diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index 21e0b4b04465c270ef8391f8b9a86bd05db01091..990e9a113190c94534b0ceaad7e49feebaa6d879 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -512,6 +512,7 @@ LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)tests/pmu.o
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)tests/hists_link.o
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)tests/python-use.o
 LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)tests/bp_signal.o
+LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)tests/bp_signal_overflow.o
 
 BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)builtin-annotate.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)builtin-bench.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/bp_signal_overflow.c b/tools/perf/tests/bp_signal_overflow.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fe7ed28815f8910e3430899dd0cbbcf0bc440020
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/bp_signal_overflow.c
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+/*
+ * Originally done by Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu> for
+ * perf_event_tests (git://github.com/deater/perf_event_tests)
+ */
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
+#include <linux/hw_breakpoint.h>
+
+#include "tests.h"
+#include "debug.h"
+#include "perf.h"
+
+static int overflows;
+
+__attribute__ ((noinline))
+static int test_function(void)
+{
+	return time(NULL);
+}
+
+static void sig_handler(int signum __maybe_unused,
+			siginfo_t *oh __maybe_unused,
+			void *uc __maybe_unused)
+{
+	overflows++;
+}
+
+static long long bp_count(int fd)
+{
+	long long count;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = read(fd, &count, sizeof(long long));
+	if (ret != sizeof(long long)) {
+		pr_debug("failed to read: %d\n", ret);
+		return TEST_FAIL;
+	}
+
+	return count;
+}
+
+#define EXECUTIONS 10000
+#define THRESHOLD  100
+
+int test__bp_signal_overflow(void)
+{
+	struct perf_event_attr pe;
+	struct sigaction sa;
+	long long count;
+	int fd, i, fails = 0;
+
+	/* setup SIGIO signal handler */
+	memset(&sa, 0, sizeof(struct sigaction));
+	sa.sa_sigaction = (void *) sig_handler;
+	sa.sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO;
+
+	if (sigaction(SIGIO, &sa, NULL) < 0) {
+		pr_debug("failed setting up signal handler\n");
+		return TEST_FAIL;
+	}
+
+	memset(&pe, 0, sizeof(struct perf_event_attr));
+	pe.type = PERF_TYPE_BREAKPOINT;
+	pe.size = sizeof(struct perf_event_attr);
+
+	pe.config = 0;
+	pe.bp_type = HW_BREAKPOINT_X;
+	pe.bp_addr = (unsigned long) test_function;
+	pe.bp_len = sizeof(long);
+
+	pe.sample_period = THRESHOLD;
+	pe.sample_type = PERF_SAMPLE_IP;
+	pe.wakeup_events = 1;
+
+	pe.disabled = 1;
+	pe.exclude_kernel = 1;
+	pe.exclude_hv = 1;
+
+	fd = sys_perf_event_open(&pe, 0, -1, -1, 0);
+	if (fd < 0) {
+		pr_debug("failed opening event %llx\n", pe.config);
+		return TEST_FAIL;
+	}
+
+	fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK|O_ASYNC);
+	fcntl(fd, F_SETSIG, SIGIO);
+	fcntl(fd, F_SETOWN, getpid());
+
+	ioctl(fd, PERF_EVENT_IOC_RESET, 0);
+	ioctl(fd, PERF_EVENT_IOC_ENABLE, 0);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < EXECUTIONS; i++)
+		test_function();
+
+	ioctl(fd, PERF_EVENT_IOC_DISABLE, 0);
+
+	count = bp_count(fd);
+
+	close(fd);
+
+	pr_debug("count %lld, overflow %d\n",
+		 count, overflows);
+
+	if (count != EXECUTIONS) {
+		pr_debug("\tWrong number of executions %lld != %d\n",
+		count, EXECUTIONS);
+		fails++;
+	}
+
+	if (overflows != EXECUTIONS / THRESHOLD) {
+		pr_debug("\tWrong number of overflows %d != %d\n",
+		overflows, EXECUTIONS / THRESHOLD);
+		fails++;
+	}
+
+	return fails ? TEST_FAIL : TEST_OK;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
index 37b108bf973c1c445fb7ca3433db12d2033c0f0d..45d9ad442d56732675972217785b463a35443ec0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ static struct test {
 		.desc = "Test breakpoint overflow signal handler",
 		.func = test__bp_signal,
 	},
+	{
+		.desc = "Test breakpoint overflow sampling",
+		.func = test__bp_signal_overflow,
+	},
 	{
 		.func = NULL,
 	},
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/tests.h b/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
index 05d0e58064a345bb35c07f01e43addef03c9a9c9..6cf1ec4866d3e16f4d270329432be82fd83da900 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
@@ -24,5 +24,6 @@ int test__parse_events(void);
 int test__hists_link(void);
 int test__python_use(void);
 int test__bp_signal(void);
+int test__bp_signal_overflow(void);
 
 #endif /* TESTS_H */