The invention discloses a laser acoustic surface wave stress test system, which is mainly comprises an ultrasound surface wave excitation part composed of a short-pulse laser, a spectroscope, a triple prism and a cylindrical convex lens, and an ultrasound surface wave detection part composed of a PVDF piezoelectric film and a high-frequency pre-amplifier. The invention uses the short-pulse laser to generate a high-frequency ultrasound surface wave on the surface of the samples to be tested, a stress value is obtained according to the principle of acoustic elasticity, the PVDF piezoelectric film is served as the receiver of the ultrasound surface wave, fast two-dimensional scanning is realized on the surface of the samples in the way that the PVDF piezoelectric film is fixed, the excitation source and the samples to be tested are in two-dimensional translation motion, the obtained ultrasound surface wave signals are transmitted to an electronic computer, and the measurement of the stress distribution on the surface and the sun-surface of the samples is realized through fast computing and processing by programming according to the principle of acoustic elasticity. The system has the advantages of simple structure and low cost, which can be widely used in the stress distribution measurement on the surface and the sun-surface of metal materials.