diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index d80dcaa5a1e3..824cbc0af7d7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ include ../scripts/utilities.mak
 #	x86 instruction decoder - new instructions test
 #
 # Define GEN_VMLINUX_H to generate vmlinux.h from the BTF.
+#
+# Define NO_SHELLCHECK if you do not want to run shellcheck during build
 
 # As per kernel Makefile, avoid funny character set dependencies
 unexport LC_ALL
@@ -671,7 +673,23 @@ $(PERF_IN): prepare FORCE
 $(PMU_EVENTS_IN): FORCE prepare
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.build dir=pmu-events obj=pmu-events
 
-$(OUTPUT)perf: $(PERFLIBS) $(PERF_IN) $(PMU_EVENTS_IN)
+# Runs shellcheck on perf test shell scripts
+
+SHELLCHECK := $(shell which shellcheck 2> /dev/null)
+
+ifeq ($(NO_SHELLCHECK),1)
+SHELLCHECK :=
+endif
+
+ifneq ($(SHELLCHECK),)
+SHELLCHECK_TEST: FORCE prepare
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/tools/perf/tests/Makefile.tests
+else
+SHELLCHECK_TEST:
+	@:
+endif
+
+$(OUTPUT)perf: $(PERFLIBS) $(PERF_IN) $(PMU_EVENTS_IN) SHELLCHECK_TEST
 	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) \
 		$(PERF_IN) $(PMU_EVENTS_IN) $(LIBS) -o $@
 
@@ -1134,6 +1152,7 @@ bpf-skel-clean:
 	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, bpf-skel) $(RM) -r $(SKEL_TMP_OUT) $(SKELETONS)
 
 clean:: $(LIBAPI)-clean $(LIBBPF)-clean $(LIBSUBCMD)-clean $(LIBSYMBOL)-clean $(LIBPERF)-clean fixdep-clean python-clean bpf-skel-clean tests-coresight-targets-clean
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/tools/perf/tests/Makefile.tests clean
 	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, core-objs)  $(RM) $(LIBPERF_A) $(OUTPUT)perf-archive $(OUTPUT)perf-iostat $(LANG_BINDINGS)
 	$(Q)find $(or $(OUTPUT),.) -name '*.o' -delete -o -name '\.*.cmd' -delete -o -name '\.*.d' -delete
 	$(Q)$(RM) $(OUTPUT).config-detected
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/Makefile.tests b/tools/perf/tests/Makefile.tests
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fdaca5f7a946
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/Makefile.tests
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# Athira Rajeev <atrajeev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>, 2023
+
+PROGS := $(shell find tests/shell -perm -o=x -type f -name '*.sh')
+FILE_NAME := $(notdir $(PROGS))
+FILE_NAME := $(FILE_NAME:%=.%)
+LOGS := $(join $(dir $(PROGS)),$(FILE_NAME))
+LOGS := $(LOGS:%=%.shellcheck_log)
+
+.PHONY: all
+all: SHELLCHECK_RUN
+	@:
+
+SHELLCHECK_RUN: $(LOGS)
+
+.%.shellcheck_log: %
+	$(call rule_mkdir)
+	$(Q)$(call frecho-cmd,test)@shellcheck -S warning "$<" > $@ || (cat $@ && rm $@ && false)
+
+clean:
+	$(eval log_files := $(shell find . -name '.*.shellcheck_log'))
+	@rm -rf $(log_files)