diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
index 71b05891a6a1..0e72f1d03c9e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ TARGETS += ptrace
 TARGETS += seccomp
 TARGETS += sigaltstack
 TARGETS += size
+TARGETS += splice
 TARGETS += static_keys
 TARGETS += sync
 TARGETS += sysctl
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/splice/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/splice/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..de51f439d4a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/splice/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+TEST_PROGS := default_file_splice_read.sh
+EXTRA := default_file_splice_read
+all: $(TEST_PROGS) $(EXTRA)
+
+include ../lib.mk
+
+clean:
+	rm -fr $(TEST_PROGS) $(EXTRA)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/splice/default_file_splice_read.c b/tools/testing/selftests/splice/default_file_splice_read.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..01dd6091554c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/splice/default_file_splice_read.c
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <fcntl.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+        splice(0, 0, 1, 0, 1<<30, 0);
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/splice/default_file_splice_read.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/splice/default_file_splice_read.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..1ea2adeabc94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/splice/default_file_splice_read.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+n=`./default_file_splice_read </dev/null | wc -c`
+
+test "$n" = 0 && exit 0
+
+echo "default_file_splice_read broken: leaked $n"
+exit 1