--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+# perf stat metrics (shadow stat) test
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+set -e
+
+# skip if system-wide mode is forbidden
+perf stat -a true > /dev/null 2>&1 || exit 2
+
+test_global_aggr()
+{
+       local cyc
+
+       perf stat -a --no-big-num -e cycles,instructions sleep 1  2>&1 | \
+       grep -e cycles -e instructions | \
+       while read num evt hash ipc rest
+       do
+               # skip not counted events
+               if [[ $num == "<not" ]]; then
+                       continue
+               fi
+
+               # save cycles count
+               if [[ $evt == "cycles" ]]; then
+                       cyc=$num
+                       continue
+               fi
+
+               # skip if no cycles
+               if [[ -z $cyc ]]; then
+                       continue
+               fi
+
+               # use printf for rounding and a leading zero
+               local res=`printf "%.2f" $(echo "scale=6; $num / $cyc" | bc -q)`
+               if [[ $ipc != $res ]]; then
+                       echo "IPC is different: $res != $ipc  ($num / $cyc)"
+                       exit 1
+               fi
+       done
+}
+
+test_no_aggr()
+{
+       declare -A results
+
+       perf stat -a -A --no-big-num -e cycles,instructions sleep 1  2>&1 | \
+       grep ^CPU | \
+       while read cpu num evt hash ipc rest
+       do
+               # skip not counted events
+               if [[ $num == "<not" ]]; then
+                       continue
+               fi
+
+               # save cycles count
+               if [[ $evt == "cycles" ]]; then
+                       results[$cpu]=$num
+                       continue
+               fi
+
+               # skip if no cycles
+               local cyc=${results[$cpu]}
+               if [[ -z $cyc ]]; then
+                       continue
+               fi
+
+               # use printf for rounding and a leading zero
+               local res=`printf "%.2f" $(echo "scale=6; $num / $cyc" | bc -q)`
+               if [[ $ipc != $res ]]; then
+                       echo "IPC is different for $cpu: $res != $ipc  ($num / $cyc)"
+                       exit 1
+               fi
+       done
+}
+
+test_global_aggr
+test_no_aggr
+
+exit 0