diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/trace_ksym_beautifier.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/trace_ksym_beautifier.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# perf trace kernel symbol beautifier tests
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+err=0
+
+# shellcheck source=lib/probe.sh
+. "$(dirname "$0")"/lib/probe.sh
+skip_if_no_perf_trace || exit 2
+[ "$(id -u)" = 0 ] || exit 2
+
+test_ksym_call_site() {
+  echo "Testing perf trace kernel symbol beautifier (call_site)"
+  output="$(perf trace -e kmem:kmalloc --max-events=1 -- true 2>&1)"
+  if ! echo "$output" | grep -q -E "call_site: [a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*" || echo "$output" | grep -q -E "call_site: 0x[0-9a-fA-F]+"
+  then
+    printf "Call site kernel symbol beautification failed, output:\n%s\n" "$output"
+    err=1
+  fi
+}
+
+test_ksym_function_ptr() {
+  echo "Testing perf trace kernel symbol beautifier (function pointer)"
+  output="$(perf trace -e timer:hrtimer_start --max-events=1 -- sleep 0.01 2>&1)"
+  if ! echo "$output" | grep -q -E "function: [a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*" || echo "$output" | grep -q -E "function: 0x[0-9a-fA-F]+"
+  then
+    printf "Function pointer kernel symbol beautification failed, output:\n%s\n" "$output"
+    err=1
+  fi
+}
+
+test_ksym_call_site
+
+if [ $err = 0 ]; then
+  test_ksym_function_ptr
+fi
+
+exit $err