diff --git a/test/unit/lib/bdev/raid/Makefile b/test/unit/lib/bdev/raid/Makefile
index 4e306930d..1550ceb2d 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/bdev/raid/Makefile
+++ b/test/unit/lib/bdev/raid/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 SPDK_ROOT_DIR := $(abspath $(CURDIR)/../../../../..)
 include $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/mk/spdk.common.mk
 
-DIRS-y = bdev_raid.c concat.c
+DIRS-y = bdev_raid.c concat.c raid1.c
 
 DIRS-$(CONFIG_RAID5F) += raid5f.c
 
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/bdev/raid/raid1.c/Makefile b/test/unit/lib/bdev/raid/raid1.c/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d9a2ba6c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/lib/bdev/raid/raid1.c/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+#  Copyright (C) 2022 Intel Corporation.
+#  All rights reserved.
+#
+
+SPDK_ROOT_DIR := $(abspath $(CURDIR)/../../../../../..)
+
+TEST_FILE = raid1_ut.c
+
+include $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/mk/spdk.unittest.mk
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/bdev/raid/raid1.c/raid1_ut.c b/test/unit/lib/bdev/raid/raid1.c/raid1_ut.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..158cab0d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/lib/bdev/raid/raid1.c/raid1_ut.c
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+/*   SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ *   Copyright (C) 2022 Intel Corporation.
+ *   All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+#include "spdk/stdinc.h"
+#include "spdk_cunit.h"
+#include "spdk/env.h"
+#include "spdk_internal/mock.h"
+
+#include "bdev/raid/raid1.c"
+#include "../common.c"
+
+DEFINE_STUB_V(raid_bdev_module_list_add, (struct raid_bdev_module *raid_module));
+DEFINE_STUB_V(raid_bdev_io_complete, (struct raid_bdev_io *raid_io,
+				      enum spdk_bdev_io_status status));
+DEFINE_STUB(raid_bdev_io_complete_part, bool, (struct raid_bdev_io *raid_io, uint64_t completed,
+		enum spdk_bdev_io_status status), true);
+DEFINE_STUB_V(spdk_bdev_free_io, (struct spdk_bdev_io *bdev_io));
+DEFINE_STUB_V(raid_bdev_queue_io_wait, (struct raid_bdev_io *raid_io, struct spdk_bdev *bdev,
+					struct spdk_io_channel *ch, spdk_bdev_io_wait_cb cb_fn));
+DEFINE_STUB(spdk_bdev_readv_blocks, int, (struct spdk_bdev_desc *desc, struct spdk_io_channel *ch,
+		struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt,
+		uint64_t offset_blocks, uint64_t num_blocks,
+		spdk_bdev_io_completion_cb cb, void *cb_arg), 0);
+DEFINE_STUB(spdk_bdev_readv_blocks_with_md, int, (struct spdk_bdev_desc *desc,
+		struct spdk_io_channel *ch,
+		struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt, void *md,
+		uint64_t offset_blocks, uint64_t num_blocks,
+		spdk_bdev_io_completion_cb cb, void *cb_arg), 0);
+DEFINE_STUB(spdk_bdev_writev_blocks, int, (struct spdk_bdev_desc *desc, struct spdk_io_channel *ch,
+		struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt,
+		uint64_t offset_blocks, uint64_t num_blocks,
+		spdk_bdev_io_completion_cb cb, void *cb_arg), 0);
+DEFINE_STUB(spdk_bdev_writev_blocks_with_md, int, (struct spdk_bdev_desc *desc,
+		struct spdk_io_channel *ch,
+		struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt, void *md,
+		uint64_t offset_blocks, uint64_t num_blocks,
+		spdk_bdev_io_completion_cb cb, void *cb_arg), 0);
+
+static int
+test_setup(void)
+{
+	uint8_t num_base_bdevs_values[] = { 2, 3 };
+	uint64_t base_bdev_blockcnt_values[] = { 1, 1024, 1024 * 1024 };
+	uint32_t base_bdev_blocklen_values[] = { 512, 4096 };
+	uint8_t *num_base_bdevs;
+	uint64_t *base_bdev_blockcnt;
+	uint32_t *base_bdev_blocklen;
+	struct raid_params params;
+	uint64_t params_count;
+	int rc;
+
+	params_count = SPDK_COUNTOF(num_base_bdevs_values) *
+		       SPDK_COUNTOF(base_bdev_blockcnt_values) *
+		       SPDK_COUNTOF(base_bdev_blocklen_values);
+	rc = raid_test_params_alloc(params_count);
+	if (rc) {
+		return rc;
+	}
+
+	ARRAY_FOR_EACH(num_base_bdevs_values, num_base_bdevs) {
+		ARRAY_FOR_EACH(base_bdev_blockcnt_values, base_bdev_blockcnt) {
+			ARRAY_FOR_EACH(base_bdev_blocklen_values, base_bdev_blocklen) {
+				params.num_base_bdevs = *num_base_bdevs;
+				params.base_bdev_blockcnt = *base_bdev_blockcnt;
+				params.base_bdev_blocklen = *base_bdev_blocklen;
+				params.strip_size = 0;
+				raid_test_params_add(&params);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+test_cleanup(void)
+{
+	raid_test_params_free();
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct raid1_info *
+create_raid1(struct raid_params *params)
+{
+	struct raid_bdev *raid_bdev = raid_test_create_raid_bdev(params, &g_raid1_module);
+
+	SPDK_CU_ASSERT_FATAL(raid1_start(raid_bdev) == 0);
+
+	return raid_bdev->module_private;
+}
+
+static void
+delete_raid1(struct raid1_info *r1_info)
+{
+	struct raid_bdev *raid_bdev = r1_info->raid_bdev;
+
+	raid1_stop(raid_bdev);
+
+	raid_test_delete_raid_bdev(raid_bdev);
+}
+
+static void
+test_raid1_start(void)
+{
+	struct raid_params *params;
+
+	RAID_PARAMS_FOR_EACH(params) {
+		struct raid1_info *r1_info;
+
+		r1_info = create_raid1(params);
+
+		SPDK_CU_ASSERT_FATAL(r1_info != NULL);
+
+		CU_ASSERT_EQUAL(r1_info->raid_bdev->level, RAID1);
+		CU_ASSERT_EQUAL(r1_info->raid_bdev->bdev.blockcnt, params->base_bdev_blockcnt);
+		CU_ASSERT_PTR_EQUAL(r1_info->raid_bdev->module, &g_raid1_module);
+
+		delete_raid1(r1_info);
+	}
+}
+
+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("raid1", test_setup, test_cleanup);
+	CU_ADD_TEST(suite, test_raid1_start);
+
+	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 664f150ab..1c40821f4 100755
--- a/test/unit/unittest.sh
+++ b/test/unit/unittest.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ function unittest_bdev() {
 	$valgrind $testdir/lib/bdev/nvme/bdev_nvme.c/bdev_nvme_ut
 	$valgrind $testdir/lib/bdev/raid/bdev_raid.c/bdev_raid_ut
 	$valgrind $testdir/lib/bdev/raid/concat.c/concat_ut
+	$valgrind $testdir/lib/bdev/raid/raid1.c/raid1_ut
 	$valgrind $testdir/lib/bdev/bdev_zone.c/bdev_zone_ut
 	$valgrind $testdir/lib/bdev/gpt/gpt.c/gpt_ut
 	$valgrind $testdir/lib/bdev/part.c/part_ut