diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/Makefile
index 49f2ad1793fd..7de972612786 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ SUB_DIRS = alignment		\
 	   vphn         \
 	   math		\
 	   papr_attributes	\
+	   papr_vpd		\
 	   ptrace	\
 	   security	\
 	   mce
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/papr_vpd/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/papr_vpd/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..49285031a656
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/papr_vpd/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/papr_vpd
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/papr_vpd/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/papr_vpd/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..06b719703bfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/papr_vpd/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+noarg:
+	$(MAKE) -C ../
+
+TEST_GEN_PROGS := papr_vpd
+
+top_srcdir = ../../../../..
+include ../../lib.mk
+
+$(TEST_GEN_PROGS): ../harness.c ../utils.c
+
+$(OUTPUT)/papr_vpd: CFLAGS += $(KHDR_INCLUDES)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/papr_vpd/papr_vpd.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/papr_vpd/papr_vpd.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4102e06601db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/papr_vpd/papr_vpd.c
@@ -0,0 +1,351 @@
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <asm/papr-vpd.h>
+
+#include "utils.h"
+
+#define DEVPATH "/dev/papr-vpd"
+
+static int dev_papr_vpd_open_close(void)
+{
+	const int devfd = open(DEVPATH, O_RDONLY);
+
+	SKIP_IF_MSG(devfd < 0 && errno == ENOENT,
+		    DEVPATH " not present");
+
+	FAIL_IF(devfd < 0);
+	FAIL_IF(close(devfd) != 0);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int dev_papr_vpd_get_handle_all(void)
+{
+	const int devfd = open(DEVPATH, O_RDONLY);
+	struct papr_location_code lc = { .str = "", };
+	off_t size;
+	int fd;
+
+	SKIP_IF_MSG(devfd < 0 && errno == ENOENT,
+		    DEVPATH " not present");
+
+	FAIL_IF(devfd < 0);
+
+	errno = 0;
+	fd = ioctl(devfd, PAPR_VPD_CREATE_HANDLE, &lc);
+	FAIL_IF(errno != 0);
+	FAIL_IF(fd < 0);
+
+	FAIL_IF(close(devfd) != 0);
+
+	size = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_END);
+	FAIL_IF(size <= 0);
+
+	void *buf = malloc((size_t)size);
+	FAIL_IF(!buf);
+
+	ssize_t consumed = pread(fd, buf, size, 0);
+	FAIL_IF(consumed != size);
+
+	/* Ensure EOF */
+	FAIL_IF(read(fd, buf, size) != 0);
+	FAIL_IF(close(fd));
+
+	/* Verify that the buffer looks like VPD */
+	const char needle[] = "System VPD";
+	FAIL_IF(!memmem(buf, size, needle, strlen(needle)));
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int dev_papr_vpd_get_handle_byte_at_a_time(void)
+{
+	const int devfd = open(DEVPATH, O_RDONLY);
+	struct papr_location_code lc = { .str = "", };
+	int fd;
+
+	SKIP_IF_MSG(devfd < 0 && errno == ENOENT,
+		    DEVPATH " not present");
+
+	FAIL_IF(devfd < 0);
+
+	errno = 0;
+	fd = ioctl(devfd, PAPR_VPD_CREATE_HANDLE, &lc);
+	FAIL_IF(errno != 0);
+	FAIL_IF(fd < 0);
+
+	FAIL_IF(close(devfd) != 0);
+
+	size_t consumed = 0;
+	while (1) {
+		ssize_t res;
+		char c;
+
+		errno = 0;
+		res = read(fd, &c, sizeof(c));;
+		FAIL_IF(res > sizeof(c));
+		FAIL_IF(res < 0);
+		FAIL_IF(errno != 0);
+		consumed += res;
+		if (res == 0)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	FAIL_IF(consumed != lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_END));
+
+	FAIL_IF(close(fd));
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
+static int dev_papr_vpd_unterm_loc_code(void)
+{
+	const int devfd = open(DEVPATH, O_RDONLY);
+	struct papr_location_code lc = {};
+	int fd;
+
+	SKIP_IF_MSG(devfd < 0 && errno == ENOENT,
+		    DEVPATH " not present");
+
+	FAIL_IF(devfd < 0);
+
+	/*
+	 * Place a non-null byte in every element of loc_code; the
+	 * driver should reject this input.
+	 */
+	memset(lc.str, 'x', ARRAY_SIZE(lc.str));
+
+	errno = 0;
+	fd = ioctl(devfd, PAPR_VPD_CREATE_HANDLE, &lc);
+	FAIL_IF(fd != -1);
+	FAIL_IF(errno != EINVAL);
+
+	FAIL_IF(close(devfd) != 0);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int dev_papr_vpd_null_handle(void)
+{
+	const int devfd = open(DEVPATH, O_RDONLY);
+	int rc;
+
+	SKIP_IF_MSG(devfd < 0 && errno == ENOENT,
+		    DEVPATH " not present");
+
+	FAIL_IF(devfd < 0);
+
+	errno = 0;
+	rc = ioctl(devfd, PAPR_VPD_CREATE_HANDLE, NULL);
+	FAIL_IF(rc != -1);
+	FAIL_IF(errno != EFAULT);
+
+	FAIL_IF(close(devfd) != 0);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int papr_vpd_close_handle_without_reading(void)
+{
+	const int devfd = open(DEVPATH, O_RDONLY);
+	struct papr_location_code lc;
+	int fd;
+
+	SKIP_IF_MSG(devfd < 0 && errno == ENOENT,
+		    DEVPATH " not present");
+
+	FAIL_IF(devfd < 0);
+
+	errno = 0;
+	fd = ioctl(devfd, PAPR_VPD_CREATE_HANDLE, &lc);
+	FAIL_IF(errno != 0);
+	FAIL_IF(fd < 0);
+
+	/* close the handle without reading it */
+	FAIL_IF(close(fd) != 0);
+
+	FAIL_IF(close(devfd) != 0);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int papr_vpd_reread(void)
+{
+	const int devfd = open(DEVPATH, O_RDONLY);
+	struct papr_location_code lc = { .str = "", };
+	int fd;
+
+	SKIP_IF_MSG(devfd < 0 && errno == ENOENT,
+		    DEVPATH " not present");
+
+	FAIL_IF(devfd < 0);
+
+	errno = 0;
+	fd = ioctl(devfd, PAPR_VPD_CREATE_HANDLE, &lc);
+	FAIL_IF(errno != 0);
+	FAIL_IF(fd < 0);
+
+	FAIL_IF(close(devfd) != 0);
+
+	const off_t size = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_END);
+	FAIL_IF(size <= 0);
+
+	char *bufs[2];
+
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(bufs); ++i) {
+		bufs[i] = malloc(size);
+		FAIL_IF(!bufs[i]);
+		ssize_t consumed = pread(fd, bufs[i], size, 0);
+		FAIL_IF(consumed != size);
+	}
+
+	FAIL_IF(memcmp(bufs[0], bufs[1], size));
+
+	FAIL_IF(close(fd) != 0);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int get_system_loc_code(struct papr_location_code *lc)
+{
+	const char system_id_path[] = "/sys/firmware/devicetree/base/system-id";
+	const char model_path[] = "/sys/firmware/devicetree/base/model";
+	char *system_id;
+	char *model;
+	int err = -1;
+
+	if (read_file_alloc(model_path, &model, NULL))
+		return err;
+
+	if (read_file_alloc(system_id_path, &system_id, NULL))
+		goto free_model;
+
+	char *mtm;
+	int sscanf_ret = sscanf(model, "IBM,%ms", &mtm);
+	if (sscanf_ret != 1)
+		goto free_system_id;
+
+	char *plant_and_seq;
+	if (sscanf(system_id, "IBM,%*c%*c%ms", &plant_and_seq) != 1)
+		goto free_mtm;
+	/*
+	 * Replace - with . to build location code.
+	 */
+	char *sep = strchr(mtm, '-');
+	if (!sep)
+		goto free_mtm;
+	else
+		*sep = '.';
+
+	snprintf(lc->str, sizeof(lc->str),
+		 "U%s.%s", mtm, plant_and_seq);
+	err = 0;
+
+	free(plant_and_seq);
+free_mtm:
+	free(mtm);
+free_system_id:
+	free(system_id);
+free_model:
+	free(model);
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int papr_vpd_system_loc_code(void)
+{
+	struct papr_location_code lc;
+	const int devfd = open(DEVPATH, O_RDONLY);
+	off_t size;
+	int fd;
+
+	SKIP_IF_MSG(get_system_loc_code(&lc),
+		    "Cannot determine system location code");
+	SKIP_IF_MSG(devfd < 0 && errno == ENOENT,
+		    DEVPATH " not present");
+
+	FAIL_IF(devfd < 0);
+
+	errno = 0;
+	fd = ioctl(devfd, PAPR_VPD_CREATE_HANDLE, &lc);
+	FAIL_IF(errno != 0);
+	FAIL_IF(fd < 0);
+
+	FAIL_IF(close(devfd) != 0);
+
+	size = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_END);
+	FAIL_IF(size <= 0);
+
+	void *buf = malloc((size_t)size);
+	FAIL_IF(!buf);
+
+	ssize_t consumed = pread(fd, buf, size, 0);
+	FAIL_IF(consumed != size);
+
+	/* Ensure EOF */
+	FAIL_IF(read(fd, buf, size) != 0);
+	FAIL_IF(close(fd));
+
+	/* Verify that the buffer looks like VPD */
+	const char needle[] = "System VPD";
+	FAIL_IF(!memmem(buf, size, needle, strlen(needle)));
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+struct vpd_test {
+	int (*function)(void);
+	const char *description;
+};
+
+static struct vpd_test vpd_tests[] = {
+	{
+		.function = dev_papr_vpd_open_close,
+		.description = "open/close " DEVPATH,
+	},
+	{
+		.function = dev_papr_vpd_unterm_loc_code,
+		.description = "ensure EINVAL on unterminated location code",
+	},
+	{
+		.function = dev_papr_vpd_null_handle,
+		.description = "ensure EFAULT on bad handle addr",
+	},
+	{
+		.function = dev_papr_vpd_get_handle_all,
+		.description = "get handle for all VPD"
+	},
+	{
+		.function = papr_vpd_close_handle_without_reading,
+		.description = "close handle without consuming VPD"
+	},
+	{
+		.function = dev_papr_vpd_get_handle_byte_at_a_time,
+		.description = "read all VPD one byte at a time"
+	},
+	{
+		.function = papr_vpd_reread,
+		.description = "ensure re-read yields same results"
+	},
+	{
+		.function = papr_vpd_system_loc_code,
+		.description = "get handle for system VPD"
+	},
+};
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	size_t fails = 0;
+
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(vpd_tests); ++i) {
+		const struct vpd_test *t = &vpd_tests[i];
+
+		if (test_harness(t->function, t->description))
+			++fails;
+	}
+
+	return fails == 0 ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE;
+}
