diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile
index 6df4779126..7503b356c8 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ tests += tst-clone tst-clone2 tst-clone3 tst-fanotify tst-personality \
tst-quota tst-sync_file_range tst-sysconf-iov_max tst-ttyname \
test-errno-linux tst-memfd_create tst-mlock2 tst-pkey \
tst-rlimit-infinity tst-ofdlocks tst-gettid tst-gettid-kill \
- tst-tgkill tst-sysvsem-linux tst-sysvmsg-linux tst-sysvshm-linux
+ tst-tgkill tst-sysvsem-linux tst-sysvmsg-linux tst-sysvshm-linux \
+ tst-timerfd
tests-internal += tst-ofdlocks-compat tst-sigcontext-get_pc
CFLAGS-tst-sigcontext-get_pc.c = -fasynchronous-unwind-tables
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-timerfd.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-timerfd.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bf64a39d5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-timerfd.c
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/* Test for timerfd related functions
+ Copyright (C) 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+ The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ The GNU C Library 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
+ Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+ . */
+
+#include
+#include
+#include
+#include
+#include
+#include
+#include
+#include
+
+static int
+do_test (void)
+{
+ struct itimerspec settings = { { 2, 0 }, { 2, 0 } };
+ struct itimerspec val1, val2;
+ int fd, ret;
+
+ fd = timerfd_create (CLOCK_REALTIME, 0);
+ if (fd < 0)
+ {
+ FAIL_EXIT1 ("*** timerfd_create %d failed: %m", fd);
+ }
+
+ /* Set the timer. */
+ ret = timerfd_settime (fd, 0, &settings, NULL);
+ if (ret != 0)
+ {
+ printf ("*** timerfd_settime failed: %m\n");
+ goto err;
+ }
+
+ /* Read the timer just before sleep. */
+ ret = timerfd_gettime (fd, &val1);
+ if (ret != 0)
+ {
+ printf ("*** timerfd_gettime failed: %m\n");
+ goto err;
+ }
+
+ /* Sleep for 1 second. */
+ ret = usleep (1000000);
+ if (ret != 0)
+ {
+ printf ("*** usleep failed: %m\n");
+ goto err;
+ }
+
+ /* Read the timer just after sleep. */
+ ret = timerfd_gettime (fd, &val2);
+ if (ret != 0)
+ {
+ printf ("*** timerfd_gettime failed: %m\n");
+ goto err;
+ }
+
+ /* Check difference between timerfd_gettime() calls. */
+ long long int diff = val2.it_value.tv_sec - val1.it_value.tv_sec;
+ diff *= 1000000000;
+ diff += val2.it_value.tv_nsec - val1.it_value.tv_nsec;
+ /* Subtrack time we have been sleeping (1s). */
+ diff -= 1000000000;
+
+ if (diff > 100000000)
+ {
+ printf ("*** The diff between timerfd calls (%lld) is wrong!\n",
+ diff);
+ goto err;
+ }
+
+ xclose(fd);
+
+ return 0;
+
+ err:
+ xclose (fd);
+ return ret;
+}
+
+#include