diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
index 0ed5ac452f6e..9acb7a93eeb9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ static struct test_workload *workloads[] = {
 	&workload__noploop,
 	&workload__thloop,
 	&workload__leafloop,
+	&workload__sqrtloop,
 };
 
 static int num_subtests(const struct test_suite *t)
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/tests.h b/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
index 86804dd6452b..18c40319e67c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
@@ -203,5 +203,6 @@ struct test_workload workload__##work = {	\
 DECLARE_WORKLOAD(noploop);
 DECLARE_WORKLOAD(thloop);
 DECLARE_WORKLOAD(leafloop);
+DECLARE_WORKLOAD(sqrtloop);
 
 #endif /* TESTS_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/workloads/Build b/tools/perf/tests/workloads/Build
index 03dc675a4a7c..2312a338f01c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/workloads/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/workloads/Build
@@ -3,5 +3,7 @@
 perf-y += noploop.o
 perf-y += thloop.o
 perf-y += leafloop.o
+perf-y += sqrtloop.o
 
+CFLAGS_sqrtloop.o         = -g -O0 -fno-inline -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE
 CFLAGS_leafloop.o         = -g -O0 -fno-inline -fno-omit-frame-pointer -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/workloads/sqrtloop.c b/tools/perf/tests/workloads/sqrtloop.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ccc94c6a6676
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/workloads/sqrtloop.c
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#include <math.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include "../tests.h"
+
+static volatile sig_atomic_t done;
+
+static void sighandler(int sig __maybe_unused)
+{
+	done = 1;
+}
+
+static int __sqrtloop(int sec)
+{
+	signal(SIGALRM, sighandler);
+	alarm(sec);
+
+	while (!done)
+		(void)sqrt(rand());
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int sqrtloop(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+	int sec = 1;
+
+	if (argc > 0)
+		sec = atoi(argv[0]);
+
+	switch (fork()) {
+	case 0:
+		return __sqrtloop(sec);
+	case -1:
+		return -1;
+	default:
+		wait(NULL);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+DEFINE_WORKLOAD(sqrtloop);