diff --git a/test/nvme/perf/common.sh b/test/nvme/perf/common.sh
index 258f8bf82..4ae68eda6 100755
--- a/test/nvme/perf/common.sh
+++ b/test/nvme/perf/common.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+source "$rootdir/test/dd/common.sh"
 
 function discover_bdevs() {
 	local rootdir=$1
@@ -230,7 +231,7 @@ function create_fio_config() {
 		echo "gtod_reduce=1" >> $testdir/config.fio
 	fi
 
-	if [[ $PLUGIN =~ "uring" ]]; then
+	if [[ $PLUGIN =~ "uring" || $PLUGIN =~ "xnvme" ]]; then
 		cat <<- EOF >> $testdir/config.fio
 			fixedbufs=1
 			hipri=1
@@ -287,7 +288,7 @@ function create_fio_config() {
 
 				if [[ "$plugin" == "spdk-plugin-nvme" ]]; then
 					fio_job_section+=("filename=trtype=PCIe traddr=${disks[$n]//:/.} ns=1 #NVMe NUMA Node ${disks_numa[$n]}")
-				elif [[ "$plugin" == "spdk-plugin-bdev" ]]; then
+				elif [[ "$plugin" == "spdk-plugin-bdev" || "$plugin" == "spdk-plugin-bdev-xnvme" ]]; then
 					fio_job_section+=("filename=${disks[$n]} #NVMe NUMA Node ${disks_numa[$n]}")
 				elif [[ "$plugin" =~ "kernel" ]]; then
 					fio_job_section+=("filename=/dev/${disks[$n]} #NVMe NUMA Node ${disks_numa[$n]}")
@@ -393,7 +394,7 @@ function run_spdk_nvme_fio() {
 	echo "** Running fio test, this can take a while, depending on the run-time and ramp-time setting."
 	if [[ "$plugin" = "spdk-plugin-nvme" ]]; then
 		LD_PRELOAD=$plugin_dir/spdk_nvme $FIO_BIN $testdir/config.fio --output-format=json "${@:2}" --ioengine=spdk
-	elif [[ "$plugin" = "spdk-plugin-bdev" ]]; then
+	elif [[ "$plugin" = "spdk-plugin-bdev" || "$plugin" = "spdk-plugin-bdev-xnvme" ]]; then
 		LD_PRELOAD=$plugin_dir/spdk_bdev $FIO_BIN $testdir/config.fio --output-format=json "${@:2}" --ioengine=spdk_bdev --spdk_json_conf=$testdir/bdev.conf --spdk_mem=4096
 	fi
 
@@ -494,3 +495,28 @@ function verify_disk_number() {
 		false
 	fi
 }
+
+function create_spdk_xnvme_bdev_conf() {
+	local bdev_io_cache_size=$1 bdev_io_pool_size=$2
+	local blocks block_idx io_mechanism=libaio
+
+	(($#)) && local -A method_bdev_set_options_0
+
+	blocks=($(get_disks))
+
+	if [[ -n $bdev_io_cache_size ]]; then
+		method_bdev_set_options_0["bdev_io_cache_size"]=$bdev_io_cache_size
+	fi
+	if [[ -n $bdev_io_pool_size ]]; then
+		method_bdev_set_options_0["bdev_io_pool_size"]=$bdev_io_pool_size
+	fi
+
+	for block_idx in "${!blocks[@]}"; do
+		local -A method_bdev_xnvme_create_$block_idx
+		local -n rpc_ref=method_bdev_xnvme_create_$block_idx
+		rpc_ref["filename"]=/dev/${blocks[block_idx]}
+		rpc_ref["io_mechanism"]=io_uring
+		rpc_ref["name"]=${blocks[block_idx]}
+	done
+	gen_conf > "$testdir/bdev.conf"
+}
diff --git a/test/nvme/perf/run_perf.sh b/test/nvme/perf/run_perf.sh
index d4eddf561..ae74f450c 100755
--- a/test/nvme/perf/run_perf.sh
+++ b/test/nvme/perf/run_perf.sh
@@ -87,8 +87,10 @@ function usage() {
 	echo "    --driver=STR            Selects tool used for testing. Choices available:"
 	echo "                               - spdk-perf-nvme (SPDK nvme perf)"
 	echo "                               - spdk-perf-bdev (SPDK bdev perf)"
+	echo "                               - spdk-perf-xnvme-bdev (SPDK xnvme bdev perf with io_uring io_mechanism)"
 	echo "                               - spdk-plugin-nvme (SPDK nvme fio plugin)"
 	echo "                               - spdk-plugin-bdev (SPDK bdev fio plugin)"
+	echo "                               - spdk-plugin-bdev-xnvme (SPDK bdev fio plugin with xnvme bdevs)"
 	echo "                               - kernel-classic-polling"
 	echo "                               - kernel-hybrid-polling"
 	echo "                               - kernel-libaio"
@@ -198,14 +200,25 @@ echo "num_of_disks,iops,avg_lat[usec],p90[usec],p99[usec],p99.99[usec],stdev[use
 
 trap 'rm -f *.state $testdir/bdev.conf; kill $perf_pid; wait $dpdk_mem_pid; print_backtrace' ERR SIGTERM SIGABRT
 
-if [[ "$PLUGIN" =~ "bdev" ]]; then
+if [[ "$PLUGIN" =~ "xnvme" ]]; then
+	create_spdk_xnvme_bdev_conf "$BDEV_CACHE" "$BDEV_POOL"
+elif [[ "$PLUGIN" =~ "bdev" ]]; then
 	create_spdk_bdev_conf "$BDEV_CACHE" "$BDEV_POOL"
+fi
+
+if [[ -s $testdir/bdev.conf ]]; then
 	echo "INFO: Generated bdev.conf file:"
 	cat $testdir/bdev.conf
 fi
+
 verify_disk_number
-DISK_NAMES=$(get_disks $PLUGIN)
-DISKS_NUMA=$(get_numa_node $PLUGIN "$DISK_NAMES")
+if [[ "$PLUGIN" =~ "xnvme" ]]; then
+	DISK_NAMES=$(get_disks)
+	DISKS_NUMA=$(get_numa_node "" "$DISK_NAMES")
+else
+	DISK_NAMES=$(get_disks $PLUGIN)
+	DISKS_NUMA=$(get_numa_node $PLUGIN "$DISK_NAMES")
+fi
 CORES=$(get_cores "$CPUS_ALLOWED")
 NO_CORES_ARRAY=($CORES)
 NO_CORES=${#NO_CORES_ARRAY[@]}
@@ -214,7 +227,7 @@ if $PRECONDITIONING; then
 	preconditioning
 fi
 
-if [[ "$PLUGIN" =~ "kernel" ]]; then
+if [[ "$PLUGIN" =~ "kernel" || "$PLUGIN" =~ "xnvme" ]]; then
 	$rootdir/scripts/setup.sh reset
 	fio_ioengine_opt="${KERNEL_ENGINES[$PLUGIN]}"
 
@@ -226,7 +239,7 @@ if [[ "$PLUGIN" =~ "kernel" ]]; then
 		for disk in $DISK_NAMES; do
 			echo 0 > /sys/block/$disk/queue/io_poll_delay
 		done
-	elif [[ $PLUGIN = "kernel-io-uring" ]]; then
+	elif [[ $PLUGIN = "kernel-io-uring" || $PLUGIN =~ "xnvme" ]]; then
 		modprobe -rv nvme
 		modprobe nvme poll_queues=8
 		wait_for_nvme_reload $DISK_NAMES
@@ -304,7 +317,7 @@ mean_slat_disks_usec=0
 mean_clat_disks_usec=0
 #Run each workload $REPEAT_NO times
 for ((j = 0; j < REPEAT_NO; j++)); do
-	if [ $PLUGIN = "spdk-perf-bdev" ]; then
+	if [[ $PLUGIN == "spdk-perf-bdev" || $PLUGIN =~ "xnvme-bdev" ]]; then
 		run_bdevperf > $TMP_RESULT_FILE
 		read -r iops bandwidth <<< $(get_bdevperf_results)
 		iops_disks=$(bc "$iops_disks + $iops")
@@ -378,7 +391,7 @@ fi
 #Write results to csv file
 iops_disks=$(bc "$iops_disks / $REPEAT_NO")
 bw=$(bc "$bw / $REPEAT_NO")
-if [[ "$PLUGIN" =~ "plugin" ]] || [[ "$PLUGIN" =~ "kernel" ]]; then
+if [[ "$PLUGIN" =~ "plugin" || "$PLUGIN" =~ "kernel" ]] && [[ ! $PLUGIN =~ "xnvme-bdev" ]]; then
 	mean_lat_disks_usec=$(bc "$mean_lat_disks_usec / $REPEAT_NO")
 	p90_lat_disks_usec=$(bc "$p90_lat_disks_usec / $REPEAT_NO")
 	p99_lat_disks_usec=$(bc "$p99_lat_disks_usec / $REPEAT_NO")
@@ -397,7 +410,7 @@ if [[ -n "$CPUFREQ" ]]; then
 	cpupower frequency-set -g $cpu_governor
 fi
 
-if [ $PLUGIN = "kernel-io-uring" ]; then
+if [[ $PLUGIN = "kernel-io-uring" || $PLUGIN =~ "xnvme" ]]; then
 	# Reload the nvme driver so that other test runs are not affected
 	modprobe -rv nvme
 	modprobe nvme