diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
index 78615f8cb463..b71cf39d3c08 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile
+++ b/tools/Makefile
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ help:
 	@echo '  spi                    - spi tools'
 	@echo '  tmon                   - thermal monitoring and tuning tool'
 	@echo '  thermometer            - temperature capture tool'
+	@echo '  thermal-engine         - thermal monitoring tool'
 	@echo '  thermal                - thermal library'
 	@echo '  tracing                - misc tracing tools'
 	@echo '  turbostat              - Intel CPU idle stats and freq reporting tool'
@@ -99,6 +100,9 @@ tmon: FORCE
 thermometer: FORCE
 	$(call descend,thermal/$@)
 
+thermal-engine: FORCE thermal
+	$(call descend,thermal/$@)
+
 freefall: FORCE
 	$(call descend,laptop/$@)
 
@@ -109,7 +113,7 @@ all: acpi cgroup counter cpupower gpio hv firewire \
 		perf selftests bootconfig spi turbostat usb \
 		virtio vm bpf x86_energy_perf_policy \
 		tmon freefall iio objtool kvm_stat wmi \
-		pci debugging tracing thermal thermometer
+		pci debugging tracing thermal thermometer thermal-engine
 
 acpi_install:
 	$(call descend,power/$(@:_install=),install)
@@ -135,6 +139,9 @@ tmon_install:
 thermometer_install:
 	$(call descend,thermal/$(@:_install=),install)
 
+thermal-engine_install:
+	$(call descend,thermal/$(@:_install=),install)
+
 freefall_install:
 	$(call descend,laptop/$(@:_install=),install)
 
@@ -147,7 +154,7 @@ install: acpi_install cgroup_install counter_install cpupower_install gpio_insta
 		virtio_install vm_install bpf_install x86_energy_perf_policy_install \
 		tmon_install freefall_install objtool_install kvm_stat_install \
 		wmi_install pci_install debugging_install intel-speed-select_install \
-		tracing_install thermometer_install
+		tracing_install thermometer_install thermal-engine_install
 
 acpi_clean:
 	$(call descend,power/acpi,clean)
@@ -183,6 +190,9 @@ turbostat_clean x86_energy_perf_policy_clean intel-speed-select_clean:
 thermometer_clean:
 	$(call descend,thermal/thermometer,clean)
 
+thermal-engine_clean:
+	$(call descend,thermal/thermal-engine,clean)
+
 tmon_clean:
 	$(call descend,thermal/tmon,clean)
 
@@ -197,6 +207,6 @@ clean: acpi_clean cgroup_clean counter_clean cpupower_clean hv_clean firewire_cl
 		vm_clean bpf_clean iio_clean x86_energy_perf_policy_clean tmon_clean \
 		freefall_clean build_clean libbpf_clean libsubcmd_clean \
 		gpio_clean objtool_clean leds_clean wmi_clean pci_clean firmware_clean debugging_clean \
-		intel-speed-select_clean tracing_clean thermal_clean thermometer_clean
+		intel-speed-select_clean tracing_clean thermal_clean thermometer_clean thermal-engine_clean
 
 .PHONY: FORCE
diff --git a/tools/thermal/thermal-engine/Build b/tools/thermal/thermal-engine/Build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..20c3c478b88d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/thermal/thermal-engine/Build
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+thermal-engine-y += thermal-engine.o
diff --git a/tools/thermal/thermal-engine/Makefile b/tools/thermal/thermal-engine/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6bd05ff89485
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/thermal/thermal-engine/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# Makefile for thermal tools
+
+ifeq ($(srctree),)
+srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(CURDIR)))
+srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(srctree)))
+srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(srctree)))
+# $(info Determined 'srctree' to be $(srctree))
+endif
+
+CFLAGS = -Wall -Wextra
+CFLAGS += -I$(srctree)/tools/thermal/lib
+CFLAGS += -I$(srctree)/tools/lib/thermal/include
+
+LDFLAGS = -L$(srctree)/tools/thermal/lib
+LDFLAGS += -L$(srctree)/tools/lib/thermal
+LDFLAGS += -lthermal_tools
+LDFLAGS += -lthermal
+LDFLAGS += -lconfig
+LDFLAGS += -lnl-genl-3 -lnl-3
+
+VERSION = 0.0.1
+
+all: thermal-engine
+%: %.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -D VERSION=\"$(VERSION)\" -o $@ $^ $(LDFLAGS)
+clean:
+	$(RM) thermal-engine
diff --git a/tools/thermal/thermal-engine/thermal-engine.c b/tools/thermal/thermal-engine/thermal-engine.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9b1476a2680f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/thermal/thermal-engine/thermal-engine.c
@@ -0,0 +1,341 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * Thermal monitoring tool based on the thermal netlink events.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2022 Linaro Ltd.
+ *
+ * Author: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@kernel.org>
+ */
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
+#include <libgen.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <syslog.h>
+
+#include <sys/epoll.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#include <thermal.h>
+#include "thermal-tools.h"
+
+struct options {
+	int loglevel;
+	int logopt;
+	int interactive;
+	int daemonize;
+};
+
+struct thermal_data {
+	struct thermal_zone *tz;
+	struct thermal_handler *th;
+};
+
+static int show_trip(struct thermal_trip *tt, __maybe_unused void *arg)
+{
+	INFO("trip id=%d, type=%d, temp=%d, hyst=%d\n",
+	     tt->id, tt->type, tt->temp, tt->hyst);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int show_temp(struct thermal_zone *tz, __maybe_unused void *arg)
+{
+	thermal_cmd_get_temp(arg, tz);
+
+	INFO("temperature: %d\n", tz->temp);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int show_governor(struct thermal_zone *tz, __maybe_unused void *arg)
+{
+	thermal_cmd_get_governor(arg, tz);
+
+	INFO("governor: '%s'\n", tz->governor);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int show_tz(struct thermal_zone *tz, __maybe_unused void *arg)
+{
+	INFO("thermal zone '%s', id=%d\n", tz->name, tz->id);
+
+	for_each_thermal_trip(tz->trip, show_trip, NULL);
+
+	show_temp(tz, arg);
+
+	show_governor(tz, arg);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int tz_create(const char *name, int tz_id, __maybe_unused void *arg)
+{
+	INFO("Thermal zone '%s'/%d created\n", name, tz_id);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int tz_delete(int tz_id, __maybe_unused void *arg)
+{
+	INFO("Thermal zone %d deleted\n", tz_id);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int tz_disable(int tz_id, void *arg)
+{
+	struct thermal_data *td = arg;
+	struct thermal_zone *tz = thermal_zone_find_by_id(td->tz, tz_id);
+
+	INFO("Thermal zone %d ('%s') disabled\n", tz_id, tz->name);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int tz_enable(int tz_id, void *arg)
+{
+	struct thermal_data *td = arg;
+	struct thermal_zone *tz = thermal_zone_find_by_id(td->tz, tz_id);
+
+	INFO("Thermal zone %d ('%s') enabled\n", tz_id, tz->name);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int trip_high(int tz_id, int trip_id, int temp, void *arg)
+{
+	struct thermal_data *td = arg;
+	struct thermal_zone *tz = thermal_zone_find_by_id(td->tz, tz_id);
+
+	INFO("Thermal zone %d ('%s'): trip point %d crossed way up with %d °C\n",
+	     tz_id, tz->name, trip_id, temp);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int trip_low(int tz_id, int trip_id, int temp, void *arg)
+{
+	struct thermal_data *td = arg;
+	struct thermal_zone *tz = thermal_zone_find_by_id(td->tz, tz_id);
+
+	INFO("Thermal zone %d ('%s'): trip point %d crossed way down with %d °C\n",
+	     tz_id, tz->name, trip_id, temp);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int trip_add(int tz_id, int trip_id, int type, int temp, int hyst, __maybe_unused void *arg)
+{
+	INFO("Trip point added %d: id=%d, type=%d, temp=%d, hyst=%d\n",
+	     tz_id, trip_id, type, temp, hyst);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int trip_delete(int tz_id, int trip_id, __maybe_unused void *arg)
+{
+	INFO("Trip point deleted %d: id=%d\n", tz_id, trip_id);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int trip_change(int tz_id, int trip_id, int type, int temp,
+		       int hyst, __maybe_unused void *arg)
+{
+	struct thermal_data *td = arg;
+	struct thermal_zone *tz = thermal_zone_find_by_id(td->tz, tz_id);
+
+	INFO("Trip point changed %d: id=%d, type=%d, temp=%d, hyst=%d\n",
+	     tz_id, trip_id, type, temp, hyst);
+
+	tz->trip[trip_id].type = type;
+	tz->trip[trip_id].temp = temp;
+	tz->trip[trip_id].hyst = hyst;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int cdev_add(const char *name, int cdev_id, int max_state, __maybe_unused void *arg)
+{
+	INFO("Cooling device '%s'/%d (max state=%d) added\n", name, cdev_id, max_state);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int cdev_delete(int cdev_id, __maybe_unused void *arg)
+{
+	INFO("Cooling device %d deleted", cdev_id);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int cdev_update(int cdev_id, int cur_state, __maybe_unused void *arg)
+{
+	INFO("cdev:%d state:%d\n", cdev_id, cur_state);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int gov_change(int tz_id, const char *name, __maybe_unused void *arg)
+{
+	struct thermal_data *td = arg;
+	struct thermal_zone *tz = thermal_zone_find_by_id(td->tz, tz_id);
+
+	INFO("%s: governor changed %s -> %s\n", tz->name, tz->governor, name);
+
+	strcpy(tz->governor, name);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct thermal_ops ops = {
+	.events.tz_create	= tz_create,
+	.events.tz_delete	= tz_delete,
+	.events.tz_disable	= tz_disable,
+	.events.tz_enable	= tz_enable,
+	.events.trip_high	= trip_high,
+	.events.trip_low	= trip_low,
+	.events.trip_add	= trip_add,
+	.events.trip_delete	= trip_delete,
+	.events.trip_change	= trip_change,
+	.events.cdev_add	= cdev_add,
+	.events.cdev_delete	= cdev_delete,
+	.events.cdev_update	= cdev_update,
+	.events.gov_change	= gov_change
+};
+
+static int thermal_event(__maybe_unused int fd, __maybe_unused void *arg)
+{
+	struct thermal_data *td = arg;
+
+	return thermal_events_handle(td->th, td);
+}
+
+static void usage(const char *cmd)
+{
+	printf("%s : A thermal monitoring engine based on notifications\n", cmd);
+	printf("Usage: %s [options]\n", cmd);
+	printf("\t-h, --help\t\tthis help\n");
+	printf("\t-d, --daemonize\n");
+	printf("\t-l <level>, --loglevel <level>\tlog level: ");
+	printf("DEBUG, INFO, NOTICE, WARN, ERROR\n");
+	printf("\t-s, --syslog\t\toutput to syslog\n");
+	printf("\n");
+	exit(0);
+}
+
+static int options_init(int argc, char *argv[], struct options *options)
+{
+	int opt;
+
+	struct option long_options[] = {
+		{ "help",	no_argument, NULL, 'h' },
+		{ "daemonize",	no_argument, NULL, 'd' },
+		{ "syslog",	no_argument, NULL, 's' },
+		{ "loglevel",	required_argument, NULL, 'l' },
+		{ 0, 0, 0, 0 }
+	};
+
+	while (1) {
+
+		int optindex = 0;
+
+		opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, "l:dhs", long_options, &optindex);
+		if (opt == -1)
+			break;
+
+		switch (opt) {
+		case 'l':
+			options->loglevel = log_str2level(optarg);
+			break;
+		case 'd':
+			options->daemonize = 1;
+			break;
+		case 's':
+			options->logopt = TO_SYSLOG;
+			break;
+		case 'h':
+			usage(basename(argv[0]));
+			break;
+		default: /* '?' */
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+enum {
+	THERMAL_ENGINE_SUCCESS = 0,
+	THERMAL_ENGINE_OPTION_ERROR,
+	THERMAL_ENGINE_DAEMON_ERROR,
+	THERMAL_ENGINE_LOG_ERROR,
+	THERMAL_ENGINE_THERMAL_ERROR,
+	THERMAL_ENGINE_MAINLOOP_ERROR,
+};
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	struct thermal_data td;
+	struct options options = {
+		.loglevel = LOG_INFO,
+		.logopt = TO_STDOUT,
+	};
+
+	if (options_init(argc, argv, &options)) {
+		ERROR("Usage: %s --help\n", argv[0]);
+		return THERMAL_ENGINE_OPTION_ERROR;
+	}
+
+	if (options.daemonize && daemon(0, 0)) {
+		ERROR("Failed to daemonize: %p\n");
+		return THERMAL_ENGINE_DAEMON_ERROR;
+	}
+
+	if (log_init(options.loglevel, basename(argv[0]), options.logopt)) {
+		ERROR("Failed to initialize logging facility\n");
+		return THERMAL_ENGINE_LOG_ERROR;
+	}
+
+	td.th = thermal_init(&ops);
+	if (!td.th) {
+		ERROR("Failed to initialize the thermal library\n");
+		return THERMAL_ENGINE_THERMAL_ERROR;
+	}
+
+	td.tz = thermal_zone_discover(td.th);
+	if (!td.tz) {
+		ERROR("No thermal zone available\n");
+		return THERMAL_ENGINE_THERMAL_ERROR;
+	}
+
+	for_each_thermal_zone(td.tz, show_tz, td.th);
+
+	if (mainloop_init()) {
+		ERROR("Failed to initialize the mainloop\n");
+		return THERMAL_ENGINE_MAINLOOP_ERROR;
+	}
+
+	if (mainloop_add(thermal_events_fd(td.th), thermal_event, &td)) {
+		ERROR("Failed to setup the mainloop\n");
+		return THERMAL_ENGINE_MAINLOOP_ERROR;
+	}
+
+	INFO("Waiting for thermal events ...\n");
+
+	if (mainloop(-1)) {
+		ERROR("Mainloop failed\n");
+		return THERMAL_ENGINE_MAINLOOP_ERROR;
+	}
+
+	return THERMAL_ENGINE_SUCCESS;
+}