6 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
index a794d9eca93d..9c5aa14a44cf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
@@ -1075,6 +1075,11 @@ ifndef NO_AUXTRACE
   endif
 endif
 
+ifdef EXTRA_TESTS
+    $(call detected,CONFIG_EXTRA_TESTS)
+    CFLAGS += -DHAVE_EXTRA_TESTS
+endif
+
 ifndef NO_JVMTI
   ifneq (,$(wildcard /usr/sbin/update-java-alternatives))
     JDIR=$(shell /usr/sbin/update-java-alternatives -l | head -1 | awk '{print $$3}')
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index f48794816d82..b1e62a621f92 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ include ../scripts/utilities.mak
 #
 # Define BUILD_NONDISTRO to enable building an linking against libbfd and
 # libiberty distribution license incompatible libraries.
+#
+# Define EXTRA_TESTS to enable building extra tests useful mainly to perf
+# developers, such as:
+#	x86 instruction decoder - new instructions test
 
 # As per kernel Makefile, avoid funny character set dependencies
 unexport LC_ALL
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/include/arch-tests.h b/tools/perf/arch/x86/include/arch-tests.h
index 33d39c1d3e64..df133020d582 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/include/arch-tests.h
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/include/arch-tests.h
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ struct test_suite;
 
 /* Tests */
 int test__rdpmc(struct test_suite *test, int subtest);
+#ifdef HAVE_EXTRA_TESTS
 int test__insn_x86(struct test_suite *test, int subtest);
+#endif
 int test__intel_pt_pkt_decoder(struct test_suite *test, int subtest);
 int test__intel_pt_hybrid_compat(struct test_suite *test, int subtest);
 int test__bp_modify(struct test_suite *test, int subtest);
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/Build b/tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/Build
index 08cc8b9c931e..394771c00dca 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/Build
@@ -4,5 +4,8 @@ perf-$(CONFIG_DWARF_UNWIND) += dwarf-unwind.o
 perf-y += arch-tests.o
 perf-y += sample-parsing.o
 perf-y += hybrid.o
-perf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += insn-x86.o intel-pt-test.o
+perf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += intel-pt-test.o
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_EXTRA_TESTS),y)
+perf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += insn-x86.o
+endif
 perf-$(CONFIG_X86_64) += bp-modify.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/arch-tests.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/arch-tests.c
index 147ad0638bbb..3f2b90c59f92 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/arch-tests.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/arch-tests.c
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 #include "arch-tests.h"
 
 #ifdef HAVE_AUXTRACE_SUPPORT
+#ifdef HAVE_EXTRA_TESTS
 DEFINE_SUITE("x86 instruction decoder - new instructions", insn_x86);
+#endif
 
 static struct test_case intel_pt_tests[] = {
 	TEST_CASE("Intel PT packet decoder", intel_pt_pkt_decoder),
@@ -37,7 +39,9 @@ struct test_suite *arch_tests[] = {
 	&suite__dwarf_unwind,
 #endif
 #ifdef HAVE_AUXTRACE_SUPPORT
+#ifdef HAVE_EXTRA_TESTS
 	&suite__insn_x86,
+#endif
 	&suite__intel_pt,
 #endif
 #if defined(__x86_64__)
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/make b/tools/perf/tests/make
index 8dd3f8090352..885cd321d67b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/make
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/make
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ make_clean_all      := clean all
 make_python_perf_so := $(python_perf_so)
 make_debug          := DEBUG=1
 make_nondistro      := BUILD_NONDISTRO=1
+make_extra_tests    := EXTRA_TESTS=1
 make_no_libperl     := NO_LIBPERL=1
 make_no_libpython   := NO_LIBPYTHON=1
 make_no_scripts     := NO_LIBPYTHON=1 NO_LIBPERL=1