diff --git a/autotest.sh b/autotest.sh
index 56c5c2a4a..f99c90959 100755
--- a/autotest.sh
+++ b/autotest.sh
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ if [ $SPDK_RUN_FUNCTIONAL_TEST -eq 1 ]; then
 	run_test suite test/env/env.sh
 	run_test suite test/rpc_client/rpc_client.sh
 	run_test suite ./test/json_config/json_config.sh
+	run_test suite test/json_config/alias_rpc/alias_rpc.sh
 
 	if [ $SPDK_TEST_BLOCKDEV -eq 1 ]; then
 		run_test suite test/bdev/blockdev.sh
diff --git a/test/json_config/alias_rpc/alias_rpc.sh b/test/json_config/alias_rpc/alias_rpc.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..7c8ae7e76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/json_config/alias_rpc/alias_rpc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+testdir=$(readlink -f $(dirname $0))
+rootdir=$(readlink -f $testdir/../../..)
+source $rootdir/test/common/autotest_common.sh
+
+trap 'killprocess $spdk_tgt_pid; exit 1' ERR
+
+$rootdir/app/spdk_tgt/spdk_tgt &
+spdk_tgt_pid=$!
+waitforlisten $spdk_tgt_pid
+
+# Test deprecated rpcs in json
+cat $testdir/conf.json | $rootdir/scripts/rpc.py load_config -i
+
+# Test deprecated rpcs in rpc.py
+$rootdir/scripts/rpc.py delete_malloc_bdev "Malloc0"
+$rootdir/scripts/rpc.py delete_malloc_bdev "Malloc1"
+
+killprocess $spdk_tgt_pid
diff --git a/test/json_config/alias_rpc/conf.json b/test/json_config/alias_rpc/conf.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..63268efdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/json_config/alias_rpc/conf.json
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{
+  "subsystems": [
+    {
+      "subsystem": "copy",
+      "config": null
+    },
+    {
+      "subsystem": "interface",
+      "config": null
+    },
+    {
+      "subsystem": "net_framework",
+      "config": null
+    },
+    {
+      "subsystem": "bdev",
+      "config": [
+        {
+          "params": {
+            "block_size": 4096,
+            "num_blocks": 32
+          },
+          "method": "construct_malloc_bdev"
+        },
+        {
+          "params": {
+            "name": "Malloc1",
+            "block_size": 4096,
+            "num_blocks": 32
+          },
+          "method": "construct_malloc_bdev"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "subsystem": "nbd",
+      "config": []
+    },
+    {
+      "subsystem": "scsi",
+      "config": null
+    }
+  ]
+}