diff --git a/test/dd/dd.sh b/test/dd/dd.sh
index 778991104..011c9799e 100755
--- a/test/dd/dd.sh
+++ b/test/dd/dd.sh
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@ fi
 
 run_test "spdk_dd_basic_rw" "$testdir/basic_rw.sh" "${nvmes[@]}"
 run_test "spdk_dd_posix" "$testdir/posix.sh"
+run_test "spdk_dd_malloc" "$testdir/malloc.sh"
 run_test "spdk_dd_bdev_to_bdev" "$testdir/bdev_to_bdev.sh" "${nvmes[@]}"
diff --git a/test/dd/malloc.sh b/test/dd/malloc.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..754210778
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/dd/malloc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+testdir=$(readlink -f "$(dirname "$0")")
+rootdir=$(readlink -f "$testdir/../../")
+source "$testdir/common.sh"
+
+malloc_copy() {
+	local mbdev0=malloc0 mbdev0_b=1048576 mbdev0_bs=512
+	local mbdev1=malloc1 mbdev1_b=1048576 mbdev1_bs=512
+
+	local -A method_bdev_malloc_create_0=(
+		["name"]=$mbdev0
+		["num_blocks"]=$mbdev0_b
+		["block_size"]=$mbdev0_bs
+	)
+
+	local -A method_bdev_malloc_create_1=(
+		["name"]=$mbdev1
+		["num_blocks"]=$mbdev1_b
+		["block_size"]=$mbdev1_bs
+	)
+
+	"${DD_APP[@]}" \
+		--ib="$mbdev0" \
+		--ob="$mbdev1" \
+		--json <(gen_conf)
+
+	"${DD_APP[@]}" \
+		--ib="$mbdev1" \
+		--ob="$mbdev0" \
+		--json <(gen_conf)
+}
+
+run_test "dd_malloc_copy" malloc_copy