diff --git a/tools/perf/lib/tests/Makefile b/tools/perf/lib/tests/Makefile
index de951ae38dea..b72c8c47df61 100644
--- a/tools/perf/lib/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/lib/tests/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: (LGPL-2.1 OR BSD-2-Clause)
 
-TESTS =
+TESTS = test-cpumap
 
 TESTS_SO := $(addsuffix -so,$(TESTS))
 TESTS_A  := $(addsuffix -a,$(TESTS))
diff --git a/tools/perf/lib/tests/test-cpumap.c b/tools/perf/lib/tests/test-cpumap.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..76a43cfb83a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/lib/tests/test-cpumap.c
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <perf/cpumap.h>
+#include <internal/tests.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	struct perf_cpu_map *cpus;
+
+	__T_START;
+
+	cpus = perf_cpu_map__dummy_new();
+	if (!cpus)
+		return -1;
+
+	perf_cpu_map__get(cpus);
+	perf_cpu_map__put(cpus);
+	perf_cpu_map__put(cpus);
+
+	__T_OK;
+	return 0;
+}