diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/tests/osnoise.t b/tools/tracing/rtla/tests/osnoise.t
index d0b623233db5..06787471d0e8 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/tests/osnoise.t
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/tests/osnoise.t
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ check_top_q_hist "verify the --trace param" \
 check_top_q_hist "verify the --priority/-P param" \
 	"osnoise TOOL -P F:1 -c 0 -r 900000 -d 10s -S 1 --on-threshold shell,command=\"tests/scripts/check-priority.sh SCHED_FIFO 1\"" \
 	2 "Priorities are set correctly"
+check_top_q_hist "verify the -C/--cgroup param" \
+	"osnoise TOOL -C -c 0 -r 900000 -d 10s -S 1 --on-threshold shell,command=\"tests/scripts/check-cgroup-match.sh\"" \
+	2 "cgroup matches for all workload PIDs"
 check_top_q_hist "verify the -c/--cpus param" \
 	"osnoise TOOL -P F:1 -c 0 -r 900000 -d 10s -S 1 --on-threshold shell,command=tests/scripts/check-cpus.sh" 2 "^Affinity of threads: 0$"
 check_top_q_hist "verify the -H/--house-keeping param" \
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/tests/scripts/check-cgroup-match.sh b/tools/tracing/rtla/tests/scripts/check-cgroup-match.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..fdc2c68c5957
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/tests/scripts/check-cgroup-match.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+. "$(dirname $0)/lib/get_workload_pids.sh"
+rtla_pid=$(echo $(ps -o ppid= $$))
+rtla_cgroup=$(</proc/$rtla_pid/cgroup)
+echo "RTLA cgroup: $rtla_cgroup"
+for pid in $(get_workload_pids)
+do
+    pid_cgroup=$(</proc/$pid/cgroup)
+    echo "PID $pid cgroup: $pid_cgroup"
+    if ! [ "$pid_cgroup" = "$rtla_cgroup" ]
+    then
+        echo "Mismatch!"
+        exit 0
+    fi
+done
+echo "cgroup matches for all workload PIDs"
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/tests/timerlat.t b/tools/tracing/rtla/tests/timerlat.t
index 3557adbdebae..3ebfe316b39e 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/tests/timerlat.t
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/tests/timerlat.t
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ check_top_hist "disable auto-analysis" \
 check_top_hist "verify -P/--priority" \
 	"timerlat TOOL -P F:1 -c 0 -d 10s -T 1 --on-threshold shell,command=\"tests/scripts/check-priority.sh SCHED_FIFO 1\"" \
 	2 "Priorities are set correctly"
+check_top_hist "verify -C/--cgroup" \
+	"timerlat TOOL -k -C -c 0 -d 10s -T 1 --on-threshold shell,command=\"tests/scripts/check-cgroup-match.sh\"" \
+	2 "cgroup matches for all workload PIDs"
 check_top_q_hist "verify -c/--cpus" \
 	"timerlat TOOL -c 0 -d 10s -T 1 --on-threshold shell,command=tests/scripts/check-cpus.sh" 2 "^Affinity of threads: 0$"
 check_top_q_hist "verify -H/--house-keeping" \