diff --git a/test/unit/lib/ftl/Makefile b/test/unit/lib/ftl/Makefile
index 26fd4cf05..39dd8d44d 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/ftl/Makefile
+++ b/test/unit/lib/ftl/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 SPDK_ROOT_DIR := $(abspath $(CURDIR)/../../../..)
 include $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/mk/spdk.common.mk
 
-DIRS-y = ftl_mngt
+DIRS-y = ftl_mempool.c ftl_mngt
 
 .PHONY: all clean $(DIRS-y)
 
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/ftl/ftl_mempool.c/.gitignore b/test/unit/lib/ftl/ftl_mempool.c/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..100901d73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/lib/ftl/ftl_mempool.c/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ftl_mempool_ut
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/ftl/ftl_mempool.c/Makefile b/test/unit/lib/ftl/ftl_mempool.c/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b8f06b2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/lib/ftl/ftl_mempool.c/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+#  Copyright (c) Intel Corporation.
+#  All rights reserved.
+#
+
+SPDK_ROOT_DIR := $(abspath $(CURDIR)/../../../../..)
+
+TEST_FILE = ftl_mempool_ut.c
+
+include $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/mk/spdk.unittest.mk
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/ftl/ftl_mempool.c/ftl_mempool_ut.c b/test/unit/lib/ftl/ftl_mempool.c/ftl_mempool_ut.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..19f0ab71c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/lib/ftl/ftl_mempool.c/ftl_mempool_ut.c
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+/*   SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ *   Copyright (c) Intel Corporation.
+ *   All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+#include "spdk/stdinc.h"
+
+#include "spdk_cunit.h"
+#include "common/lib/test_env.c"
+
+#include "ftl/utils/ftl_mempool.c"
+
+#define COUNT 16
+#define ALIGNMENT 64
+#define SIZE (ALIGNMENT * 2)
+#define SOCKET_ID_ANY -1
+
+static struct ftl_mempool *g_mpool;
+
+static void
+test_ftl_mempool_create(void)
+{
+	struct ftl_mempool *mpool;
+
+	/* improper value of alignment */
+	mpool = ftl_mempool_create(COUNT, SIZE, ALIGNMENT + 1, SOCKET_ID_ANY);
+	CU_ASSERT_EQUAL(mpool, NULL);
+}
+
+static void
+test_ftl_mempool_get_put(void)
+{
+	void *elem[COUNT];
+	void *elem_empty;
+	void *elem_first = SLIST_FIRST(&g_mpool->list);
+	struct ftl_mempool_element *ftl_elem;
+	int i;
+	for (i = 0; i < COUNT; i++) {
+		elem[i] = ftl_mempool_get(g_mpool);
+		ftl_elem = elem[i];
+		CU_ASSERT_EQUAL(ftl_elem->entry.sle_next, SLIST_FIRST(&g_mpool->list));
+	}
+
+	CU_ASSERT(SLIST_EMPTY(&g_mpool->list));
+
+	elem_empty = ftl_mempool_get(g_mpool);
+	CU_ASSERT_EQUAL(elem_empty, NULL);
+
+	for (i = COUNT - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+		ftl_mempool_put(g_mpool, elem[i]);
+		CU_ASSERT_EQUAL(SLIST_FIRST(&g_mpool->list), elem[i]);
+	}
+
+	CU_ASSERT_EQUAL(SLIST_FIRST(&g_mpool->list), elem_first);
+}
+
+static int
+test_setup(void)
+{
+	g_mpool = ftl_mempool_create(COUNT, SIZE, ALIGNMENT, SOCKET_ID_ANY);
+	if (!g_mpool) {
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+test_cleanup(void)
+{
+	ftl_mempool_destroy(g_mpool);
+	g_mpool = NULL;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int
+main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	CU_pSuite suite = NULL;
+	unsigned int num_failures;
+
+	CU_set_error_action(CUEA_ABORT);
+	CU_initialize_registry();
+
+	suite = CU_add_suite("ftl_mempool", test_setup, test_cleanup);
+	CU_ADD_TEST(suite, test_ftl_mempool_create);
+	CU_ADD_TEST(suite, test_ftl_mempool_get_put);
+
+	CU_basic_set_mode(CU_BRM_VERBOSE);
+	CU_basic_run_tests();
+	num_failures = CU_get_number_of_failures();
+	CU_cleanup_registry();
+
+	return num_failures;
+}
diff --git a/test/unit/unittest.sh b/test/unit/unittest.sh
index 3cc8214f9..8b255490a 100755
--- a/test/unit/unittest.sh
+++ b/test/unit/unittest.sh
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ function unittest_event() {
 
 function unittest_ftl() {
 	$valgrind $testdir/lib/ftl/ftl_mngt/ftl_mngt_ut
+	$valgrind $testdir/lib/ftl/ftl_mempool.c/ftl_mempool_ut
 }
 
 function unittest_iscsi() {