diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-test.c b/tools/perf/builtin-test.c
index 4aed1553db56..32caf13cfe01 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-test.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-test.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "util/symbol.h"
 #include "util/thread_map.h"
 #include "util/pmu.h"
+#include "event-parse.h"
 #include "../../include/linux/hw_breakpoint.h"
 
 #include <sys/mman.h>
@@ -1207,6 +1208,87 @@ static int perf_evsel__roundtrip_name_test(void)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int perf_evsel__test_field(struct perf_evsel *evsel, const char *name,
+				  int size, bool should_be_signed)
+{
+	struct format_field *field = perf_evsel__field(evsel, name);
+	int is_signed;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (field == NULL) {
+		pr_debug("%s: \"%s\" field not found!\n", evsel->name, name);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	is_signed = !!(field->flags | FIELD_IS_SIGNED);
+	if (should_be_signed && !is_signed) {
+		pr_debug("%s: \"%s\" signedness(%d) is wrong, should be %d\n",
+			 evsel->name, name, is_signed, should_be_signed);
+		ret = -1;
+	}
+
+	if (field->size != size) {
+		pr_debug("%s: \"%s\" size (%d) should be %d!\n",
+			 evsel->name, name, field->size, size);
+		ret = -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int perf_evsel__tp_sched_test(void)
+{
+	struct perf_evsel *evsel = perf_evsel__newtp("sched", "sched_switch", 0);
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (evsel == NULL) {
+		pr_debug("perf_evsel__new\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (perf_evsel__test_field(evsel, "prev_comm", 16, true))
+		ret = -1;
+
+	if (perf_evsel__test_field(evsel, "prev_pid", 4, true))
+		ret = -1;
+
+	if (perf_evsel__test_field(evsel, "prev_prio", 4, true))
+		ret = -1;
+
+	if (perf_evsel__test_field(evsel, "prev_state", 8, true))
+		ret = -1;
+
+	if (perf_evsel__test_field(evsel, "next_comm", 16, true))
+		ret = -1;
+
+	if (perf_evsel__test_field(evsel, "next_pid", 4, true))
+		ret = -1;
+
+	if (perf_evsel__test_field(evsel, "next_prio", 4, true))
+		ret = -1;
+
+	perf_evsel__delete(evsel);
+
+	evsel = perf_evsel__newtp("sched", "sched_wakeup", 0);
+
+	if (perf_evsel__test_field(evsel, "comm", 16, true))
+		ret = -1;
+
+	if (perf_evsel__test_field(evsel, "pid", 4, true))
+		ret = -1;
+
+	if (perf_evsel__test_field(evsel, "prio", 4, true))
+		ret = -1;
+
+	if (perf_evsel__test_field(evsel, "success", 4, true))
+		ret = -1;
+
+	if (perf_evsel__test_field(evsel, "target_cpu", 4, true))
+		ret = -1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static struct test {
 	const char *desc;
 	int (*func)(void);
@@ -1253,6 +1335,10 @@ static struct test {
 		.desc = "roundtrip evsel->name check",
 		.func = perf_evsel__roundtrip_name_test,
 	},
+	{
+		.desc = "Check parsing of sched tracepoints fields",
+		.func = perf_evsel__tp_sched_test,
+	},
 	{
 		.func = NULL,
 	},