diff --git a/test/accel/accel.sh b/test/accel/accel.sh
index 7886de457..ee985cf13 100755
--- a/test/accel/accel.sh
+++ b/test/accel/accel.sh
@@ -28,3 +28,15 @@ if [[ $CONFIG_ISAL == y ]]; then
 	run_test "accel_decomp_mthread" $SPDK_EXAMPLE_DIR/accel_perf -t 1 -w decompress -l $testdir/bib -y -T 2
 	run_test "accel_deomp_full_mthread" $SPDK_EXAMPLE_DIR/accel_perf -t 1 -w decompress -l $testdir/bib -y -o 0 -T 2
 fi
+
+trap 'killprocess $spdk_tgt_pid; exit 1' ERR
+
+$SPDK_BIN_DIR/spdk_tgt --wait-for-rpc &
+spdk_tgt_pid=$!
+waitforlisten $spdk_tgt_pid
+
+$rpc_py accel_assign_opc -o copy -m software
+$rpc_py framework_start_init
+$rpc_py accel_get_opc_assignments | jq -r '.copy' | grep software
+
+killprocess $spdk_tgt_pid