diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm/include/arch-tests.h b/tools/perf/arch/arm/include/arch-tests.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..90ec4c8cb880
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm/include/arch-tests.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef ARCH_TESTS_H
+#define ARCH_TESTS_H
+
+#ifdef HAVE_DWARF_UNWIND_SUPPORT
+struct thread;
+struct perf_sample;
+#endif
+
+extern struct test arch_tests[];
+
+#endif
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm/tests/Build b/tools/perf/arch/arm/tests/Build
index b30eff9bcc83..883c57ff0c08 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/arm/tests/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm/tests/Build
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 libperf-y += regs_load.o
 libperf-y += dwarf-unwind.o
+
+libperf-y += arch-tests.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm/tests/arch-tests.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm/tests/arch-tests.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5b1543c98022
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm/tests/arch-tests.c
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <string.h>
+#include "tests/tests.h"
+#include "arch-tests.h"
+
+struct test arch_tests[] = {
+#ifdef HAVE_DWARF_UNWIND_SUPPORT
+	{
+		.desc = "DWARF unwind",
+		.func = test__dwarf_unwind,
+	},
+#endif
+	{
+		.func = NULL,
+	},
+};