diff --git a/tools/build/Makefile.feature b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
index c71a05b9c984..e52fcefee379 100644
--- a/tools/build/Makefile.feature
+++ b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ FEATURE_TESTS_BASIC :=                  \
         libunwind-arm                   \
         libunwind-aarch64               \
         pthread-attr-setaffinity-np     \
+        pthread-barrier     		\
         stackprotector-all              \
         timerfd                         \
         libdw-dwarf-unwind              \
diff --git a/tools/build/feature/Makefile b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
index 96982640fbf8..cff38f342283 100644
--- a/tools/build/feature/Makefile
+++ b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ FILES=                                          \
          test-libunwind-debug-frame-arm.bin     \
          test-libunwind-debug-frame-aarch64.bin \
          test-pthread-attr-setaffinity-np.bin   \
+         test-pthread-barrier.bin		\
          test-stackprotector-all.bin            \
          test-timerfd.bin                       \
          test-libdw-dwarf-unwind.bin            \
@@ -79,6 +80,9 @@ $(OUTPUT)test-hello.bin:
 $(OUTPUT)test-pthread-attr-setaffinity-np.bin:
 	$(BUILD) -D_GNU_SOURCE -lpthread
 
+$(OUTPUT)test-pthread-barrier.bin:
+	$(BUILD) -lpthread
+
 $(OUTPUT)test-stackprotector-all.bin:
 	$(BUILD) -fstack-protector-all
 
diff --git a/tools/build/feature/test-all.c b/tools/build/feature/test-all.c
index 4112702e4aed..6fdf83263ab7 100644
--- a/tools/build/feature/test-all.c
+++ b/tools/build/feature/test-all.c
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@
 # include "test-pthread-attr-setaffinity-np.c"
 #undef main
 
+#define main main_test_pthread_barrier
+# include "test-pthread-barrier.c"
+#undef main
+
 #define main main_test_sched_getcpu
 # include "test-sched_getcpu.c"
 #undef main
@@ -187,6 +191,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	main_test_sync_compare_and_swap(argc, argv);
 	main_test_zlib();
 	main_test_pthread_attr_setaffinity_np();
+	main_test_pthread_barrier();
 	main_test_lzma();
 	main_test_get_cpuid();
 	main_test_bpf();
diff --git a/tools/build/feature/test-pthread-barrier.c b/tools/build/feature/test-pthread-barrier.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0558d9334d97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/build/feature/test-pthread-barrier.c
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	pthread_barrier_t barrier;
+
+	pthread_barrier_init(&barrier, NULL, 1);
+	pthread_barrier_wait(&barrier);
+	return pthread_barrier_destroy(&barrier);
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
index f6786fa2419f..2c437baf8364 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
@@ -263,6 +263,10 @@ ifeq ($(feature-pthread-attr-setaffinity-np), 1)
   CFLAGS += -DHAVE_PTHREAD_ATTR_SETAFFINITY_NP
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(feature-pthread-barrier), 1)
+  CFLAGS += -DHAVE_PTHREAD_BARRIER
+endif
+
 ifndef NO_BIONIC
   $(call feature_check,bionic)
   ifeq ($(feature-bionic), 1)