diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/Makefile
index deaf8073bc06..4b31c14f273c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-CFLAGS += -g -I../../../../usr/include/
+CFLAGS += -g -I../../../../usr/include/ -lpthread
 
 TEST_GEN_PROGS := pidfd_test
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_test.c
index d59378a93782..8b404ccbc4ff 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_test.c
@@ -4,18 +4,47 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
 #include <sched.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <syscall.h>
+#include <sys/epoll.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <sys/mount.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <time.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "../kselftest.h"
 
+#define str(s) _str(s)
+#define _str(s) #s
+#define CHILD_THREAD_MIN_WAIT 3 /* seconds */
+
+#define MAX_EVENTS 5
+#ifndef __NR_pidfd_send_signal
+#define __NR_pidfd_send_signal 424
+#endif
+
+#ifndef CLONE_PIDFD
+#define CLONE_PIDFD 0x00001000
+#endif
+
+static pid_t pidfd_clone(int flags, int *pidfd, int (*fn)(void *))
+{
+	size_t stack_size = 1024;
+	char *stack[1024] = { 0 };
+
+#ifdef __ia64__
+	return __clone2(fn, stack, stack_size, flags | SIGCHLD, NULL, pidfd);
+#else
+	return clone(fn, stack + stack_size, flags | SIGCHLD, NULL, pidfd);
+#endif
+}
+
 static inline int sys_pidfd_send_signal(int pidfd, int sig, siginfo_t *info,
 					unsigned int flags)
 {
@@ -368,10 +397,191 @@ static int test_pidfd_send_signal_syscall_support(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void *test_pidfd_poll_exec_thread(void *priv)
+{
+	ksft_print_msg("Child Thread: starting. pid %d tid %d ; and sleeping\n",
+			getpid(), syscall(SYS_gettid));
+	ksft_print_msg("Child Thread: doing exec of sleep\n");
+
+	execl("/bin/sleep", "sleep", str(CHILD_THREAD_MIN_WAIT), (char *)NULL);
+
+	ksft_print_msg("Child Thread: DONE. pid %d tid %d\n",
+			getpid(), syscall(SYS_gettid));
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static void poll_pidfd(const char *test_name, int pidfd)
+{
+	int c;
+	int epoll_fd = epoll_create1(EPOLL_CLOEXEC);
+	struct epoll_event event, events[MAX_EVENTS];
+
+	if (epoll_fd == -1)
+		ksft_exit_fail_msg("%s test: Failed to create epoll file descriptor "
+				   "(errno %d)\n",
+				   test_name, errno);
+
+	event.events = EPOLLIN;
+	event.data.fd = pidfd;
+
+	if (epoll_ctl(epoll_fd, EPOLL_CTL_ADD, pidfd, &event)) {
+		ksft_exit_fail_msg("%s test: Failed to add epoll file descriptor "
+				   "(errno %d)\n",
+				   test_name, errno);
+	}
+
+	c = epoll_wait(epoll_fd, events, MAX_EVENTS, 5000);
+	if (c != 1 || !(events[0].events & EPOLLIN))
+		ksft_exit_fail_msg("%s test: Unexpected epoll_wait result (c=%d, events=%x) ",
+				   "(errno %d)\n",
+				   test_name, c, events[0].events, errno);
+
+	close(epoll_fd);
+	return;
+
+}
+
+static int child_poll_exec_test(void *args)
+{
+	pthread_t t1;
+
+	ksft_print_msg("Child (pidfd): starting. pid %d tid %d\n", getpid(),
+			syscall(SYS_gettid));
+	pthread_create(&t1, NULL, test_pidfd_poll_exec_thread, NULL);
+	/*
+	 * Exec in the non-leader thread will destroy the leader immediately.
+	 * If the wait in the parent returns too soon, the test fails.
+	 */
+	while (1)
+		sleep(1);
+}
+
+static int test_pidfd_poll_exec(int use_waitpid)
+{
+	int pid, pidfd = 0;
+	int status, ret;
+	pthread_t t1;
+	time_t prog_start = time(NULL);
+	const char *test_name = "pidfd_poll check for premature notification on child thread exec";
+
+	ksft_print_msg("Parent: pid: %d\n", getpid());
+	pid = pidfd_clone(CLONE_PIDFD, &pidfd, child_poll_exec_test);
+	if (pid < 0)
+		ksft_exit_fail_msg("%s test: pidfd_clone failed (ret %d, errno %d)\n",
+				   test_name, pid, errno);
+
+	ksft_print_msg("Parent: Waiting for Child (%d) to complete.\n", pid);
+
+	if (use_waitpid) {
+		ret = waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
+		if (ret == -1)
+			ksft_print_msg("Parent: error\n");
+
+		if (ret == pid)
+			ksft_print_msg("Parent: Child process waited for.\n");
+	} else {
+		poll_pidfd(test_name, pidfd);
+	}
+
+	time_t prog_time = time(NULL) - prog_start;
+
+	ksft_print_msg("Time waited for child: %lu\n", prog_time);
+
+	close(pidfd);
+
+	if (prog_time < CHILD_THREAD_MIN_WAIT || prog_time > CHILD_THREAD_MIN_WAIT + 2)
+		ksft_exit_fail_msg("%s test: Failed\n", test_name);
+	else
+		ksft_test_result_pass("%s test: Passed\n", test_name);
+}
+
+static void *test_pidfd_poll_leader_exit_thread(void *priv)
+{
+	ksft_print_msg("Child Thread: starting. pid %d tid %d ; and sleeping\n",
+			getpid(), syscall(SYS_gettid));
+	sleep(CHILD_THREAD_MIN_WAIT);
+	ksft_print_msg("Child Thread: DONE. pid %d tid %d\n", getpid(), syscall(SYS_gettid));
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static time_t *child_exit_secs;
+static int child_poll_leader_exit_test(void *args)
+{
+	pthread_t t1, t2;
+
+	ksft_print_msg("Child: starting. pid %d tid %d\n", getpid(), syscall(SYS_gettid));
+	pthread_create(&t1, NULL, test_pidfd_poll_leader_exit_thread, NULL);
+	pthread_create(&t2, NULL, test_pidfd_poll_leader_exit_thread, NULL);
+
+	/*
+	 * glibc exit calls exit_group syscall, so explicity call exit only
+	 * so that only the group leader exits, leaving the threads alone.
+	 */
+	*child_exit_secs = time(NULL);
+	syscall(SYS_exit, 0);
+}
+
+static int test_pidfd_poll_leader_exit(int use_waitpid)
+{
+	int pid, pidfd = 0;
+	int status, ret;
+	time_t prog_start = time(NULL);
+	const char *test_name = "pidfd_poll check for premature notification on non-empty"
+				"group leader exit";
+
+	child_exit_secs = mmap(NULL, sizeof *child_exit_secs, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+			MAP_SHARED | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
+
+	if (child_exit_secs == MAP_FAILED)
+		ksft_exit_fail_msg("%s test: mmap failed (errno %d)\n",
+				   test_name, errno);
+
+	ksft_print_msg("Parent: pid: %d\n", getpid());
+	pid = pidfd_clone(CLONE_PIDFD, &pidfd, child_poll_leader_exit_test);
+	if (pid < 0)
+		ksft_exit_fail_msg("%s test: pidfd_clone failed (ret %d, errno %d)\n",
+				   test_name, pid, errno);
+
+	ksft_print_msg("Parent: Waiting for Child (%d) to complete.\n", pid);
+
+	if (use_waitpid) {
+		ret = waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
+		if (ret == -1)
+			ksft_print_msg("Parent: error\n");
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * This sleep tests for the case where if the child exits, and is in
+		 * EXIT_ZOMBIE, but the thread group leader is non-empty, then the poll
+		 * doesn't prematurely return even though there are active threads
+		 */
+		sleep(1);
+		poll_pidfd(test_name, pidfd);
+	}
+
+	if (ret == pid)
+		ksft_print_msg("Parent: Child process waited for.\n");
+
+	time_t since_child_exit = time(NULL) - *child_exit_secs;
+
+	ksft_print_msg("Time since child exit: %lu\n", since_child_exit);
+
+	close(pidfd);
+
+	if (since_child_exit < CHILD_THREAD_MIN_WAIT ||
+			since_child_exit > CHILD_THREAD_MIN_WAIT + 2)
+		ksft_exit_fail_msg("%s test: Failed\n", test_name);
+	else
+		ksft_test_result_pass("%s test: Passed\n", test_name);
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	ksft_print_header();
 
+	test_pidfd_poll_exec(0);
+	test_pidfd_poll_exec(1);
+	test_pidfd_poll_leader_exit(0);
+	test_pidfd_poll_leader_exit(1);
 	test_pidfd_send_signal_syscall_support();
 	test_pidfd_send_signal_simple_success();
 	test_pidfd_send_signal_exited_fail();
