--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/env python3
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+import subprocess
+from shutil import which
+from os import pread
+
+class PerfCounterInfo:
+       def __init__(self, subsys, event):
+               self.subsys = subsys
+               self.event = event
+
+       def get_perf_event_name(self):
+               return f'{self.subsys}/{self.event}/'
+
+       def get_turbostat_perf_id(self, counter_scope, counter_type, column_name):
+               return f'perf/{self.subsys}/{self.event},{counter_scope},{counter_type},{column_name}'
+
+PERF_COUNTERS_CANDIDATES = [
+       PerfCounterInfo('msr', 'mperf'),
+       PerfCounterInfo('msr', 'aperf'),
+       PerfCounterInfo('msr', 'tsc'),
+       PerfCounterInfo('cstate_core', 'c1-residency'),
+       PerfCounterInfo('cstate_core', 'c6-residency'),
+       PerfCounterInfo('cstate_core', 'c7-residency'),
+       PerfCounterInfo('cstate_pkg', 'c2-residency'),
+       PerfCounterInfo('cstate_pkg', 'c3-residency'),
+       PerfCounterInfo('cstate_pkg', 'c6-residency'),
+       PerfCounterInfo('cstate_pkg', 'c7-residency'),
+       PerfCounterInfo('cstate_pkg', 'c8-residency'),
+       PerfCounterInfo('cstate_pkg', 'c9-residency'),
+       PerfCounterInfo('cstate_pkg', 'c10-residency'),
+]
+present_perf_counters = []
+
+def check_perf_access():
+       perf = which('perf')
+       if perf is None:
+               print('SKIP: Could not find perf binary, thus could not determine perf access.')
+               return False
+
+       def has_perf_counter_access(counter_name):
+               proc_perf = subprocess.run([perf, 'stat', '-e', counter_name, '--timeout', '10'],
+                                                        capture_output = True)
+
+               if proc_perf.returncode != 0:
+                       print(f'SKIP: Could not read {counter_name} perf counter.')
+                       return False
+
+               if b'<not supported>' in proc_perf.stderr:
+                       print(f'SKIP: Could not read {counter_name} perf counter.')
+                       return False
+
+               return True
+
+       for counter in PERF_COUNTERS_CANDIDATES:
+               if has_perf_counter_access(counter.get_perf_event_name()):
+                       present_perf_counters.append(counter)
+
+       if len(present_perf_counters) == 0:
+               print('SKIP: Could not read any perf counter.')
+               return False
+
+       if len(present_perf_counters) != len(PERF_COUNTERS_CANDIDATES):
+               print(f'WARN: Could not access all of the counters - some will be left untested')
+
+       return True
+
+if not check_perf_access():
+       exit(0)
+
+turbostat_counter_source_opts = ['']
+
+turbostat = which('turbostat')
+if turbostat is None:
+       print('Could not find turbostat binary')
+       exit(1)
+
+timeout = which('timeout')
+if timeout is None:
+       print('Could not find timeout binary')
+       exit(1)
+
+proc_turbostat = subprocess.run([turbostat, '--list'], capture_output = True)
+if proc_turbostat.returncode != 0:
+       print(f'turbostat failed with {proc_turbostat.returncode}')
+       exit(1)
+
+EXPECTED_COLUMNS_DEBUG_DEFAULT = [b'usec', b'Time_Of_Day_Seconds', b'APIC', b'X2APIC']
+
+expected_columns = [b'CPU']
+counters_argv = []
+for counter in present_perf_counters:
+       if counter.subsys == 'cstate_core':
+               counter_scope = 'core'
+       elif counter.subsys == 'cstate_pkg':
+               counter_scope = 'package'
+       else:
+               counter_scope = 'cpu'
+
+       counter_type = 'delta'
+       column_name = counter.event
+
+       cparams = counter.get_turbostat_perf_id(
+               counter_scope = counter_scope,
+               counter_type = counter_type,
+               column_name = column_name
+       )
+       expected_columns.append(column_name.encode())
+       counters_argv.extend(['--add', cparams])
+
+expected_columns_debug = EXPECTED_COLUMNS_DEBUG_DEFAULT + expected_columns
+
+def gen_user_friendly_cmdline(argv_):
+       argv = argv_[:]
+       ret = ''
+
+       while len(argv) != 0:
+               arg = argv.pop(0)
+               arg_next = ''
+
+               if arg in ('-i', '--show', '--add'):
+                       arg_next = argv.pop(0) if len(argv) > 0 else ''
+
+               ret += f'{arg} {arg_next} \\\n\t'
+
+       # Remove the last separator and return
+       return ret[:-4]
+
+#
+# Run turbostat for some time and send SIGINT
+#
+timeout_argv = [timeout, '--preserve-status', '-s', 'SIGINT', '-k', '3', '0.2s']
+turbostat_argv = [turbostat, '-i', '0.50', '--show', 'CPU'] + counters_argv
+
+def check_columns_or_fail(expected_columns: list, actual_columns: list):
+       if len(actual_columns) != len(expected_columns):
+               print(f'turbostat column check failed\n{expected_columns=}\n{actual_columns=}')
+               exit(1)
+
+       failed = False
+       for expected_column in expected_columns:
+               if expected_column not in actual_columns:
+                       print(f'turbostat column check failed: missing column {expected_column.decode()}')
+                       failed = True
+
+       if failed:
+               exit(1)
+
+cmdline = gen_user_friendly_cmdline(turbostat_argv)
+print(f'Running turbostat with:\n\t{cmdline}\n... ', end = '', flush = True)
+proc_turbostat = subprocess.run(timeout_argv + turbostat_argv, capture_output = True)
+if proc_turbostat.returncode != 0:
+       print(f'turbostat failed with {proc_turbostat.returncode}')
+       exit(1)
+
+actual_columns = proc_turbostat.stdout.split(b'\n')[0].split(b'\t')
+check_columns_or_fail(expected_columns, actual_columns)
+print('OK')
+
+#
+# Same, but with --debug
+#
+# We explicitly specify '--show CPU' to make sure turbostat
+# don't show a bunch of default counters instead.
+#
+turbostat_argv.append('--debug')
+
+cmdline = gen_user_friendly_cmdline(turbostat_argv)
+print(f'Running turbostat (in debug mode) with:\n\t{cmdline}\n... ', end = '', flush = True)
+proc_turbostat = subprocess.run(timeout_argv + turbostat_argv, capture_output = True)
+if proc_turbostat.returncode != 0:
+       print(f'turbostat failed with {proc_turbostat.returncode}')
+       exit(1)
+
+actual_columns = proc_turbostat.stdout.split(b'\n')[0].split(b'\t')
+check_columns_or_fail(expected_columns_debug, actual_columns)
+print('OK')