diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 50f99ca611..a9ae15d65e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ GCONV_PATH="$${builddir}/iconvdata"
 usage () {
   echo "usage: $$0 [--tool=strace] PROGRAM [ARGUMENTS...]" 2>&1
   echo "       $$0 --tool=valgrind PROGRAM [ARGUMENTS...]" 2>&1
+  echo "       $$0 --tool=valgrind-test PROGRAM [ARGUMENTS...]" 2>&1
   exit 1
 }
 
@@ -181,6 +182,9 @@ case "$$toolname" in
   valgrind)
     exec env $(run-program-env) valgrind $(test-via-rtld-prefix) $${1+"$$@"}
     ;;
+  valgrind-test)
+    exec env $(run-program-env) valgrind -q --error-exitcode=1 $(test-via-rtld-prefix) $${1+"$$@"}
+    ;;
   container)
     exec env $(run-program-env) $(test-via-rtld-prefix) \
       $(common-objdir)/support/test-container \
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 5dde2ba355..769341ef05 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -690,6 +690,7 @@ sysheaders
 ac_ct_CXX
 CXXFLAGS
 CXX
+VALGRIND
 READELF
 CPP
 cross_compiling
@@ -2922,6 +2923,98 @@ else
   READELF="$ac_cv_prog_READELF"
 fi
 
+if test -n "$ac_tool_prefix"; then
+  # Extract the first word of "${ac_tool_prefix}valgrind", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy ${ac_tool_prefix}valgrind; ac_word=$2
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_prog_VALGRIND+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  if test -n "$VALGRIND"; then
+  ac_cv_prog_VALGRIND="$VALGRIND" # Let the user override the test.
+else
+as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+for as_dir in $PATH
+do
+  IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
+    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+  if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
+    ac_cv_prog_VALGRIND="${ac_tool_prefix}valgrind"
+    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
+    break 2
+  fi
+done
+  done
+IFS=$as_save_IFS
+
+fi
+fi
+VALGRIND=$ac_cv_prog_VALGRIND
+if test -n "$VALGRIND"; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $VALGRIND" >&5
+$as_echo "$VALGRIND" >&6; }
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
+fi
+
+
+fi
+if test -z "$ac_cv_prog_VALGRIND"; then
+  ac_ct_VALGRIND=$VALGRIND
+  # Extract the first word of "valgrind", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy valgrind; ac_word=$2
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_VALGRIND+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  if test -n "$ac_ct_VALGRIND"; then
+  ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_VALGRIND="$ac_ct_VALGRIND" # Let the user override the test.
+else
+as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+for as_dir in $PATH
+do
+  IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
+    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+  if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
+    ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_VALGRIND="valgrind"
+    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
+    break 2
+  fi
+done
+  done
+IFS=$as_save_IFS
+
+fi
+fi
+ac_ct_VALGRIND=$ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_VALGRIND
+if test -n "$ac_ct_VALGRIND"; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_ct_VALGRIND" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_ct_VALGRIND" >&6; }
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
+fi
+
+  if test "x$ac_ct_VALGRIND" = x; then
+    VALGRIND="false"
+  else
+    case $cross_compiling:$ac_tool_warned in
+yes:)
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: using cross tools not prefixed with host triplet" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: using cross tools not prefixed with host triplet" >&2;}
+ac_tool_warned=yes ;;
+esac
+    VALGRIND=$ac_ct_VALGRIND
+  fi
+else
+  VALGRIND="$ac_cv_prog_VALGRIND"
+fi
+
 
 # We need the C++ compiler only for testing.
 ac_ext=cpp
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 19051b8ee0..fef797527b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ fi
 AC_SUBST(cross_compiling)
 AC_PROG_CPP
 AC_CHECK_TOOL(READELF, readelf, false)
+AC_CHECK_TOOL([VALGRIND], [valgrind], [false])
 
 # We need the C++ compiler only for testing.
 AC_PROG_CXX
diff --git a/elf/Makefile b/elf/Makefile
index 834ec858a8..5b72cc76f9 100644
--- a/elf/Makefile
+++ b/elf/Makefile
@@ -49,6 +49,14 @@ ifeq (yesyes,$(build-shared)$(run-built-tests))
 tests-special += $(objpfx)list-tunables.out
 endif
 
+# Run smoke tests with valgrind to verify dynamic loader
+ifneq ($(VALGRIND),false)
+tests-special += $(objpfx)valgrind-smoke-test.out
+$(objpfx)valgrind-smoke-test.out: $(objpfx)ld.so
+	$(common-objpfx)testrun.sh --tool=valgrind-test /usr/bin/true > $@
+	$(common-objpfx)testrun.sh --tool=valgrind-test /usr/bin/true --help >> $@
+endif
+
 # Make sure that the compiler does not insert any library calls in tunables
 # code paths.
 ifeq (yes,$(have-loop-to-function))
