diff --git a/test/dd/dd.sh b/test/dd/dd.sh
index b7fc62d70..d4c86e718 100755
--- a/test/dd/dd.sh
+++ b/test/dd/dd.sh
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ source "$testdir/common.sh"
 nvmes=($(nvme_in_userspace))
 
 run_test "spdk_dd_basic_rw" "$testdir/basic_rw.sh" "${nvmes[@]}"
+run_test "spdk_dd_posix" "$testdir/posix.sh"
diff --git a/test/dd/posix.sh b/test/dd/posix.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..b1952fd83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/dd/posix.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+testdir=$(readlink -f "$(dirname "$0")")
+rootdir=$(readlink -f "$testdir/../../")
+source "$testdir/common.sh"
+
+cleanup() {
+	rm -f "$test_file0"{,.link}
+	rm -f "$test_file1"{,.link}
+}
+
+append() {
+	local dump0
+	local dump1
+
+	dump0=$(gen_bytes 32)
+	dump1=$(gen_bytes 32)
+
+	printf '%s' "$dump0" > "$test_file0"
+	printf '%s' "$dump1" > "$test_file1"
+
+	"${DD_APP[@]}" --if="$test_file0" --of="$test_file1" --oflag=append
+
+	[[ $(< "$test_file1") == "${dump1}${dump0}" ]]
+}
+
+directory() {
+	NOT "${DD_APP[@]}" --if="$test_file0" --iflag=directory --of="$test_file0"
+	NOT "${DD_APP[@]}" --if="$test_file0" --of="$test_file0" --oflag=directory
+}
+
+nofollow() {
+	local test_file0_link=$test_file0.link
+	local test_file1_link=$test_file1.link
+
+	ln -fs "$test_file0" "$test_file0_link"
+	ln -fs "$test_file1" "$test_file1_link"
+
+	NOT "${DD_APP[@]}" --if="$test_file0_link" --iflag=nofollow --of="$test_file1"
+	NOT "${DD_APP[@]}" --if="$test_file0" --of="$test_file1_link" --oflag=nofollow
+
+	# Do an extra step of checking if we actually can follow symlinks
+	gen_bytes 512 > "$test_file0"
+
+	"${DD_APP[@]}" --if="$test_file0_link" --of="$test_file1"
+	[[ $(< "$test_file0") == "$(< "$test_file1")" ]]
+}
+
+noatime() {
+	local atime_if
+	local atime_of
+
+	# It seems like spdk_dd doesn't update the atime in case 0 bytes are copied.
+	# This differs from how standard dd works for instance
+	gen_bytes 512 > "$test_file0"
+
+	atime_if=$(stat --printf="%X" "$test_file0")
+	atime_of=$(stat --printf="%X" "$test_file1")
+
+	"${DD_APP[@]}" --if="$test_file0" --iflag=noatime --of="$test_file1"
+	((atime_if == $(stat --printf="%X" "$test_file0")))
+	((atime_of == $(stat --printf="%X" "$test_file1")))
+
+	"${DD_APP[@]}" --if="$test_file0" --of="$test_file1"
+	((atime_if < $(stat --printf="%X" "$test_file0")))
+}
+
+io() {
+	local flags_ro flags_rw flag_ro flag_rw
+
+	# O_NONBLOCK is actually a no-op, from a functional perspective, while
+	# open()ing a regular file, but let's keep it just to test its usage.
+	flags_ro=(direct nonblock)
+	flags_rw=("${flags_ro[@]}" sync dsync)
+
+	# simply check if data was correctly copied between files
+	for flag_ro in "${flags_ro[@]}"; do
+		gen_bytes 512 > "$test_file0"
+		for flag_rw in "${flags_rw[@]}"; do
+			"${DD_APP[@]}" \
+				--if="$test_file0" \
+				--iflag="$flag_ro" \
+				--of="$test_file1" \
+				--oflag="$flag_rw"
+			[[ $(< "$test_file0") == "$(< "$test_file1")" ]]
+		done
+	done
+}
+
+trap "cleanup" EXIT
+
+test_file0=$SPDK_TEST_STORAGE/dd.dump0
+test_file1=$SPDK_TEST_STORAGE/dd.dump1
+
+run_test "dd_flag_append" append
+run_test "dd_flag_directory" directory
+run_test "dd_flag_nofollow" nofollow
+run_test "dd_flag_noatime" noatime
+run_test "dd_flags_misc" io