diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f85e5ac..1e73608 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ check:
 	@(cd sched_mc; $(MAKE) check)
 #	@(cd suspend; $(MAKE) check)
 #	@(cd thermal; $(MAKE) check)
+#	@(cd powertop; $(MAKE) check)
 
 uncheck:
 	@(cd cpufreq; $(MAKE) uncheck)
diff --git a/powertop/Makefile b/powertop/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..412edb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/powertop/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#
+# PM-QA validation test suite for the power management on Linux
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2011, Linaro Limited.
+#
+# 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 program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+#
+# Contributors:
+#     Rajagopal Venkat <rajagopal.venkat@linaro.org>
+#       - initial API and implementation
+#
+
+include ../Test.mk
diff --git a/powertop/powertop_01.sh b/powertop/powertop_01.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..cf243f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/powertop/powertop_01.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# PM-QA validation test suite for the power management on Linux
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2011, Linaro Limited.
+#
+# 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 program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+#
+# Contributors:
+#     Rajagopal Venkat <rajagopal.venkat@linaro.org>
+#       - initial API and implementation
+#
+
+# URL : https://wiki.linaro.org/WorkingGroups/PowerManagement/Doc/QA/Scripts#powertop_01
+
+source ../include/functions.sh
+
+run_powertop() {
+
+    local bin_path=`command -v powertop`
+    local report=csv
+    local seconds=10
+    local iterations=2
+    local report_name=PowerTOP*.csv
+
+    # remove old reports if exists
+    rm -f $report_name
+
+    # run powertop for $(iterations) in report generation mode
+    start_time=`date +%s`
+    sudo $bin_path --$report --time=$seconds --iteration=$iterations
+    end_time=`date +%s`
+
+    # check if powertop run for desired time
+    let expected_time="$iterations * $seconds"
+    let actual_time="$end_time - $start_time"
+
+    check "if powertop run for $expected_time sec" "test $actual_time -ge $expected_time"
+
+    # check if $(iterations) number of reports are generated
+    check "if reports are generated" "test $(ls -1 $report_name | wc -l) -eq $iterations"
+
+    return 0
+}
+
+run_powertop
diff --git a/powertop/powertop_01.txt b/powertop/powertop_01.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0caa6f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/powertop/powertop_01.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+run powertop for 2 iterations of 10sec each
diff --git a/powertop/powertop_sanity.sh b/powertop/powertop_sanity.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3ae3065
--- /dev/null
+++ b/powertop/powertop_sanity.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# PM-QA validation test suite for the power management on Linux
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2011, Linaro Limited.
+#
+# 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 program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+#
+# Contributors:
+#     Rajagopal Venkat <rajagopal.venkat@linaro.org>
+#       - initial API and implementation
+#
+
+source ../include/functions.sh
+
+check_powertop() {
+
+    local bin_name=powertop
+
+    command -v $bin_name >/dev/null 2>&1 && return 1 || return 0
+}
+
+check_powertop
diff --git a/powertop/powertop_sanity.txt b/powertop/powertop_sanity.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a182ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/powertop/powertop_sanity.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+powertop is not available. Skipping all tests...
