diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/Makefile
index 27dff8241de3..a5d5be7ec4c7 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ CFLAGS := -Wall -O2 -flto -Wall -Werror -DGIT_VERSION='"$(GIT_VERSION)"' -I$(CUR
 
 export CC CFLAGS
 
-SUB_DIRS = pmu copyloops mm tm primitives stringloops vphn
+SUB_DIRS = pmu copyloops mm tm primitives stringloops vphn switch_endian
 
 endif
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/switch_endian/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/switch_endian/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..89e762eab676
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/switch_endian/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+switch_endian_test
+check-reversed.S
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/switch_endian/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/switch_endian/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..081473db22b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/switch_endian/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+CC := $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
+PROGS := switch_endian_test
+
+ASFLAGS += -O2 -Wall -g -nostdlib -m64
+
+all: $(PROGS)
+
+switch_endian_test: check-reversed.S
+
+check-reversed.o: check.o
+	$(CROSS_COMPILE)objcopy -j .text --reverse-bytes=4 -O binary $< $@
+
+check-reversed.S: check-reversed.o
+	hexdump -v -e '/1 ".byte 0x%02X\n"' $< > $@
+
+run_tests: all
+	@-for PROG in $(PROGS); do \
+		./$$PROG; \
+	done;
+
+clean:
+	rm -f $(PROGS) *.o check-reversed.S
+
+.PHONY: all run_tests clean
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/switch_endian/check.S b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/switch_endian/check.S
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e2484d2c24f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/switch_endian/check.S
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+#include "common.h"
+
+/*
+ * Checks that registers contain what we expect, ie. they were not clobbered by
+ * the syscall.
+ *
+ * r15: pattern to check registers against.
+ *
+ * At the end r3 == 0 if everything's OK.
+ */
+	nop			# guaranteed to be illegal in reverse-endian
+	mr	r9,r15
+	cmpd    r9,r3		# check r3
+	bne     1f
+	addi    r9,r15,4	# check r4
+	cmpd    r9,r4
+	bne     1f
+	lis     r9,0x00FF	# check CR
+	ori     r9,r9,0xF000
+	mfcr    r10
+	and     r10,r10,r9
+	cmpw    r9,r10
+	addi    r9,r15,34
+	bne     1f
+	addi    r9,r15,32	# check LR
+	mflr    r10
+	cmpd    r9,r10
+	bne     1f
+	addi    r9,r15,5	# check r5
+	cmpd    r9,r5
+	bne     1f
+	addi    r9,r15,6	# check r6
+	cmpd    r9,r6
+	bne     1f
+	addi    r9,r15,7	# check r7
+	cmpd    r9,r7
+	bne     1f
+	addi    r9,r15,8	# check r8
+	cmpd    r9,r8
+	bne     1f
+	addi    r9,r15,13	# check r13
+	cmpd    r9,r13
+	bne     1f
+	addi    r9,r15,14	# check r14
+	cmpd    r9,r14
+	bne     1f
+	addi    r9,r15,16	# check r16
+	cmpd    r9,r16
+	bne     1f
+	addi    r9,r15,17	# check r17
+	cmpd    r9,r17
+	bne     1f
+	addi    r9,r15,18	# check r18
+	cmpd    r9,r18
+	bne     1f
+	addi    r9,r15,19	# check r19
+	cmpd    r9,r19
+	bne     1f
+	addi    r9,r15,20	# check r20
+	cmpd    r9,r20
+	bne     1f
+	addi    r9,r15,21	# check r21
+	cmpd    r9,r21
+	bne     1f
+	addi    r9,r15,22	# check r22
+	cmpd    r9,r22
+	bne     1f
+	addi    r9,r15,23	# check r23
+	cmpd    r9,r23
+	bne     1f
+	addi    r9,r15,24	# check r24
+	cmpd    r9,r24
+	bne     1f
+	addi    r9,r15,25	# check r25
+	cmpd    r9,r25
+	bne     1f
+	addi    r9,r15,26	# check r26
+	cmpd    r9,r26
+	bne     1f
+	addi    r9,r15,27	# check r27
+	cmpd    r9,r27
+	bne     1f
+	addi    r9,r15,28	# check r28
+	cmpd    r9,r28
+	bne     1f
+	addi    r9,r15,29	# check r29
+	cmpd    r9,r29
+	bne     1f
+	addi    r9,r15,30	# check r30
+	cmpd    r9,r30
+	bne     1f
+	addi    r9,r15,31	# check r31
+	cmpd    r9,r31
+	bne     1f
+	b	2f
+1:	mr	r3, r9
+	li	r0, __NR_exit
+	sc
+2:	li	r0, __NR_switch_endian
+	nop
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/switch_endian/common.h b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/switch_endian/common.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..69e399698c64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/switch_endian/common.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#include <ppc-asm.h>
+#include <asm/unistd.h>
+
+#ifndef __NR_switch_endian
+#define __NR_switch_endian 363
+#endif
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/switch_endian/switch_endian_test.S b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/switch_endian/switch_endian_test.S
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ef7c971abb67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/switch_endian/switch_endian_test.S
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+#include "common.h"
+
+	.data
+	.balign 8
+message:
+	.ascii "success: switch_endian_test\n\0"
+
+	.section ".toc"
+	.balign 8
+pattern:
+	.llong 0x5555AAAA5555AAAA
+
+	.text
+FUNC_START(_start)
+	/* Load the pattern */
+	ld	r15, pattern@TOC(%r2)
+
+	/* Setup CR, only CR2-CR4 are maintained */
+	lis	r3, 0x00FF
+	ori	r3, r3, 0xF000
+	mtcr	r3
+
+	/* Load the pattern slightly modified into the registers */
+	mr	r3, r15
+	addi	r4, r15, 4
+
+	addi	r5, r15, 32
+	mtlr	r5
+
+	addi	r5, r15, 5
+	addi	r6, r15, 6
+	addi	r7, r15, 7
+	addi	r8, r15, 8
+
+	/* r9 - r12 are clobbered */
+
+	addi	r13, r15, 13
+	addi	r14, r15, 14
+
+	/* Skip r15 we're using it */
+
+	addi	r16, r15, 16
+	addi	r17, r15, 17
+	addi	r18, r15, 18
+	addi	r19, r15, 19
+	addi	r20, r15, 20
+	addi	r21, r15, 21
+	addi	r22, r15, 22
+	addi	r23, r15, 23
+	addi	r24, r15, 24
+	addi	r25, r15, 25
+	addi	r26, r15, 26
+	addi	r27, r15, 27
+	addi	r28, r15, 28
+	addi	r29, r15, 29
+	addi	r30, r15, 30
+	addi	r31, r15, 31
+
+	/*
+	 * Call the syscall to switch endian.
+	 * It clobbers r9-r12, XER, CTR and CR0-1,5-7.
+	 */
+	li r0, __NR_switch_endian
+	sc
+
+#include "check-reversed.S"
+
+	/* Flip back, r0 already has the switch syscall number */
+	.long	0x02000044	/* sc */
+
+#include "check.S"
+
+	li	r0, __NR_write
+	li	r3, 1	/* stdout */
+	ld	r4, message@got(%r2)
+	li	r5, 28	/* strlen(message3) */
+	sc
+	li      r0, __NR_exit
+	li	r3, 0
+	sc
+	b       .