * Once it's there we can release this.
+ */
+#ifdef __powerpc__
+	return false;
+#else
+	return true;
+#endif
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
index 9e08d297f1a905f57554bf6fd7b9555e980ad10a..3ccfd58a8c3cf3e8b16cc513a67324b8f11eae7b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
@@ -97,10 +97,12 @@ static struct test generic_tests[] = {
 	{
 		.desc = "Breakpoint overflow signal handler",
 		.func = test__bp_signal,
+		.is_supported = test__bp_signal_is_supported,
 	},
 	{
 		.desc = "Breakpoint overflow sampling",
 		.func = test__bp_signal_overflow,
+		.is_supported = test__bp_signal_is_supported,
 	},
 	{
 		.desc = "Number of exit events of a simple workload",
@@ -401,6 +403,11 @@ static int __cmd_test(int argc, const char *argv[], struct intlist *skiplist)
 		if (!perf_test__matches(t, curr, argc, argv))
 			continue;
 
+		if (t->is_supported && !t->is_supported()) {
+			pr_debug("%2d: %-*s: Disabled\n", i, width, t->desc);
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		pr_info("%2d: %-*s:", i, width, t->desc);
 
 		if (intlist__find(skiplist, i)) {
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/tests.h b/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
index 6318596294032602b2858acf42c2aa80993fdac9..577363809c9b1b54731f7e80b291278bf2764e78 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ struct test {
 		int (*get_nr)(void);
 		const char *(*get_desc)(int subtest);
 	} subtest;
+	bool (*is_supported)(void);
 };
 
 /* Tests */
@@ -99,6 +100,8 @@ const char *test__clang_subtest_get_desc(int subtest);
 int test__clang_subtest_get_nr(void);
 int test__unit_number__scnprint(int subtest);
 
+bool test__bp_signal_is_supported(void);
+
 #if defined(__arm__) || defined(__aarch64__)
 #ifdef HAVE_DWARF_UNWIND_SUPPORT
 struct thread;