diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a7099947c72a78..0f45cc2fe7c89d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -560,6 +560,7 @@ test-with-async-hooks:
 .PHONY: test-v8-all
 .PHONY: test-v8-benchmarks
 .PHONY: test-v8-intl
+.PHONY: test-v8-updates
 ifneq ("","$(wildcard deps/v8/tools/run-tests.py)")
 # Related CI job: node-test-commit-v8-linux
 test-v8: v8  ## Runs the V8 test suite on deps/v8.
@@ -580,7 +581,10 @@ test-v8-benchmarks: v8
         benchmarks \
 	      $(TAP_V8_BENCHMARKS)
 
-test-v8-all: test-v8 test-v8-intl test-v8-benchmarks
+test-v8-updates:
+	$(PYTHON) tools/test.py $(PARALLEL_ARGS) --mode=$(BUILDTYPE_LOWER) v8-updates
+
+test-v8-all: test-v8 test-v8-intl test-v8-benchmarks test-v8-updates
 # runs all v8 tests
 else
 test-v8 test-v8-intl test-v8-benchmarks test-v8-all:
diff --git a/test/fixtures/linux-perf.js b/test/fixtures/linux-perf.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..011ef19777bd37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/linux-perf.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const crypto = require('crypto');
+
+// Functions should be complex enough for V8 to run them a few times before
+// compiling, but not complex enough to always stay in interpreted mode. They
+// should also take some time to run, otherwise Linux perf might miss them
+// entirely even when sampling at a high frequency.
+function functionOne(i) {
+  for (let j=i; j > 0; j--) {
+    crypto.createHash('md5').update(functionTwo(i, j)).digest("hex");
+  }
+}
+
+function functionTwo(x, y) {
+  let data = ((((x * y) + (x / y)) * y) ** (x + 1)).toString();
+  if (x % 2 == 0) {
+    return crypto.createHash('md5').update(data.repeat((x % 100) + 1)).digest("hex");
+  } else {
+    return crypto.createHash('md5').update(data.repeat((y % 100) + 1)).digest("hex");
+  }
+}
+
+for (let i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
+  functionOne(i);
+}
diff --git a/test/parallel/parallel.status b/test/parallel/parallel.status
index e4b757bbd3dac9..f79a3b149a8edc 100644
--- a/test/parallel/parallel.status
+++ b/test/parallel/parallel.status
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ prefix parallel
 # sample-test                        : PASS,FLAKY
 
 [true] # This section applies to all platforms
-# Postmortem debugging data is prone to accidental removal during V8 updates.
-test-postmortem-metadata: PASS,FLAKY
 
 [$system==win32]
 test-child-process-fork-net: PASS,FLAKY
diff --git a/test/v8-updates/test-linux-perf.js b/test/v8-updates/test-linux-perf.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..0a7f199e040d58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/v8-updates/test-linux-perf.js
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+'use strict';
+
+// This test verifies that JavaScript functions are being correctly sampled by
+// Linux perf. The test runs a JavaScript script, sampling the execution with
+// Linux perf. It then uses `perf script` to generate a human-readable output,
+// and uses regular expressions to find samples of the functions defined in
+// `fixtures/linux-perf.js`.
+
+// NOTE (mmarchini): this test is meant to run only on Linux machines with Linux
+// perf installed. It will skip if those criteria are not met.
+
+const common = require('../common');
+if (!common.hasCrypto)
+  common.skip('missing crypto');
+
+const assert = require('assert');
+const { spawnSync } = require('child_process');
+const fixtures = require('../common/fixtures');
+const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
+tmpdir.refresh();
+
+if (process.config.variables.node_shared)
+  common.skip("can't test Linux perf with shared libraries yet");
+
+const perfArgs = [
+  'record',
+  '-F500',
+  '-g',
+  '--',
+  process.execPath,
+  '--perf-basic-prof',
+  '--interpreted-frames-native-stack',
+  '--no-turbo-inlining',  // Otherwise simple functions might get inlined.
+  fixtures.path('linux-perf.js'),
+];
+
+const perfScriptArgs = [
+  'script',
+];
+
+const options = {
+  cwd: tmpdir.path,
+  encoding: 'utf-8',
+};
+
+if (!common.isLinux)
+  common.skip('only testing Linux for now');
+
+const perf = spawnSync('perf', perfArgs, options);
+
+if (perf.error && perf.error.errno === 'ENOENT')
+  common.skip('perf not found on system');
+
+if (perf.status !== 0) {
+  common.skip(`Failed to execute perf: ${perf.stderr}`);
+}
+
+const perfScript = spawnSync('perf', perfScriptArgs, options);
+
+if (perf.error)
+  common.skip(`perf script aborted: ${perf.error.errno}`);
+
+if (perfScript.status !== 0) {
+  common.skip(`Failed to execute perf script: ${perfScript.stderr}`);
+}
+
+const interpretedFunctionOneRe = /InterpretedFunction:functionOne/;
+const compiledFunctionOneRe = /LazyCompile:\*functionOne/;
+const interpretedFunctionTwoRe = /InterpretedFunction:functionTwo/;
+const compiledFunctionTwoRe = /LazyCompile:\*functionTwo/;
+
+const output = perfScript.stdout;
+
+assert.ok(output.match(interpretedFunctionOneRe),
+          "Couldn't find interpreted functionOne()");
+assert.ok(output.match(compiledFunctionOneRe),
+          "Couldn't find compiled functionOne()");
+assert.ok(output.match(interpretedFunctionTwoRe),
+          "Couldn't find interpreted functionTwo()");
+assert.ok(output.match(compiledFunctionTwoRe),
+          "Couldn't find compiled functionTwo");
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-postmortem-metadata.js b/test/v8-updates/test-postmortem-metadata.js
similarity index 100%
rename from test/parallel/test-postmortem-metadata.js
rename to test/v8-updates/test-postmortem-metadata.js
diff --git a/test/v8-updates/testcfg.py b/test/v8-updates/testcfg.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..cec2589f9b4c20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/v8-updates/testcfg.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import sys, os
+sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..'))
+import testpy
+
+def GetConfiguration(context, root):
+  return testpy.ParallelTestConfiguration(context, root, 'v8-updates')
diff --git a/test/v8-updates/v8-updates.status b/test/v8-updates/v8-updates.status
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..46149f4751ffb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/v8-updates/v8-updates.status
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+prefix v8-updates
+
+# To mark a test as flaky, list the test name in the appropriate section
+# below, without ".js", followed by ": PASS,FLAKY". Example:
+# sample-test                        : PASS,FLAKY
+
+[true] # This section applies to all platforms
+
+[$system==win32]
+
+[$system==linux]
+
+[$system==macos]
+
+[$arch==arm || $arch==arm64]
+
+[$system==solaris] # Also applies to SmartOS
+
+[$system==freebsd]
+
+[$system==aix]
diff --git a/tools/test.py b/tools/test.py
index e5581e8da41c44..48256e956b4f3e 100755
--- a/tools/test.py
+++ b/tools/test.py
@@ -1553,7 +1553,8 @@ def PrintCrashed(code):
   'pummel',
   'test-known-issues',
   'tick-processor',
-  'timers'
+  'timers',
+  'v8-updates'
 ]