diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/math/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/math/Makefile
index 5b88875..aa6598b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/math/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/math/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-TEST_PROGS := fpu_syscall fpu_preempt fpu_signal vmx_syscall vmx_preempt vmx_signal
+TEST_PROGS := fpu_syscall fpu_preempt fpu_signal vmx_syscall vmx_preempt vmx_signal vsx_preempt
 
 all: $(TEST_PROGS)
 
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ vmx_syscall: vmx_asm.S
 vmx_preempt: vmx_asm.S
 vmx_signal: vmx_asm.S
 
+vsx_preempt: vsx_asm.S
+
 include ../../lib.mk
 
 clean:
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/math/vsx_asm.S b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/math/vsx_asm.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a110dd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/math/vsx_asm.S
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2015, Cyril Bur, IBM Corp.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+ * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#include "../basic_asm.h"
+#include "../vsx_asm.h"
+
+#long check_vsx(vector int *r3);
+#This function wraps storeing VSX regs to the end of an array and a
+#call to a comparison function in C which boils down to a memcmp()
+FUNC_START(check_vsx)
+	PUSH_BASIC_STACK(32)
+	std	r3,STACK_FRAME_PARAM(0)(sp)
+	addi r3, r3, 16 * 12 #Second half of array
+	bl store_vsx
+	ld r3,STACK_FRAME_PARAM(0)(sp)
+	bl vsx_memcmp
+	POP_BASIC_STACK(32)
+	blr
+FUNC_END(check_vsx)
+
+# int preempt_vmx(vector int *varray, int *threads_starting,
+#                 int *running);
+# On starting will (atomically) decrement threads_starting as a signal
+# that the VMX have been loaded with varray. Will proceed to check the
+# validity of the VMX registers while running is not zero.
+FUNC_START(preempt_vsx)
+	PUSH_BASIC_STACK(512)
+	std r3,STACK_FRAME_PARAM(0)(sp) # vector int *varray
+	std r4,STACK_FRAME_PARAM(1)(sp) # int *threads_starting
+	std r5,STACK_FRAME_PARAM(2)(sp) # int *running
+
+	bl load_vsx
+	nop
+
+	sync
+	# Atomic DEC
+	ld r3,STACK_FRAME_PARAM(1)(sp)
+1:	lwarx r4,0,r3
+	addi r4,r4,-1
+	stwcx. r4,0,r3
+	bne- 1b
+
+2:	ld r3,STACK_FRAME_PARAM(0)(sp)
+	bl check_vsx
+	nop
+	cmpdi r3,0
+	bne 3f
+	ld r4,STACK_FRAME_PARAM(2)(sp)
+	ld r5,0(r4)
+	cmpwi r5,0
+	bne 2b
+
+3:	POP_BASIC_STACK(512)
+	blr
+FUNC_END(preempt_vsx)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/math/vsx_preempt.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/math/vsx_preempt.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6387f03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/math/vsx_preempt.c
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2015, Cyril Bur, IBM Corp.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+ * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This test attempts to see if the VSX registers change across preemption.
+ * There is no way to be sure preemption happened so this test just
+ * uses many threads and a long wait. As such, a successful test
+ * doesn't mean much but a failure is bad.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+
+#include "utils.h"
+
+/* Time to wait for workers to get preempted (seconds) */
+#define PREEMPT_TIME 20
+/*
+ * Factor by which to multiply number of online CPUs for total number of
+ * worker threads
+ */
+#define THREAD_FACTOR 8
+
+/*
+ * Ensure there is twice the number of non-volatile VMX regs!
+ * check_vmx() is going to use the other half as space to put the live
+ * registers before calling vsx_memcmp()
+ */
+__thread vector int varray[24] = {
+	{1, 2, 3, 4 }, {5, 6, 7, 8 }, {9, 10,11,12},
+	{13,14,15,16}, {17,18,19,20}, {21,22,23,24},
+	{25,26,27,28}, {29,30,31,32}, {33,34,35,36},
+	{37,38,39,40}, {41,42,43,44}, {45,46,47,48}
+};
+
+int threads_starting;
+int running;
+
+extern long preempt_vsx(vector int *varray, int *threads_starting, int *running);
+
+long vsx_memcmp(vector int *a) {
+	vector int zero = {0, 0, 0, 0};
+	int i;
+
+	FAIL_IF(a != varray);
+
+	for(i = 0; i < 12; i++) {
+		if (memcmp(&a[i + 12], &zero, sizeof(vector int)) == 0) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "Detected zero from the VSX reg %d\n", i + 12);
+			return 2;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (memcmp(a, &a[12], 12 * sizeof(vector int))) {
+		long *p = (long *)a;
+		fprintf(stderr, "VSX mismatch\n");
+		for (i = 0; i < 24; i=i+2)
+			fprintf(stderr, "%d: 0x%08lx%08lx | 0x%08lx%08lx\n",
+					i/2 + i%2 + 20, p[i], p[i + 1], p[i + 24], p[i + 25]);
+		return 1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void *preempt_vsx_c(void *p)
+{
+	int i, j;
+	long rc;
+	srand(pthread_self());
+	for (i = 0; i < 12; i++)
+		for (j = 0; j < 4; j++) {
+			varray[i][j] = rand();
+			/* Don't want zero because it hides kernel problems */
+			if (varray[i][j] == 0)
+				j--;
+		}
+	rc = preempt_vsx(varray, &threads_starting, &running);
+	if (rc == 2)
+		fprintf(stderr, "Caught zeros in VSX compares\n");
+	return (void *)rc;
+}
+
+int test_preempt_vsx(void)
+{
+	int i, rc, threads;
+	pthread_t *tids;
+
+	threads = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN) * THREAD_FACTOR;
+	tids = malloc(threads * sizeof(pthread_t));
+	FAIL_IF(!tids);
+
+	running = true;
+	threads_starting = threads;
+	for (i = 0; i < threads; i++) {
+		rc = pthread_create(&tids[i], NULL, preempt_vsx_c, NULL);
+		FAIL_IF(rc);
+	}
+
+	setbuf(stdout, NULL);
+	/* Not really nessesary but nice to wait for every thread to start */
+	printf("\tWaiting for %d workers to start...", threads_starting);
+	while(threads_starting)
+		asm volatile("": : :"memory");
+	printf("done\n");
+
+	printf("\tWaiting for %d seconds to let some workers get preempted...", PREEMPT_TIME);
+	sleep(PREEMPT_TIME);
+	printf("done\n");
+
+	printf("\tStopping workers...");
+	/*
+	 * Working are checking this value every loop. In preempt_vsx 'cmpwi r5,0; bne 2b'.
+	 * r5 will have loaded the value of running.
+	 */
+	running = 0;
+	for (i = 0; i < threads; i++) {
+		void *rc_p;
+		pthread_join(tids[i], &rc_p);
+
+		/*
+		 * Harness will say the fail was here, look at why preempt_vsx
+		 * returned
+		 */
+		if ((long) rc_p)
+			printf("oops\n");
+		FAIL_IF((long) rc_p);
+	}
+	printf("done\n");
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	return test_harness(test_preempt_vsx, "vsx_preempt");
+}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/vsx_asm.h b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/vsx_asm.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d828bfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/vsx_asm.h
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2015, Cyril Bur, IBM Corp.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+ * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#include "basic_asm.h"
+
+/*
+ * Careful this will 'clobber' vsx (by design), VSX are always
+ * volatile though so unlike vmx this isn't so much of an issue
+ * Still should avoid calling from C
+ */
+FUNC_START(load_vsx)
+	li	r5,0
+	lxvx	vs20,r5,r3
+	addi	r5,r5,16
+	lxvx	vs21,r5,r3
+	addi	r5,r5,16
+	lxvx	vs22,r5,r3
+	addi	r5,r5,16
+	lxvx	vs23,r5,r3
+	addi	r5,r5,16
+	lxvx	vs24,r5,r3
+	addi	r5,r5,16
+	lxvx	vs25,r5,r3
+	addi	r5,r5,16
+	lxvx	vs26,r5,r3
+	addi	r5,r5,16
+	lxvx	vs27,r5,r3
+	addi	r5,r5,16
+	lxvx	vs28,r5,r3
+	addi	r5,r5,16
+	lxvx	vs29,r5,r3
+	addi	r5,r5,16
+	lxvx	vs30,r5,r3
+	addi	r5,r5,16
+	lxvx	vs31,r5,r3
+	blr
+FUNC_END(load_vsx)
+
+FUNC_START(store_vsx)
+	li	r5,0
+	stxvx	vs20,r5,r3
+	addi	r5,r5,16
+	stxvx	vs21,r5,r3
+	addi	r5,r5,16
+	stxvx	vs22,r5,r3
+	addi	r5,r5,16
+	stxvx	vs23,r5,r3
+	addi	r5,r5,16
+	stxvx	vs24,r5,r3
+	addi	r5,r5,16
+	stxvx	vs25,r5,r3
+	addi	r5,r5,16
+	stxvx	vs26,r5,r3
+	addi	r5,r5,16
+	stxvx	vs27,r5,r3
+	addi	r5,r5,16
+	stxvx	vs28,r5,r3
+	addi	r5,r5,16
+	stxvx	vs29,r5,r3
+	addi	r5,r5,16
+	stxvx	vs30,r5,r3
+	addi	r5,r5,16
+	stxvx	vs31,r5,r3
+	blr
+FUNC_END(store_vsx)
