diff --git a/test/nvmf/host/bdevperf.sh b/test/nvmf/host/bdevperf.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..d2c6603af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/nvmf/host/bdevperf.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+testdir=$(readlink -f $(dirname $0))
+rootdir=$(readlink -f $testdir/../../..)
+source $rootdir/scripts/autotest_common.sh
+source $rootdir/test/nvmf/common.sh
+
+MALLOC_BDEV_SIZE=64
+MALLOC_BLOCK_SIZE=512
+
+rpc_py="python $rootdir/scripts/rpc.py"
+
+set -e
+
+RDMA_IP_LIST=$(get_available_rdma_ips)
+NVMF_FIRST_TARGET_IP=$(echo "$RDMA_IP_LIST" | head -n 1)
+if [ -z $NVMF_FIRST_TARGET_IP ]; then
+	echo "no NIC for nvmf test"
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+timing_enter bdevperf
+timing_enter start_nvmf_tgt
+
+$NVMF_APP -c $testdir/../nvmf.conf &
+nvmfpid=$!
+
+trap "killprocess $nvmfpid; exit 1" SIGINT SIGTERM EXIT
+
+waitforlisten $nvmfpid ${RPC_PORT}
+timing_exit start_nvmf_tgt
+
+bdevs="$bdevs $($rpc_py construct_malloc_bdev $MALLOC_BDEV_SIZE $MALLOC_BLOCK_SIZE)"
+
+$rpc_py construct_nvmf_subsystem nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode1 "trtype:RDMA traddr:$NVMF_FIRST_TARGET_IP trsvcid:4420" '' -a -s SPDK00000000000001 -n "$bdevs"
+
+echo "[Nvme]" > $testdir/bdevperf.conf
+echo "  TransportID \"trtype:RDMA adrfam:IPv4 subnqn:nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode1 traddr:$NVMF_FIRST_TARGET_IP trsvcid:4420\" Nvme0" >> $testdir/bdevperf.conf
+$rootdir/test/lib/bdev/bdevperf/bdevperf -c $testdir/bdevperf.conf -q 128 -s 4096 -w verify -t 1
+sync
+rm -rf $testdir/bdevperf.conf
+$rpc_py delete_nvmf_subsystem nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode1
+
+trap - SIGINT SIGTERM EXIT
+
+killprocess $nvmfpid
+timing_exit bdevperf
diff --git a/test/nvmf/nvmf.sh b/test/nvmf/nvmf.sh
index d941bc0bd..c282af55f 100755
--- a/test/nvmf/nvmf.sh
+++ b/test/nvmf/nvmf.sh
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ timing_enter host
 if [ $RUN_NIGHTLY -eq 1 ]; then
 	run_test test/nvmf/host/aer.sh
 fi
+run_test test/nvmf/host/bdevperf.sh
 run_test test/nvmf/host/identify.sh
 run_test test/nvmf/host/perf.sh
 run_test test/nvmf/host/identify_kernel_nvmf.sh