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+#
+# Copyright OpenEmbedded Contributors
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+#
+import os
+import subprocess
+import tempfile
+import shutil
+
+from oeqa.selftest.case import OESelftestTestCase
+from oeqa.utils.commands import bitbake, get_bb_var, runCmd
+
+
+class Minidebuginfo(OESelftestTestCase):
+    def test_minidebuginfo(self):
+        target_sys = get_bb_var("TARGET_SYS")
+        binutils = "binutils-cross-{}".format(get_bb_var("TARGET_ARCH"))
+
+        self.write_config("""
+PACKAGE_MINIDEBUGINFO = "1"
+IMAGE_FSTYPES = "tar.bz2"
+""")
+        bitbake("core-image-minimal {}:do_addto_recipe_sysroot".format(binutils))
+
+        deploy_dir = get_bb_var("DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE")
+        native_sysroot = get_bb_var("RECIPE_SYSROOT_NATIVE", binutils)
+        readelf = get_bb_var("READELF", "core-image-minimal")
+
+        # add usr/bin/${TARGET_SYS} to PATH
+        env = os.environ.copy()
+        paths = [os.path.join(native_sysroot, "usr", "bin", target_sys)]
+        paths += env["PATH"].split(":")
+        env["PATH"] = ":".join(paths)
+
+        # confirm that executables and shared libraries contain an ELF section
+        # ".gnu_debugdata" which stores minidebuginfo.
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix = "unpackfs-") as unpackedfs:
+            filename = os.path.join(deploy_dir, "core-image-minimal-{}.tar.bz2".format(self.td["MACHINE"]))
+            shutil.unpack_archive(filename, unpackedfs)
+
+            r = runCmd([readelf, "-W", "-S", os.path.join(unpackedfs, "bin", "busybox")],
+                    native_sysroot = native_sysroot, env = env)
+            self.assertIn(".gnu_debugdata", r.output)
+
+            r = runCmd([readelf, "-W", "-S", os.path.join(unpackedfs, "lib", "libc.so.6")],
+                    native_sysroot = native_sysroot, env = env)
+            self.assertIn(".gnu_debugdata", r.output)
+