diff --git a/autotest.sh b/autotest.sh
index 0b397d953..13d54923e 100755
--- a/autotest.sh
+++ b/autotest.sh
@@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ if [ $SPDK_TEST_VHOST -eq 1 ]; then
 	run_test suite ./test/vhost/json_config/json_config.sh
 	timing_exit vhost_json_config
 
+	timing_enter vhost_boot
+	run_test suite ./test/vhost/spdk_vhost.sh --boot
+	timing_exit vhost_boot
+
 	if [ $RUN_NIGHTLY -eq 1 ]; then
 		timing_enter integrity_blk
 		run_test suite ./test/vhost/spdk_vhost.sh --integrity-blk
diff --git a/test/vhost/spdk_vhost.sh b/test/vhost/spdk_vhost.sh
index 4bd020f6d..a7c0a6ba6 100755
--- a/test/vhost/spdk_vhost.sh
+++ b/test/vhost/spdk_vhost.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ case $1 in
 		echo "  -shr|--scsi-hot-remove               for running scsi hot remove tests"
 		echo "  -bhr|--blk-hot-remove                for running blk hot remove tests"
 		echo "  -ro|--readonly                       for running readonly test for vhost blk"
+		echo "  -b|--boot                            for booting vm from vhost controller"
 		echo "  -h |--help                           prints this message"
 		echo ""
 		echo "Environment:"
@@ -197,6 +198,11 @@ case $1 in
 		run_test case $WORKDIR/readonly/readonly.sh --vm_image=$VM_IMAGE --disk=Nvme0n1 -x
 		report_test_completion "vhost_readonly"
 		;;
+	-b|--boot)
+		echo 'Running os boot from vhost controller...'
+		$WORKDIR/vhost_boot/vhost_boot.sh --vm_image=$VM_IMAGE
+		report_test_completion "vhost_boot"
+		;;
 	*)
 		echo "unknown test type: $1"
 		exit 1
diff --git a/test/vhost/vhost_boot/vhost_boot.sh b/test/vhost/vhost_boot/vhost_boot.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..42bd7f229
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/vhost/vhost_boot/vhost_boot.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -xe
+
+basedir=$(readlink -f $(dirname $0))
+. $basedir/../common/common.sh
+rpc_py="python $SPDK_BUILD_DIR/scripts/rpc.py -s $(get_vhost_dir)/rpc.sock"
+vm_no="0"
+
+function err_clean
+{
+	trap - ERR
+	print_backtrace
+	set +e
+	error "Error on $1 $2"
+	vm_kill_all
+	$rpc_py remove_vhost_scsi_target naa.vhost_vm.$vm_no 0
+	$rpc_py remove_vhost_controller naa.vhost_vm.$vm_no
+	$rpc_py destroy_lvol_bdev $lvb_u
+	$rpc_py destroy_lvol_store -u $lvs_u
+	spdk_vhost_kill
+	exit 1
+}
+
+function usage()
+{
+	[[ ! -z $2 ]] && ( echo "$2"; echo ""; )
+	echo "Usage: $(basename $1) vm_image=PATH [-h|--help]"
+	echo "-h, --help            Print help and exit"
+	echo "    --vm_image=PATH   Path to VM image used in these tests"
+}
+
+while getopts 'h-:' optchar; do
+	case "$optchar" in
+		-)
+		case "$OPTARG" in
+			vm_image=*) os_image="${OPTARG#*=}" ;;
+			*) usage $0 echo "Invalid argument '$OPTARG'" && exit 1 ;;
+		esac
+		;;
+		h) usage $0 && exit 0 ;;
+		*) usage $0 "Invalid argument '$optchar'" && exit 1 ;;
+	esac
+done
+
+if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
+	echo "INFO: Go away user come back as root"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ -z $os_image ]]; then
+	echo "No path to os image is given"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+timing_enter vhost_boot
+trap 'err_clean "${FUNCNAME}" "${LINENO}"' ERR
+timing_enter start_vhost
+spdk_vhost_run
+timing_exit start_vhost
+
+timing_enter create_lvol
+lvs_u=$($rpc_py construct_lvol_store Nvme0n1 lvs0)
+lvb_u=$($rpc_py construct_lvol_bdev -u $lvs_u lvb0 20000)
+timing_exit create_lvol
+
+timing_enter convert_vm_image
+modprobe nbd
+trap '$rpc_py stop_nbd_disk /dev/nbd0; rmmod nbd; err_clean "${FUNCNAME}" "${LINENO}"' ERR
+$rpc_py start_nbd_disk $lvb_u /dev/nbd0
+$QEMU_PREFIX/bin/qemu-img convert $os_image -O raw /dev/nbd0
+sync
+$rpc_py stop_nbd_disk /dev/nbd0
+sleep 1
+rmmod nbd
+timing_exit convert_vm_image
+
+trap 'err_clean "${FUNCNAME}" "${LINENO}"' ERR
+timing_enter create_vhost_controller
+$rpc_py construct_vhost_scsi_controller naa.vhost_vm.$vm_no
+$rpc_py add_vhost_scsi_lun naa.vhost_vm.$vm_no 0 $lvb_u
+timing_exit create_vhost_controller
+
+timing_enter setup_vm
+vm_setup --disk-type=spdk_vhost_scsi --force=$vm_no --disks="vhost_vm" --spdk-boot="vhost_vm"
+vm_run $vm_no
+vm_wait_for_boot 600 $vm_no
+timing_exit setup_vm
+
+timing_enter run_vm_cmd
+vm_ssh $vm_no "parted -s /dev/sda mkpart primary 10GB 100%; partprobe;  sleep 0.1;"
+vm_ssh $vm_no "mkfs.ext4 -F /dev/sda2; mkdir -p /mnt/sda2test; mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/sda2test;"
+vm_ssh $vm_no "fio --name=integrity --bsrange=4k-512k --iodepth=128 --numjobs=1 --direct=1 \
+ --thread=1 --group_reporting=1 --rw=randrw --rwmixread=70 --filename=/mnt/sda2test/test_file \
+ --verify=md5 --do_verify=1 --verify_backlog=1024 --fsync_on_close=1 --runtime=20 \
+ --time_based=1 --size=1024m"
+vm_ssh $vm_no "umount /mnt/sda2test; rm -rf /mnt/sda2test"
+alignment_offset=$(vm_ssh $vm_no "cat /sys/block/sda/sda1/alignment_offset")
+echo "alignment_offset: $alignment_offset"
+timing_exit run_vm_cmd
+
+vm_shutdown_all
+
+timing_enter clean_vhost
+$rpc_py remove_vhost_scsi_target naa.vhost_vm.$vm_no 0
+$rpc_py remove_vhost_controller naa.vhost_vm.$vm_no
+$rpc_py destroy_lvol_bdev $lvb_u
+$rpc_py destroy_lvol_store -u $lvs_u
+spdk_vhost_kill
+timing_exit clean_vhost
+
+timing_exit vhost_boot