diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/proc/proc-empty-vm.c b/tools/testing/selftests/proc/proc-empty-vm.c
index 1cbdfe8a140e..56198d4ca2bf 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/proc/proc-empty-vm.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/proc/proc-empty-vm.c
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
  *	/proc/${pid}/smaps
  *	/proc/${pid}/smaps_rollup
  */
+#undef _GNU_SOURCE
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+
 #undef NDEBUG
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <errno.h>
@@ -34,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <sys/ptrace.h>
 #include <sys/resource.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -42,6 +46,43 @@
 #define TEST_VSYSCALL
 #endif
 
+#if defined __amd64__
+	#ifndef SYS_pkey_alloc
+		#define SYS_pkey_alloc 330
+	#endif
+	#ifndef SYS_pkey_free
+		#define SYS_pkey_free 331
+	#endif
+#elif defined __i386__
+	#ifndef SYS_pkey_alloc
+		#define SYS_pkey_alloc 381
+	#endif
+	#ifndef SYS_pkey_free
+		#define SYS_pkey_free 382
+	#endif
+#else
+	#error "SYS_pkey_alloc"
+#endif
+
+static int g_protection_key_support;
+
+static int protection_key_support(void)
+{
+	long rv = syscall(SYS_pkey_alloc, 0, 0);
+	if (rv > 0) {
+		syscall(SYS_pkey_free, (int)rv);
+		return 1;
+	} else if (rv == -1 && errno == ENOSYS) {
+		return 0;
+	} else if (rv == -1 && errno == EINVAL) {
+		// ospke=n
+		return 0;
+	} else {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s: error: rv %ld, errno %d\n", __func__, rv, errno);
+		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * 0: vsyscall VMA doesn't exist	vsyscall=none
  * 1: vsyscall VMA is --xp		vsyscall=xonly
@@ -84,10 +125,6 @@ static const char proc_pid_smaps_vsyscall_1[] =
 "SwapPss:               0 kB\n"
 "Locked:                0 kB\n"
 "THPeligible:           0\n"
-/*
- * "ProtectionKey:" field is conditional. It is possible to check it as well,
- * but I don't have such machine.
- */
 ;
 
 static const char proc_pid_smaps_vsyscall_2[] =
@@ -115,10 +152,6 @@ static const char proc_pid_smaps_vsyscall_2[] =
 "SwapPss:               0 kB\n"
 "Locked:                0 kB\n"
 "THPeligible:           0\n"
-/*
- * "ProtectionKey:" field is conditional. It is possible to check it as well,
- * but I'm too tired.
- */
 ;
 
 static void sigaction_SIGSEGV(int _, siginfo_t *__, void *___)
@@ -240,19 +273,27 @@ static int test_proc_pid_smaps(pid_t pid)
 		}
 		perror("open /proc/${pid}/smaps");
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
-	} else {
-		ssize_t rv = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
-		close(fd);
-		if (g_vsyscall == 0) {
-			assert(rv == 0);
-		} else {
-			size_t len = strlen(g_proc_pid_smaps_vsyscall);
-			/* TODO "ProtectionKey:" */
-			assert(rv > len);
-			assert(memcmp(buf, g_proc_pid_smaps_vsyscall, len) == 0);
-		}
-		return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 	}
+	ssize_t rv = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
+	close(fd);
+
+	assert(0 <= rv);
+	assert(rv <= sizeof(buf));
+
+	if (g_vsyscall == 0) {
+		assert(rv == 0);
+	} else {
+		size_t len = strlen(g_proc_pid_smaps_vsyscall);
+		assert(rv > len);
+		assert(memcmp(buf, g_proc_pid_smaps_vsyscall, len) == 0);
+
+		if (g_protection_key_support) {
+#define PROTECTION_KEY "ProtectionKey:         0\n"
+			assert(memmem(buf, rv, PROTECTION_KEY, strlen(PROTECTION_KEY)));
+		}
+	}
+
+	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
 
 static const char g_smaps_rollup[] =
@@ -419,6 +460,8 @@ int main(void)
 		abort();
 	}
 
+	g_protection_key_support = protection_key_support();
+
 	pid_t pid = fork();
 	if (pid == -1) {
 		perror("fork");