diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-test.c b/tools/perf/builtin-test.c
index 2fd2c031f627..484f26cc0c00 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-test.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-test.c
@@ -1289,6 +1289,118 @@ static int perf_evsel__tp_sched_test(void)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int test__syscall_open_tp_fields(void)
+{
+	struct perf_record_opts opts = {
+		.target = {
+			.uid = UINT_MAX,
+			.uses_mmap = true,
+		},
+		.no_delay   = true,
+		.freq	    = 1,
+		.mmap_pages = 256,
+		.raw_samples = true,
+	};
+	const char *filename = "/etc/passwd";
+	int flags = O_RDONLY | O_DIRECTORY;
+	struct perf_evlist *evlist = perf_evlist__new(NULL, NULL);
+	struct perf_evsel *evsel;
+	int err = -1, i, nr_events = 0, nr_polls = 0;
+
+	if (evlist == NULL) {
+		pr_debug("%s: perf_evlist__new\n", __func__);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	evsel = perf_evsel__newtp("syscalls", "sys_enter_open", 0);
+	if (evsel == NULL) {
+		pr_debug("%s: perf_evsel__newtp\n", __func__);
+		goto out_delete_evlist;
+	}
+
+	perf_evlist__add(evlist, evsel);
+
+	err = perf_evlist__create_maps(evlist, &opts.target);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		pr_debug("%s: perf_evlist__create_maps\n", __func__);
+		goto out_delete_evlist;
+	}
+
+	perf_evsel__config(evsel, &opts, evsel);
+
+	evlist->threads->map[0] = getpid();
+
+	err = perf_evlist__open(evlist);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		pr_debug("perf_evlist__open: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		goto out_delete_evlist;
+	}
+
+	err = perf_evlist__mmap(evlist, UINT_MAX, false);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		pr_debug("perf_evlist__mmap: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		goto out_delete_evlist;
+	}
+
+	perf_evlist__enable(evlist);
+
+	/*
+ 	 * Generate the event:
+ 	 */
+	open(filename, flags);
+
+	while (1) {
+		int before = nr_events;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < evlist->nr_mmaps; i++) {
+			union perf_event *event;
+
+			while ((event = perf_evlist__mmap_read(evlist, i)) != NULL) {
+				const u32 type = event->header.type;
+				int tp_flags;
+				struct perf_sample sample;
+
+				++nr_events;
+
+				if (type != PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE)
+					continue;
+
+				err = perf_evsel__parse_sample(evsel, event, &sample);
+				if (err) {
+					pr_err("Can't parse sample, err = %d\n", err);
+					goto out_munmap;
+				}
+
+				tp_flags = perf_evsel__intval(evsel, &sample, "flags");
+
+				if (flags != tp_flags) {
+					pr_debug("%s: Expected flags=%#x, got %#x\n",
+						 __func__, flags, tp_flags);
+					goto out_munmap;
+				}
+
+				goto out_ok;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (nr_events == before)
+			poll(evlist->pollfd, evlist->nr_fds, 10);
+
+		if (++nr_polls > 5) {
+			pr_debug("%s: no events!\n", __func__);
+			goto out_munmap;
+		}
+	}
+out_ok:
+	err = 0;
+out_munmap:
+	perf_evlist__munmap(evlist);
+out_delete_evlist:
+	perf_evlist__delete(evlist);
+out:
+	return err;
+}
+
 static struct test {
 	const char *desc;
 	int (*func)(void);
@@ -1339,6 +1451,10 @@ static struct test {
 		.desc = "Check parsing of sched tracepoints fields",
 		.func = perf_evsel__tp_sched_test,
 	},
+	{
+		.desc = "Generate and check syscalls:sys_enter_open event fields",
+		.func = test__syscall_open_tp_fields,
+	},
 	{
 		.func = NULL,
 	},