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diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/list.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/list.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+# perf list tests
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+set -e
+
+shelldir=$(dirname "$0")
+# shellcheck source=lib/setup_python.sh
+. "${shelldir}"/lib/setup_python.sh
+
+list_output=$(mktemp /tmp/__perf_test.list_output.json.XXXXX)
+
+cleanup() {
+  rm -f "${list_output}"
+
+  trap - EXIT TERM INT
+}
+
+trap_cleanup() {
+  cleanup
+  exit 1
+}
+trap trap_cleanup EXIT TERM INT
+
+test_list_json() {
+  echo "Json output test"
+  # Generate perf list json output into list_output file.
+  perf list -j -o "${list_output}"
+  # Validate the json using python, redirect the json copy to /dev/null as
+  # otherwise the test may block writing to stdout.
+  $PYTHON -m json.tool "${list_output}" /dev/null
+  echo "Json output test [Success]"
+}
+
+test_list_json
+cleanup
+exit 0