diff --git a/test/vfio_user/vfio_user.sh b/test/vfio_user/vfio_user.sh
index cdadedc83..bf086cc2b 100755
--- a/test/vfio_user/vfio_user.sh
+++ b/test/vfio_user/vfio_user.sh
@@ -16,5 +16,6 @@ run_test "vfio_user_nvme_fio" $WORKDIR/nvme/vfio_user_fio.sh
 run_test "vfio_user_nvme_restart_vm" $WORKDIR/nvme/vfio_user_restart_vm.sh
 run_test "vfio_user_virtio_blk_restart_vm" $WORKDIR/virtio/fio_restart_vm.sh virtio_blk
 run_test "vfio_user_virtio_scsi_restart_vm" $WORKDIR/virtio/fio_restart_vm.sh virtio_scsi
+run_test "vfio_user_virtio_bdevperf" $WORKDIR/virtio/initiator_bdevperf.sh
 
 vhosttestfini
diff --git a/test/vfio_user/virtio/initiator_bdevperf.sh b/test/vfio_user/virtio/initiator_bdevperf.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..78f95de13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/vfio_user/virtio/initiator_bdevperf.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+#  Copyright (C) 2022 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+
+testdir=$(readlink -f $(dirname $0))
+rootdir=$(readlink -f $testdir/../../..)
+source $rootdir/test/common/autotest_common.sh
+
+rpc_py="$rootdir/scripts/rpc.py"
+
+vfu_dir="/tmp/vfu_devices"
+rm -rf $vfu_dir
+mkdir -p $vfu_dir
+
+# Start `spdk_tgt` and configure it
+$SPDK_BIN_DIR/spdk_tgt -m 0xf &
+spdk_tgt_pid=$!
+waitforlisten $spdk_tgt_pid
+
+$rpc_py bdev_malloc_create -b malloc0 64 512
+$rpc_py bdev_malloc_create -b malloc1 64 512
+$rpc_py bdev_malloc_create -b malloc2 64 512
+
+$rpc_py vfu_tgt_set_base_path $vfu_dir
+
+# Create vfio-user virtio-blk device
+$rpc_py vfu_virtio_create_blk_endpoint vfu.blk --bdev-name malloc0 --cpumask=0x1 \
+	--num-queues=2 --qsize=256 --packed-ring
+
+# Create vfio-user virtio-scsi device
+$rpc_py vfu_virtio_create_scsi_endpoint vfu.scsi --cpumask 0x2 --num-io-queues=2 \
+	--qsize=256 --packed-ring
+$rpc_py vfu_virtio_scsi_add_target vfu.scsi --scsi-target-num=0 --bdev-name malloc1
+$rpc_py vfu_virtio_scsi_add_target vfu.scsi --scsi-target-num=1 --bdev-name malloc2
+
+# Start bdevperf
+bdevperf=$rootdir/build/examples/bdevperf
+bdevperf_rpc_sock=/tmp/bdevperf.sock
+
+$bdevperf -r $bdevperf_rpc_sock -g -s 1024 -q 256 -o 4096 -w randrw -M 50 -t 30 -m 0xf0 &
+bdevperf_pid=$!
+trap 'killprocess $bdevperf_pid; exit 1' SIGINT SIGTERM EXIT
+waitforlisten $bdevperf_pid $bdevperf_rpc_sock
+$rpc_py -s $bdevperf_rpc_sock bdev_virtio_attach_controller --dev-type scsi \
+	--trtype vfio-user --traddr $vfu_dir/vfu.scsi VirtioScsi0
+$rpc_py -s $bdevperf_rpc_sock bdev_virtio_attach_controller --dev-type blk \
+	--trtype vfio-user --traddr $vfu_dir/vfu.blk VirtioBlk0
+
+# Start the tests
+$rootdir/examples/bdev/bdevperf/bdevperf.py -s $bdevperf_rpc_sock perform_tests
+
+killprocess $bdevperf_pid
+trap - SIGINT SIGTERM EXIT
+
+# Delete the endpoints
+$rpc_py vfu_virtio_delete_endpoint vfu.blk
+$rpc_py vfu_virtio_delete_endpoint vfu.scsi
+
+killprocess $spdk_tgt_pid