diff --git a/tools/perf/lib/tests/Makefile b/tools/perf/lib/tests/Makefile
index b72c8c47df61..5dc84003e3a7 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 = test-cpumap
+TESTS = test-cpumap test-threadmap
 
 TESTS_SO := $(addsuffix -so,$(TESTS))
 TESTS_A  := $(addsuffix -a,$(TESTS))
diff --git a/tools/perf/lib/tests/test-threadmap.c b/tools/perf/lib/tests/test-threadmap.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..10a4f4cbbdd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/lib/tests/test-threadmap.c
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <perf/threadmap.h>
+#include <internal/tests.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	struct perf_thread_map *threads;
+
+	__T_START;
+
+	threads = perf_thread_map__new_dummy();
+	if (!threads)
+		return -1;
+
+	perf_thread_map__get(threads);
+	perf_thread_map__put(threads);
+	perf_thread_map__put(threads);
+
+	__T_OK;
+	return 0;
+}