diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/hwmon_pmu.c b/tools/perf/tests/hwmon_pmu.c
index 111fc5c5618a1..5c4114354c65e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/hwmon_pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/hwmon_pmu.c
@@ -1,11 +1,239 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: (LGPL-2.1 OR BSD-2-Clause)
 #include "debug.h"
+#include "evlist.h"
 #include "hwmon_pmu.h"
+#include "parse-events.h"
 #include "tests.h"
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 
+static const struct test_event {
+	const char *name;
+	const char *alias;
+	long config;
+} test_events[] = {
+	{
+		"temp_test_hwmon_event1",
+		"temp1",
+		0xA0001,
+	},
+	{
+		"temp_test_hwmon_event2",
+		"temp2",
+		0xA0002,
+	},
+};
+
+/* Cleanup test PMU directory. */
+static int test_pmu_put(const char *dir, struct perf_pmu *hwm)
+{
+	char buf[PATH_MAX + 20];
+	int ret;
+
+	if (scnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "rm -fr %s", dir) < 0) {
+		pr_err("Failure to set up buffer for \"%s\"\n", dir);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	ret = system(buf);
+	if (ret)
+		pr_err("Failure to \"%s\"\n", buf);
+
+	perf_pmu__delete(hwm);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Prepare test PMU directory data, normally exported by kernel at
+ * /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon<number>/. Give as input a buffer to hold the file
+ * path, the result is PMU loaded using that directory.
+ */
+static struct perf_pmu *test_pmu_get(char *dir, size_t sz)
+{
+	const char *test_hwmon_name_nl = "A test hwmon PMU\n";
+	const char *test_hwmon_name = "A test hwmon PMU";
+	/* Simulated hwmon items. */
+	const struct test_item {
+		const char *name;
+		const char *value;
+	} test_items[] = {
+		{ "temp1_label", "test hwmon event1\n", },
+		{ "temp1_input", "40000\n", },
+		{ "temp2_label", "test hwmon event2\n", },
+		{ "temp2_input", "50000\n", },
+	};
+	int dirfd, file;
+	struct perf_pmu *hwm = NULL;
+	ssize_t len;
+
+	/* Create equivalent of sysfs mount point. */
+	scnprintf(dir, sz, "/tmp/perf-hwmon-pmu-test-XXXXXX");
+	if (!mkdtemp(dir)) {
+		pr_err("mkdtemp failed\n");
+		dir[0] = '\0';
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	dirfd = open(dir, O_DIRECTORY);
+	if (dirfd < 0) {
+		pr_err("Failed to open test directory \"%s\"\n", dir);
+		goto err_out;
+	}
+
+	/* Create the test hwmon directory and give it a name. */
+	if (mkdirat(dirfd, "hwmon1234", 0755) < 0) {
+		pr_err("Failed to mkdir hwmon directory\n");
+		goto err_out;
+	}
+	file = openat(dirfd, "hwmon1234/name", O_WRONLY | O_CREAT, 0600);
+	if (!file) {
+		pr_err("Failed to open for writing file \"name\"\n");
+		goto err_out;
+	}
+	len = strlen(test_hwmon_name_nl);
+	if (write(file, test_hwmon_name_nl, len) < len) {
+		close(file);
+		pr_err("Failed to write to 'name' file\n");
+		goto err_out;
+	}
+	close(file);
+
+	/* Create test hwmon files. */
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(test_items); i++) {
+		const struct test_item *item = &test_items[i];
+
+		file = openat(dirfd, item->name, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT, 0600);
+		if (!file) {
+			pr_err("Failed to open for writing file \"%s\"\n", item->name);
+			goto err_out;
+		}
+
+		if (write(file, item->value, strlen(item->value)) < 0) {
+			pr_err("Failed to write to file \"%s\"\n", item->name);
+			close(file);
+			goto err_out;
+		}
+		close(file);
+	}
+
+	/* Make the PMU reading the files created above. */
+	hwm = perf_pmus__add_test_hwmon_pmu(dirfd, "hwmon1234", test_hwmon_name);
+	if (!hwm)
+		pr_err("Test hwmon creation failed\n");
+
+err_out:
+	if (!hwm) {
+		test_pmu_put(dir, hwm);
+		if (dirfd >= 0)
+			close(dirfd);
+	}
+	return hwm;
+}
+
+static int do_test(size_t i, bool with_pmu, bool with_alias)
+{
+	const char *test_event = with_alias ? test_events[i].alias : test_events[i].name;
+	struct evlist *evlist = evlist__new();
+	struct evsel *evsel;
+	struct parse_events_error err;
+	int ret;
+	char str[128];
+	bool found = false;
+
+	if (!evlist) {
+		pr_err("evlist allocation failed\n");
+		return TEST_FAIL;
+	}
+
+	if (with_pmu)
+		snprintf(str, sizeof(str), "/%s/", test_event);
+	else
+		strlcpy(str, test_event, sizeof(str));
+
+	pr_debug("Testing '%s'\n", str);
+	parse_events_error__init(&err);
+	ret = parse_events(evlist, str, &err);
+	if (ret) {
+		evlist__delete(evlist);
+
+		pr_debug("FAILED %s:%d failed to parse event '%s', err %d\n",
+			 __FILE__, __LINE__, str, ret);
+		parse_events_error__print(&err, str);
+		ret = TEST_FAIL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = TEST_OK;
+	if (with_pmu ? (evlist->core.nr_entries != 1) : (evlist->core.nr_entries < 1)) {
+		pr_debug("FAILED %s:%d Unexpected number of events for '%s' of %d\n",
+			 __FILE__, __LINE__, str, evlist->core.nr_entries);
+		ret = TEST_FAIL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, evsel) {
+		if (!perf_pmu__is_hwmon(evsel->pmu))
+			continue;
+
+		if (evsel->core.attr.config != (u64)test_events[i].config) {
+			pr_debug("FAILED %s:%d Unexpected config for '%s', %lld != %ld\n",
+				__FILE__, __LINE__, str,
+				evsel->core.attr.config,
+				test_events[i].config);
+			ret = TEST_FAIL;
+			goto out;
+		}
+		found = true;
+	}
+
+	if (!found) {
+		pr_debug("FAILED %s:%d Didn't find hwmon event '%s' in parsed evsels\n",
+			 __FILE__, __LINE__, str);
+		ret = TEST_FAIL;
+	}
+
+out:
+	evlist__delete(evlist);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int test__hwmon_pmu(bool with_pmu)
+{
+	char dir[PATH_MAX];
+	struct perf_pmu *pmu = test_pmu_get(dir, sizeof(dir));
+	int ret = TEST_OK;
+
+	if (!pmu)
+		return TEST_FAIL;
+
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(test_events); i++) {
+		ret = do_test(i, with_pmu, /*with_alias=*/false);
+
+		if (ret != TEST_OK)
+			break;
+
+		ret = do_test(i, with_pmu, /*with_alias=*/true);
+
+		if (ret != TEST_OK)
+			break;
+	}
+	test_pmu_put(dir, pmu);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int test__hwmon_pmu_without_pmu(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused,
+				      int subtest __maybe_unused)
+{
+	return test__hwmon_pmu(/*with_pmu=*/false);
+}
+
+static int test__hwmon_pmu_with_pmu(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused,
+				   int subtest __maybe_unused)
+{
+	return test__hwmon_pmu(/*with_pmu=*/false);
+}
+
 static int test__parse_hwmon_filename(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused,
 				      int subtest __maybe_unused)
 {
@@ -102,6 +330,8 @@ static int test__parse_hwmon_filename(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused,
 
 static struct test_case tests__hwmon_pmu[] = {
 	TEST_CASE("Basic parsing test", parse_hwmon_filename),
+	TEST_CASE("Parsing without PMU name", hwmon_pmu_without_pmu),
+	TEST_CASE("Parsing with PMU name", hwmon_pmu_with_pmu),
 	{	.name = NULL, }
 };
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmus.c b/tools/perf/util/pmus.c
index 5c3e88adb9e60..451c6e00ad704 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmus.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmus.c
@@ -733,6 +733,13 @@ struct perf_pmu *perf_pmus__add_test_pmu(int test_sysfs_dirfd, const char *name)
 	return perf_pmu__lookup(&other_pmus, test_sysfs_dirfd, name, /*eager_load=*/true);
 }
 
+struct perf_pmu *perf_pmus__add_test_hwmon_pmu(int hwmon_dir,
+					       const char *sysfs_name,
+					       const char *name)
+{
+	return hwmon_pmu__new(&other_pmus, hwmon_dir, sysfs_name, name);
+}
+
 struct perf_pmu *perf_pmus__fake_pmu(void)
 {
 	static struct perf_pmu fake = {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmus.h b/tools/perf/util/pmus.h
index e1742b56eec77..a0cb0eb2ff971 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmus.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmus.h
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ bool perf_pmus__supports_extended_type(void);
 char *perf_pmus__default_pmu_name(void);
 
 struct perf_pmu *perf_pmus__add_test_pmu(int test_sysfs_dirfd, const char *name);
+struct perf_pmu *perf_pmus__add_test_hwmon_pmu(int hwmon_dir,
+					       const char *sysfs_name,
+					       const char *name);
 struct perf_pmu *perf_pmus__fake_pmu(void);
 
 #endif /* __PMUS_H */