diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/run_vmtests.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/run_vmtests.sh
index 27c01c35c7a9388bf08ceb04d26d87fec9868dad..2af563a9652e03ec73b20c835f7cfc36e68fa027 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/run_vmtests.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/run_vmtests.sh
@@ -179,4 +179,15 @@ run_test ./ksm_tests -N -m 1
 # KSM test with 2 NUMA nodes and merge_across_nodes = 0
 run_test ./ksm_tests -N -m 0
 
+# protection_keys tests
+if [ -x ./protection_keys_32 ]
+then
+	run_test ./protection_keys_32
+fi
+
+if [ -x ./protection_keys_64 ]
+then
+	run_test ./protection_keys_64
+fi
+
 exit $exitcode