diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index 6031167939ae..b2a3f5b652fe 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -961,6 +961,7 @@ install-tests: all install-gtk
 	$(call QUIET_INSTALL, tests) \
 		$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perfexec_instdir_SQ)/tests'; \
 		$(INSTALL) tests/attr.py '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perfexec_instdir_SQ)/tests'; \
+		$(INSTALL) tests/pe-file.exe* '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perfexec_instdir_SQ)/tests'; \
 		$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perfexec_instdir_SQ)/tests/attr'; \
 		$(INSTALL) tests/attr/* '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perfexec_instdir_SQ)/tests/attr'; \
 		$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perfexec_instdir_SQ)/tests/shell'; \
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/Build b/tools/perf/tests/Build
index 84352fc49a20..69bea7996f18 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/Build
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ perf-y += api-io.o
 perf-y += demangle-java-test.o
 perf-y += pfm.o
 perf-y += parse-metric.o
+perf-y += pe-file-parsing.o
 
 $(OUTPUT)tests/llvm-src-base.c: tests/bpf-script-example.c tests/Build
 	$(call rule_mkdir)
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
index d328caaba45d..651b8ea3354a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
@@ -341,6 +341,10 @@ static struct test generic_tests[] = {
 		.desc = "Parse and process metrics",
 		.func = test__parse_metric,
 	},
+	{
+		.desc = "PE file support",
+		.func = test__pe_file_parsing,
+	},
 	{
 		.func = NULL,
 	},
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/pe-file-parsing.c b/tools/perf/tests/pe-file-parsing.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..19eae3e8e229
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/pe-file-parsing.c
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <linux/bitops.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <subcmd/exec-cmd.h>
+
+#include "debug.h"
+#include "util/build-id.h"
+#include "util/symbol.h"
+#include "util/dso.h"
+
+#include "tests.h"
+
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBBFD_SUPPORT
+
+static int run_dir(const char *d)
+{
+	char filename[PATH_MAX];
+	char debugfile[PATH_MAX];
+	char build_id[BUILD_ID_SIZE];
+	char debuglink[PATH_MAX];
+	char expect_build_id[] = {
+		0x5a, 0x0f, 0xd8, 0x82, 0xb5, 0x30, 0x84, 0x22,
+		0x4b, 0xa4, 0x7b, 0x62, 0x4c, 0x55, 0xa4, 0x69,
+	};
+	char expect_debuglink[PATH_MAX] = "pe-file.exe.debug";
+	struct dso *dso;
+	struct symbol *sym;
+	int ret;
+
+	scnprintf(filename, PATH_MAX, "%s/pe-file.exe", d);
+	ret = filename__read_build_id(filename, build_id, BUILD_ID_SIZE);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("Failed to read build_id",
+			ret == sizeof(expect_build_id));
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("Wrong build_id", !memcmp(build_id, expect_build_id,
+						  sizeof(expect_build_id)));
+
+	ret = filename__read_debuglink(filename, debuglink, PATH_MAX);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("Failed to read debuglink", ret == 0);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("Wrong debuglink",
+			!strcmp(debuglink, expect_debuglink));
+
+	scnprintf(debugfile, PATH_MAX, "%s/%s", d, debuglink);
+	ret = filename__read_build_id(debugfile, build_id, BUILD_ID_SIZE);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("Failed to read debug file build_id",
+			ret == sizeof(expect_build_id));
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("Wrong build_id", !memcmp(build_id, expect_build_id,
+						  sizeof(expect_build_id)));
+
+	dso = dso__new(filename);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("Failed to get dso", dso);
+
+	ret = dso__load_bfd_symbols(dso, debugfile);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("Failed to load symbols", ret == 0);
+
+	dso__sort_by_name(dso);
+	sym = dso__find_symbol_by_name(dso, "main");
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("Failed to find main", sym);
+	dso__delete(dso);
+
+	return TEST_OK;
+}
+
+int test__pe_file_parsing(struct test *test __maybe_unused,
+			  int subtest __maybe_unused)
+{
+	struct stat st;
+	char path_dir[PATH_MAX];
+
+	/* First try development tree tests. */
+	if (!lstat("./tests", &st))
+		return run_dir("./tests");
+
+	/* Then installed path. */
+	snprintf(path_dir, PATH_MAX, "%s/tests", get_argv_exec_path());
+
+	if (!lstat(path_dir, &st))
+		return run_dir(path_dir);
+
+	return TEST_SKIP;
+}
+
+#else
+
+int test__pe_file_parsing(struct test *test __maybe_unused,
+			  int subtest __maybe_unused)
+{
+	return TEST_SKIP;
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/pe-file.c b/tools/perf/tests/pe-file.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..eb3df5e9886f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/pe-file.c
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+// pe-file.exe and pe-file.exe.debug built with;
+// x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc -o pe-file.exe pe-file.c
+//   -Wl,--file-alignment,4096 -Wl,--build-id
+// x86_64-w64-mingw32-objcopy --only-keep-debug
+//   --compress-debug-sections pe-file.exe pe-file.exe.debug
+// x86_64-w64-mingw32-objcopy --strip-debug
+//   --add-gnu-debuglink=pe-file.exe.debug pe-file.exe
+
+int main(int argc, char const *argv[])
+{
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/pe-file.exe b/tools/perf/tests/pe-file.exe
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..838a46dae724
Binary files /dev/null and b/tools/perf/tests/pe-file.exe differ
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/pe-file.exe.debug b/tools/perf/tests/pe-file.exe.debug
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..287d6718d6c9
Binary files /dev/null and b/tools/perf/tests/pe-file.exe.debug differ
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/tests.h b/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
index 4447a516c689..ef0f33c6ba23 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ int test__pfm(struct test *test, int subtest);
 const char *test__pfm_subtest_get_desc(int subtest);
 int test__pfm_subtest_get_nr(void);
 int test__parse_metric(struct test *test, int subtest);
+int test__pe_file_parsing(struct test *test, int subtest);
 
 bool test__bp_signal_is_supported(void);
 bool test__bp_account_is_supported(void);