diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/Makefile
index 1c5d0575802e47113b49b4b0facfd7bff47a6620..ca1a86f5d869fdc118d293491c867cd89b7dc6a4 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export CFLAGS
 
 SUB_DIRS = alignment		\
 	   benchmarks		\
+	   cache_shape		\
 	   copyloops		\
 	   context_switch	\
 	   dscr			\
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/cache_shape/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/cache_shape/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ec1848434be5483a6dc86ac73c6dee5565d7d471
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/cache_shape/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+cache_shape
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/cache_shape/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/cache_shape/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b24485ab30e2e8f97b6ab4565b3d5b5fbd5cccea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/cache_shape/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+TEST_PROGS := cache_shape
+
+all: $(TEST_PROGS)
+
+$(TEST_PROGS): ../harness.c ../utils.c
+
+include ../../lib.mk
+
+clean:
+	rm -f $(TEST_PROGS) *.o
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/cache_shape/cache_shape.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/cache_shape/cache_shape.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..29ec07eba7f96256cf64b480e2dbc4c9f741e711
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/cache_shape/cache_shape.c
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2017, Michael Ellerman, IBM Corp.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+ * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#include <elf.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <link.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "utils.h"
+
+#ifndef AT_L1I_CACHESIZE
+#define AT_L1I_CACHESIZE	40
+#define AT_L1I_CACHEGEOMETRY	41
+#define AT_L1D_CACHESIZE	42
+#define AT_L1D_CACHEGEOMETRY	43
+#define AT_L2_CACHESIZE		44
+#define AT_L2_CACHEGEOMETRY	45
+#define AT_L3_CACHESIZE		46
+#define AT_L3_CACHEGEOMETRY	47
+#endif
+
+static void print_size(const char *label, uint32_t val)
+{
+	printf("%s cache size: %#10x %10dB %10dK\n", label, val, val, val / 1024);
+}
+
+static void print_geo(const char *label, uint32_t val)
+{
+	uint16_t assoc;
+
+	printf("%s line size:  %#10x       ", label, val & 0xFFFF);
+
+	assoc = val >> 16;
+	if (assoc)
+		printf("%u-way", assoc);
+	else
+		printf("fully");
+
+	printf(" associative\n");
+}
+
+static int test_cache_shape()
+{
+	static char buffer[4096];
+	ElfW(auxv_t) *p;
+	int found;
+
+	FAIL_IF(read_auxv(buffer, sizeof(buffer)));
+
+	found = 0;
+
+	p = find_auxv_entry(AT_L1I_CACHESIZE, buffer);
+	if (p) {
+		found++;
+		print_size("L1I ", (uint32_t)p->a_un.a_val);
+	}
+
+	p = find_auxv_entry(AT_L1I_CACHEGEOMETRY, buffer);
+	if (p) {
+		found++;
+		print_geo("L1I ", (uint32_t)p->a_un.a_val);
+	}
+
+	p = find_auxv_entry(AT_L1D_CACHESIZE, buffer);
+	if (p) {
+		found++;
+		print_size("L1D ", (uint32_t)p->a_un.a_val);
+	}
+
+	p = find_auxv_entry(AT_L1D_CACHEGEOMETRY, buffer);
+	if (p) {
+		found++;
+		print_geo("L1D ", (uint32_t)p->a_un.a_val);
+	}
+
+	p = find_auxv_entry(AT_L2_CACHESIZE, buffer);
+	if (p) {
+		found++;
+		print_size("L2  ", (uint32_t)p->a_un.a_val);
+	}
+
+	p = find_auxv_entry(AT_L2_CACHEGEOMETRY, buffer);
+	if (p) {
+		found++;
+		print_geo("L2  ", (uint32_t)p->a_un.a_val);
+	}
+
+	p = find_auxv_entry(AT_L3_CACHESIZE, buffer);
+	if (p) {
+		found++;
+		print_size("L3  ", (uint32_t)p->a_un.a_val);
+	}
+
+	p = find_auxv_entry(AT_L3_CACHEGEOMETRY, buffer);
+	if (p) {
+		found++;
+		print_geo("L3  ", (uint32_t)p->a_un.a_val);
+	}
+
+	/* If we found none we're probably on a system where they don't exist */
+	SKIP_IF(found == 0);
+
+	/* But if we found any, we expect to find them all */
+	FAIL_IF(found != 8);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	return test_harness(test_cache_shape, "cache_shape");
+}