diff --git a/pkg/sensors/tracing/matchbinaries_follow_children_test.go b/pkg/sensors/tracing/matchbinaries_follow_children_test.go
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+// Copyright Authors of Tetragon
+
+package tracing
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os/exec"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/grpc/tracing"
+	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/k8s/apis/cilium.io/v1alpha1"
+	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/logger"
+	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/reader/notify"
+	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/testutils"
+	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/testutils/perfring"
+	tus "github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/testutils/sensors"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestMatchBinariesFollowChildren(t *testing.T) {
+
+	testutils.CaptureLog(t, logger.GetLogger().(*logrus.Logger))
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), tus.Conf().CmdWaitTime)
+	defer cancel()
+	shPath, err := exec.LookPath("sh")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to find 'sh' exec: %v", err)
+	}
+	tmpShPath, err := testutils.CopyFileToTmp(shPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to copy 'sh' exec: %v", err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		// os.Remove(tmpShPath)
+	})
+	fmt.Printf("%s\n", tmpShPath)
+
+	event := "sys_enter_getcpu"
+	spec := &v1alpha1.TracingPolicySpec{
+		Tracepoints: []v1alpha1.TracepointSpec{{
+			Subsystem: "syscalls",
+			Event:     event,
+			Args:      []v1alpha1.KProbeArg{},
+			Selectors: []v1alpha1.KProbeSelector{{
+				MatchBinaries: []v1alpha1.BinarySelector{{
+					Operator: "In",
+					Values: []string{
+						tmpShPath,
+					},
+					FollowChildren: true,
+				}},
+			}},
+		}},
+	}
+
+	loadGenericSensorTest(t, spec)
+	t0 := time.Now()
+	loadElapsed := time.Since(t0)
+	t.Logf("loading sensors took: %s\n", loadElapsed)
+
+	getcpuCnt := 0
+	eventFn := func(ev notify.Message) error {
+		if tpEvent, ok := ev.(*tracing.MsgGenericTracepointUnix); ok {
+			if tpEvent.Event != event {
+				return fmt.Errorf("unexpected tracepoint event, %s:%s", tpEvent.Subsys, tpEvent.Event)
+			}
+			getcpuCnt++
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	getcpuBin := testutils.RepoRootPath("contrib/tester-progs/getcpu")
+	ops := func() {
+		cmd := exec.Command(tmpShPath, "-c", getcpuBin)
+		if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("failed to run command %s: %v", cmd, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	perfring.RunTest(t, ctx, ops, eventFn)
+	require.Equal(t, 1, getcpuCnt)
+}