diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
index 161f38476e77..0ed5ac452f6e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ static struct test_suite **tests[] = {
 static struct test_workload *workloads[] = {
 	&workload__noploop,
 	&workload__thloop,
+	&workload__leafloop,
 };
 
 static int num_subtests(const struct test_suite *t)
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/tests.h b/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
index e6edfeeadaeb..86804dd6452b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
@@ -202,5 +202,6 @@ struct test_workload workload__##work = {	\
 /* The list of test workloads */
 DECLARE_WORKLOAD(noploop);
 DECLARE_WORKLOAD(thloop);
+DECLARE_WORKLOAD(leafloop);
 
 #endif /* TESTS_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/workloads/Build b/tools/perf/tests/workloads/Build
index b8964b1099c0..03dc675a4a7c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/workloads/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/workloads/Build
@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@
 
 perf-y += noploop.o
 perf-y += thloop.o
+perf-y += leafloop.o
+
+CFLAGS_leafloop.o         = -g -O0 -fno-inline -fno-omit-frame-pointer -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/workloads/leafloop.c b/tools/perf/tests/workloads/leafloop.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1bf5cc97649b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/workloads/leafloop.c
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
+#include "../tests.h"
+
+/* We want to check these symbols in perf script */
+noinline void leaf(volatile int b);
+noinline void parent(volatile int b);
+
+static volatile int a;
+
+noinline void leaf(volatile int b)
+{
+	for (;;)
+		a += b;
+}
+
+noinline void parent(volatile int b)
+{
+	leaf(b);
+}
+
+static int leafloop(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+	int c = 1;
+
+	if (argc > 0)
+		c = atoi(argv[0]);
+
+	parent(c);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+DEFINE_WORKLOAD(leafloop);