diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/stm/Kconfig b/drivers/hwtracing/stm/Kconfig
index e0ac75395526..847a39b35307 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/stm/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/stm/Kconfig
@@ -28,4 +28,15 @@ config STM_SOURCE_CONSOLE
 	  If you want to send kernel console messages over STM devices,
 	  say Y.
 
+config STM_SOURCE_HEARTBEAT
+	tristate "Heartbeat over STM devices"
+	help
+	  This is a kernel space trace source that sends periodic
+	  heartbeat messages to trace hosts over STM devices. It is
+	  also useful for testing stm class drivers and the stm class
+	  framework itself.
+
+	  If you want to send heartbeat messages over STM devices,
+	  say Y.
+
 endif
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/stm/Makefile b/drivers/hwtracing/stm/Makefile
index f9312c38dd7a..a9ce3d487e57 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/stm/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/stm/Makefile
@@ -5,5 +5,7 @@ stm_core-y		:= core.o policy.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_STM_DUMMY)	+= dummy_stm.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_STM_SOURCE_CONSOLE)	+= stm_console.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_STM_SOURCE_HEARTBEAT)	+= stm_heartbeat.o
 
 stm_console-y		:= console.o
+stm_heartbeat-y		:= heartbeat.o
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/stm/heartbeat.c b/drivers/hwtracing/stm/heartbeat.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0133571b506f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/stm/heartbeat.c
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+/*
+ * Simple heartbeat STM source driver
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, Intel Corporation.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
+ * version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
+ * more details.
+ *
+ * Heartbeat STM source will send repetitive messages over STM devices to a
+ * trace host.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/hrtimer.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/stm.h>
+
+#define STM_HEARTBEAT_MAX	32
+
+static int nr_devs = 4;
+static int interval_ms = 10;
+
+module_param(nr_devs, int, 0600);
+module_param(interval_ms, int, 0600);
+
+static struct stm_heartbeat {
+	struct stm_source_data	data;
+	struct hrtimer		hrtimer;
+	unsigned int		active;
+} stm_heartbeat[STM_HEARTBEAT_MAX];
+
+static unsigned int nr_instances;
+
+static const char str[] = "heartbeat stm source driver is here to serve you";
+
+static enum hrtimer_restart stm_heartbeat_hrtimer_handler(struct hrtimer *hr)
+{
+	struct stm_heartbeat *heartbeat = container_of(hr, struct stm_heartbeat,
+						       hrtimer);
+
+	stm_source_write(&heartbeat->data, 0, str, sizeof str);
+	if (heartbeat->active)
+		hrtimer_forward_now(hr, ms_to_ktime(interval_ms));
+
+	return heartbeat->active ? HRTIMER_RESTART : HRTIMER_NORESTART;
+}
+
+static int stm_heartbeat_link(struct stm_source_data *data)
+{
+	struct stm_heartbeat *heartbeat =
+		container_of(data, struct stm_heartbeat, data);
+
+	heartbeat->active = 1;
+	hrtimer_start(&heartbeat->hrtimer, ms_to_ktime(interval_ms),
+		      HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void stm_heartbeat_unlink(struct stm_source_data *data)
+{
+	struct stm_heartbeat *heartbeat =
+		container_of(data, struct stm_heartbeat, data);
+
+	heartbeat->active = 0;
+	hrtimer_cancel(&heartbeat->hrtimer);
+}
+
+static int stm_heartbeat_init(void)
+{
+	int i, ret = -ENOMEM, __nr_instances = ACCESS_ONCE(nr_devs);
+
+	if (__nr_instances < 0 || __nr_instances > STM_HEARTBEAT_MAX)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < __nr_instances; i++) {
+		stm_heartbeat[i].data.name =
+			kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "heartbeat.%d", i);
+		if (!stm_heartbeat[i].data.name)
+			goto fail_unregister;
+
+		stm_heartbeat[i].data.nr_chans	= 1;
+		stm_heartbeat[i].data.link		= stm_heartbeat_link;
+		stm_heartbeat[i].data.unlink	= stm_heartbeat_unlink;
+		hrtimer_init(&stm_heartbeat[i].hrtimer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC,
+			     HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
+		stm_heartbeat[i].hrtimer.function =
+			stm_heartbeat_hrtimer_handler;
+
+		ret = stm_source_register_device(NULL, &stm_heartbeat[i].data);
+		if (ret)
+			goto fail_free;
+	}
+
+	nr_instances = __nr_instances;
+
+	return 0;
+
+fail_unregister:
+	for (i--; i >= 0; i--) {
+		stm_source_unregister_device(&stm_heartbeat[i].data);
+fail_free:
+		kfree(stm_heartbeat[i].data.name);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void stm_heartbeat_exit(void)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_instances; i++) {
+		stm_source_unregister_device(&stm_heartbeat[i].data);
+		kfree(stm_heartbeat[i].data.name);
+	}
+}
+
+module_init(stm_heartbeat_init);
+module_exit(stm_heartbeat_exit);
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("stm_heartbeat driver");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>");