diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/Build b/tools/perf/tests/Build
index af3ec94869aa..6676c2dd6dcb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/Build
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ perf-y += sdt.o
 perf-y += is_printable_array.o
 perf-y += bitmap.o
 perf-y += perf-hooks.o
+perf-y += clang.o
 
 $(OUTPUT)tests/llvm-src-base.c: tests/bpf-script-example.c tests/Build
 	$(call rule_mkdir)
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
index d1bec0444be7..23605202d4a1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
@@ -234,6 +234,15 @@ static struct test generic_tests[] = {
 		.func = test__perf_hooks,
 	},
 	{
+		.desc = "builtin clang support",
+		.func = test__clang,
+		.subtest = {
+			.skip_if_fail	= true,
+			.get_nr		= test__clang_subtest_get_nr,
+			.get_desc	= test__clang_subtest_get_desc,
+		}
+	},
+	{
 		.func = NULL,
 	},
 };
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/clang.c b/tools/perf/tests/clang.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..636d6d0e9037
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/clang.c
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#include "tests.h"
+#include "debug.h"
+#include "util.h"
+#include "c++/clang-c.h"
+
+static struct {
+	int (*func)(void);
+	const char *desc;
+} clang_testcase_table[] = {
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBCLANGLLVM_SUPPORT
+	{
+		.func = test__clang_to_IR,
+		.desc = "builtin clang compile C source to IR",
+	},
+#endif
+};
+
+int test__clang_subtest_get_nr(void)
+{
+	return (int)ARRAY_SIZE(clang_testcase_table);
+}
+
+const char *test__clang_subtest_get_desc(int i)
+{
+	if (i < 0 || i >= (int)ARRAY_SIZE(clang_testcase_table))
+		return NULL;
+	return clang_testcase_table[i].desc;
+}
+
+#ifndef HAVE_LIBCLANGLLVM_SUPPORT
+int test__clang(int i __maybe_unused)
+{
+	return TEST_SKIP;
+}
+#else
+int test__clang(int i __maybe_unused)
+{
+	if (i < 0 || i >= (int)ARRAY_SIZE(clang_testcase_table))
+		return TEST_FAIL;
+	return clang_testcase_table[i].func();
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/tests.h b/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
index 3a1f98f291ba..0d7b251305af 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ int test__sdt_event(int subtest);
 int test__is_printable_array(int subtest);
 int test__bitmap_print(int subtest);
 int test__perf_hooks(int subtest);
+int test__clang(int subtest);
+const char *test__clang_subtest_get_desc(int subtest);
+int test__clang_subtest_get_nr(void);
 
 #if defined(__arm__) || defined(__aarch64__)
 #ifdef HAVE_DWARF_UNWIND_SUPPORT
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/Build b/tools/perf/util/Build
index bdad82a9812d..3840e3a87057 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/util/Build
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ endif
 
 libperf-y += perf-hooks.o
 
+libperf-$(CONFIG_CXX) += c++/
+
 CFLAGS_config.o   += -DETC_PERFCONFIG="BUILD_STR($(ETC_PERFCONFIG_SQ))"
 # avoid compiler warnings in 32-bit mode
 CFLAGS_genelf_debug.o  += -Wno-packed
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/c++/Build b/tools/perf/util/c++/Build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..988fef1b11d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/c++/Build
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+libperf-$(CONFIG_CLANGLLVM) += clang.o
+libperf-$(CONFIG_CLANGLLVM) += clang-test.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/c++/clang-c.h b/tools/perf/util/c++/clang-c.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dcde4b564f3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/c++/clang-c.h
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#ifndef PERF_UTIL_CLANG_C_H
+#define PERF_UTIL_CLANG_C_H
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+extern void perf_clang__init(void);
+extern void perf_clang__cleanup(void);
+
+extern int test__clang_to_IR(void);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+#endif
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/c++/clang-test.cpp b/tools/perf/util/c++/clang-test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3da6bfa4bc54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/c++/clang-test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#include "clang.h"
+#include "clang-c.h"
+#include "llvm/IR/Function.h"
+#include "llvm/IR/LLVMContext.h"
+
+class perf_clang_scope {
+public:
+	explicit perf_clang_scope() {perf_clang__init();}
+	~perf_clang_scope() {perf_clang__cleanup();}
+};
+
+extern "C" {
+
+int test__clang_to_IR(void)
+{
+	perf_clang_scope _scope;
+
+	std::unique_ptr<llvm::Module> M =
+		perf::getModuleFromSource("perf-test.c",
+					  "int myfunc(void) {return 1;}");
+
+	if (!M)
+		return -1;
+
+	for (llvm::Function& F : *M)
+		if (F.getName() == "myfunc")
+			return 0;
+	return -1;
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/c++/clang.cpp b/tools/perf/util/c++/clang.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c17b1176e25d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/c++/clang.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/*
+ * llvm C frontend for perf. Support dynamically compile C file
+ *
+ * Inspired by clang example code:
+ * http://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/cfe/trunk/examples/clang-interpreter/main.cpp
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 Huawei Inc.
+ */
+
+#include "clang/CodeGen/CodeGenAction.h"
+#include "clang/Frontend/CompilerInvocation.h"
+#include "clang/Frontend/CompilerInstance.h"
+#include "clang/Frontend/TextDiagnosticPrinter.h"
+#include "clang/Tooling/Tooling.h"
+#include "llvm/IR/Module.h"
+#include "llvm/Option/Option.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/ManagedStatic.h"
+#include <memory>
+
+#include "clang.h"
+#include "clang-c.h"
+
+namespace perf {
+
+static std::unique_ptr<llvm::LLVMContext> LLVMCtx;
+
+using namespace clang;
+
+static vfs::InMemoryFileSystem *
+buildVFS(StringRef& Name, StringRef& Content)
+{
+	vfs::InMemoryFileSystem *VFS = new vfs::InMemoryFileSystem(true);
+	VFS->addFile(Twine(Name), 0, llvm::MemoryBuffer::getMemBuffer(Content));
+	return VFS;
+}
+
+static CompilerInvocation *
+createCompilerInvocation(StringRef& Path, DiagnosticsEngine& Diags)
+{
+	llvm::opt::ArgStringList CCArgs {
+		"-cc1",
+		"-triple", "bpf-pc-linux",
+		"-fsyntax-only",
+		"-ferror-limit", "19",
+		"-fmessage-length", "127",
+		"-O2",
+		"-nostdsysteminc",
+		"-nobuiltininc",
+		"-vectorize-loops",
+		"-vectorize-slp",
+		"-Wno-unused-value",
+		"-Wno-pointer-sign",
+		"-x", "c"};
+	CompilerInvocation *CI = tooling::newInvocation(&Diags, CCArgs);
+
+	FrontendOptions& Opts = CI->getFrontendOpts();
+	Opts.Inputs.clear();
+	Opts.Inputs.emplace_back(Path, IK_C);
+	return CI;
+}
+
+std::unique_ptr<llvm::Module>
+getModuleFromSource(StringRef Name, StringRef Content)
+{
+	CompilerInstance Clang;
+	Clang.createDiagnostics();
+
+	IntrusiveRefCntPtr<vfs::FileSystem> VFS = buildVFS(Name, Content);
+	Clang.setVirtualFileSystem(&*VFS);
+
+	IntrusiveRefCntPtr<CompilerInvocation> CI =
+		createCompilerInvocation(Name, Clang.getDiagnostics());
+	Clang.setInvocation(&*CI);
+
+	std::unique_ptr<CodeGenAction> Act(new EmitLLVMOnlyAction(&*LLVMCtx));
+	if (!Clang.ExecuteAction(*Act))
+		return std::unique_ptr<llvm::Module>(nullptr);
+
+	return Act->takeModule();
+}
+
+}
+
+extern "C" {
+void perf_clang__init(void)
+{
+	perf::LLVMCtx.reset(new llvm::LLVMContext());
+}
+
+void perf_clang__cleanup(void)
+{
+	perf::LLVMCtx.reset(nullptr);
+	llvm::llvm_shutdown();
+}
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/c++/clang.h b/tools/perf/util/c++/clang.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f64483be43d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/c++/clang.h
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#ifndef PERF_UTIL_CLANG_H
+#define PERF_UTIL_CLANG_H
+
+#include "llvm/ADT/StringRef.h"
+#include "llvm/IR/LLVMContext.h"
+#include "llvm/IR/Module.h"
+#include <memory>
+namespace perf {
+
+using namespace llvm;
+
+std::unique_ptr<Module>
+getModuleFromSource(StringRef Name, StringRef Content);
+
+}
+#endif
