diff --git a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-pthread-attr-setaffinity-np.c b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-pthread-attr-setaffinity-np.c
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+++ b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-pthread-attr-setaffinity-np.c
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	pthread_attr_t thread_attr;
+
+	pthread_attr_init(&thread_attr);
+	/* don't care abt exact args, just the API itself in libpthread */
+	ret = pthread_attr_setaffinity_np(&thread_attr, 0, NULL);
+
+	return ret;
+}