diff --git a/autotest.sh b/autotest.sh
index c37fdef67..43814ca34 100755
--- a/autotest.sh
+++ b/autotest.sh
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ if [ $SPDK_TEST_VHOST_INIT -eq 1 ]; then
 	timing_enter vhost_initiator
 	run_test suite ./test/vhost/initiator/blockdev.sh
 	run_test suite ./test/spdkcli/virtio.sh
+	run_test suite ./test/vhost/shared/shared.sh
 	report_test_completion "vhost_initiator"
 	timing_exit vhost_initiator
 fi
diff --git a/test/vhost/common/fio_jobs/default_initiator.job b/test/vhost/common/fio_jobs/default_initiator.job
index 43c1404b0..32c993bd2 100644
--- a/test/vhost/common/fio_jobs/default_initiator.job
+++ b/test/vhost/common/fio_jobs/default_initiator.job
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ do_verify=1
 verify=md5
 verify_backlog=1024
 fsync_on_close=1
+iodepth=32
+[job0]
diff --git a/test/vhost/shared/bdev.conf b/test/vhost/shared/bdev.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95e8af514
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/vhost/shared/bdev.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[VirtioUser0]
+  Path Malloc.0
+  Queues 2
+  Type Blk
+  Name VirtioBlk0
diff --git a/test/vhost/shared/shared.sh b/test/vhost/shared/shared.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..939fe1111
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/vhost/shared/shared.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+SHARED_DIR=$(readlink -f $(dirname $0))
+[[ -z "$COMMON_DIR" ]] && COMMON_DIR="$(cd $SHARED_DIR/../common && pwd)"
+ROOT_DIR=$(readlink -f $SHARED_DIR/../../..)
+source $COMMON_DIR/common.sh
+PLUGIN_DIR=$ROOT_DIR/examples/bdev/fio_plugin
+FIO_PATH="/usr/src/fio"
+rpc_py="$SPDK_BUILD_DIR/scripts/rpc.py -s $(get_vhost_dir)/rpc.sock"
+
+function run_spdk_fio() {
+	LD_PRELOAD=$PLUGIN_DIR/fio_plugin $FIO_PATH/fio --ioengine=spdk_bdev \
+	"$COMMON_DIR/fio_jobs/default_initiator.job" --runtime=10 --rw=randrw \
+	--spdk_mem=1024 --spdk_single_seg=1 --spdk_conf=$SHARED_DIR/bdev.conf "$@"
+}
+
+trap 'error_exit "${FUNCNAME}" "${LINENO}"' ERR SIGTERM SIGABRT
+
+spdk_vhost_run
+
+$rpc_py construct_malloc_bdev -b Malloc 124 4096
+$rpc_py construct_vhost_blk_controller Malloc.0 Malloc
+
+run_spdk_fio --size=50% --offset=0 --filename=VirtioBlk0 &
+run_fio_pid=$!
+sleep 1
+run_spdk_fio --size=50% --offset=50% --filename=VirtioBlk0
+wait $run_fio_pid
+spdk_vhost_kill