diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/.gitignore
index b43ade0ec861..e715a3f2fbf4 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 hugetlb_vs_thp_test
 subpage_prot
 tempfile
+prot_sao
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/Makefile
index ee179e22308c..3bdb96eae558 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/Makefile
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 noarg:
 	$(MAKE) -C ../
 
-TEST_PROGS := hugetlb_vs_thp_test subpage_prot
+TEST_PROGS := hugetlb_vs_thp_test subpage_prot prot_sao
 TEST_FILES := tempfile
 
 all: $(TEST_PROGS) $(TEST_FILES)
 
 $(TEST_PROGS): ../harness.c
 
+prot_sao: ../utils.c
+
 include ../../lib.mk
 
 tempfile:
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/prot_sao.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/prot_sao.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..611530d43fa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/prot_sao.c
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016, Michael Ellerman, IBM Corp.
+ * Licensed under GPLv2.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+
+#include <asm/cputable.h>
+
+#include "utils.h"
+
+#define SIZE (64 * 1024)
+
+int test_prot_sao(void)
+{
+	char *p;
+
+	/* 2.06 or later should support SAO */
+	SKIP_IF(!have_hwcap(PPC_FEATURE_ARCH_2_06));
+
+	/*
+	 * Ensure we can ask for PROT_SAO.
+	 * We can't really verify that it does the right thing, but at least we
+	 * confirm the kernel will accept it.
+	 */
+	p = mmap(NULL, SIZE, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_SAO,
+		 MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_PRIVATE, -1, 0);
+	FAIL_IF(p == MAP_FAILED);
+
+	/* Write to the mapping, to at least cause a fault */
+	memset(p, 0xaa, SIZE);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	return test_harness(test_prot_sao, "prot-sao");
+}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/utils.h b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/utils.h
index a985cfaa535e..fbd33e52ef8f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/utils.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/utils.h
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ int test_harness(int (test_function)(void), char *name);
 extern void *get_auxv_entry(int type);
 int pick_online_cpu(void);
 
+static inline bool have_hwcap(unsigned long ftr)
+{
+	return ((unsigned long)get_auxv_entry(AT_HWCAP) & ftr) == ftr;
+}
+
 static inline bool have_hwcap2(unsigned long ftr2)
 {
 	return ((unsigned long)get_auxv_entry(AT_HWCAP2) & ftr2) == ftr2;