diff --git a/test/Makefile b/test/Makefile
index 45674c3..8cafcfd 100644
--- a/test/Makefile
+++ b/test/Makefile
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ test_srcs := \
 	io-cancel.c \
 	iopoll.c \
 	io_uring_enter.c \
+	io_uring_passthrough.c \
 	io_uring_register.c \
 	io_uring_setup.c \
 	lfs-openat.c \
diff --git a/test/io_uring_passthrough.c b/test/io_uring_passthrough.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e2b806
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/io_uring_passthrough.c
@@ -0,0 +1,319 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT */
+/*
+ * Description: basic read/write tests for io_uring passthrough commands
+ */
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "helpers.h"
+#include "liburing.h"
+#include "nvme.h"
+
+#define FILE_SIZE	(256 * 1024)
+#define BS		8192
+#define BUFFERS		(FILE_SIZE / BS)
+
+static struct iovec *vecs;
+
+/*
+ * Each offset in the file has the ((test_case / 2) * FILE_SIZE)
+ * + (offset / sizeof(int)) stored for every
+ * sizeof(int) address.
+ */
+static int verify_buf(int tc, void *buf, off_t off)
+{
+	int i, u_in_buf = BS / sizeof(unsigned int);
+	unsigned int *ptr;
+
+	off /= sizeof(unsigned int);
+	off += (tc / 2) * FILE_SIZE;
+	ptr = buf;
+	for (i = 0; i < u_in_buf; i++) {
+		if (off != *ptr) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "Found %u, wanted %lu\n", *ptr, off);
+			return 1;
+		}
+		ptr++;
+		off++;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int fill_pattern(int tc)
+{
+	unsigned int val, *ptr;
+	int i, j;
+	int u_in_buf = BS / sizeof(val);
+
+	val = (tc / 2) * FILE_SIZE;
+	for (i = 0; i < BUFFERS; i++) {
+		ptr = vecs[i].iov_base;
+		for (j = 0; j < u_in_buf; j++) {
+			*ptr = val;
+			val++;
+			ptr++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int __test_io(const char *file, struct io_uring *ring, int tc, int read,
+		     int sqthread, int fixed, int nonvec)
+{
+	struct io_uring_sqe *sqe;
+	struct io_uring_cqe *cqe;
+	struct nvme_uring_cmd *cmd;
+	int open_flags;
+	int do_fixed;
+	int i, ret, fd = -1;
+	off_t offset;
+	__u64 slba;
+	__u32 nlb;
+
+#ifdef VERBOSE
+	fprintf(stdout, "%s: start %d/%d/%d/%d: ", __FUNCTION__, read,
+							sqthread, fixed,
+							nonvec);
+#endif
+	if (read)
+		open_flags = O_RDONLY;
+	else
+		open_flags = O_WRONLY;
+
+	if (fixed) {
+		ret = t_register_buffers(ring, vecs, BUFFERS);
+		if (ret == T_SETUP_SKIP)
+			return 0;
+		if (ret != T_SETUP_OK) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "buffer reg failed: %d\n", ret);
+			goto err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	fd = open(file, open_flags);
+	if (fd < 0) {
+		perror("file open");
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	if (sqthread) {
+		ret = io_uring_register_files(ring, &fd, 1);
+		if (ret) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "file reg failed: %d\n", ret);
+			goto err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!read)
+		fill_pattern(tc);
+
+	offset = 0;
+	for (i = 0; i < BUFFERS; i++) {
+		sqe = io_uring_get_sqe(ring);
+		if (!sqe) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "sqe get failed\n");
+			goto err;
+		}
+		if (read) {
+			int use_fd = fd;
+
+			do_fixed = fixed;
+
+			if (sqthread)
+				use_fd = 0;
+			if (fixed && (i & 1))
+				do_fixed = 0;
+			if (do_fixed) {
+				io_uring_prep_read_fixed(sqe, use_fd, vecs[i].iov_base,
+								vecs[i].iov_len,
+								offset, i);
+				sqe->cmd_op = NVME_URING_CMD_IO;
+			} else if (nonvec) {
+				io_uring_prep_read(sqe, use_fd, vecs[i].iov_base,
+							vecs[i].iov_len, offset);
+				sqe->cmd_op = NVME_URING_CMD_IO;
+			} else {
+				io_uring_prep_readv(sqe, use_fd, &vecs[i], 1,
+								offset);
+				sqe->cmd_op = NVME_URING_CMD_IO_VEC;
+			}
+		} else {
+			int use_fd = fd;
+
+			do_fixed = fixed;
+
+			if (sqthread)
+				use_fd = 0;
+			if (fixed && (i & 1))
+				do_fixed = 0;
+			if (do_fixed) {
+				io_uring_prep_write_fixed(sqe, use_fd, vecs[i].iov_base,
+								vecs[i].iov_len,
+								offset, i);
+				sqe->cmd_op = NVME_URING_CMD_IO;
+			} else if (nonvec) {
+				io_uring_prep_write(sqe, use_fd, vecs[i].iov_base,
+							vecs[i].iov_len, offset);
+				sqe->cmd_op = NVME_URING_CMD_IO;
+			} else {
+				io_uring_prep_writev(sqe, use_fd, &vecs[i], 1,
+								offset);
+				sqe->cmd_op = NVME_URING_CMD_IO_VEC;
+			}
+		}
+		sqe->opcode = IORING_OP_URING_CMD;
+		sqe->user_data = ((uint64_t)offset << 32) | i;
+		if (sqthread)
+			sqe->flags |= IOSQE_FIXED_FILE;
+
+		/* 80 bytes for NVMe uring passthrough command */
+		cmd = (struct nvme_uring_cmd *)sqe->cmd;
+		memset(cmd, 0, sizeof(struct nvme_uring_cmd));
+
+		cmd->opcode = read ? nvme_cmd_read : nvme_cmd_write;
+
+		slba = offset >> lba_shift;
+		nlb = (BS >> lba_shift) - 1;
+
+		/* cdw10 and cdw11 represent starting lba */
+		cmd->cdw10 = slba & 0xffffffff;
+		cmd->cdw11 = slba >> 32;
+		/* cdw12 represent number of lba's for read/write */
+		cmd->cdw12 = nlb;
+		if (do_fixed || nonvec) {
+			cmd->addr = (__u64)(uintptr_t)vecs[i].iov_base;
+			cmd->data_len = vecs[i].iov_len;
+		} else {
+			cmd->addr = (__u64)(uintptr_t)&vecs[i];
+			cmd->data_len = 1;
+		}
+		cmd->nsid = nsid;
+
+		offset += BS;
+	}
+
+	ret = io_uring_submit(ring);
+	if (ret != BUFFERS) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "submit got %d, wanted %d\n", ret, BUFFERS);
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < BUFFERS; i++) {
+		ret = io_uring_wait_cqe(ring, &cqe);
+		if (ret) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "wait_cqe=%d\n", ret);
+			goto err;
+		}
+		if (cqe->res != 0) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "cqe res %d, wanted 0\n", cqe->res);
+			goto err;
+		}
+		io_uring_cqe_seen(ring, cqe);
+		if (read) {
+			int index = cqe->user_data & 0xffffffff;
+			void *buf = vecs[index].iov_base;
+			off_t voff = cqe->user_data >> 32;
+
+			if (verify_buf(tc, buf, voff))
+				goto err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (fixed) {
+		ret = io_uring_unregister_buffers(ring);
+		if (ret) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "buffer unreg failed: %d\n", ret);
+			goto err;
+		}
+	}
+	if (sqthread) {
+		ret = io_uring_unregister_files(ring);
+		if (ret) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "file unreg failed: %d\n", ret);
+			goto err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	close(fd);
+#ifdef VERBOSE
+	fprintf(stdout, "PASS\n");
+#endif
+	return 0;
+err:
+#ifdef VERBOSE
+	fprintf(stderr, "FAILED\n");
+#endif
+	if (fd != -1)
+		close(fd);
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static int test_io(const char *file, int tc, int read, int sqthread,
+		   int fixed, int nonvec)
+{
+	struct io_uring ring;
+	int ret, ring_flags = 0;
+
+	ring_flags |= IORING_SETUP_SQE128;
+	ring_flags |= IORING_SETUP_CQE32;
+
+	if (sqthread)
+		ring_flags |= IORING_SETUP_SQPOLL;
+
+	ret = t_create_ring(64, &ring, ring_flags);
+	if (ret == T_SETUP_SKIP)
+		return 0;
+	if (ret != T_SETUP_OK) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "ring create failed: %d\n", ret);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	ret = __test_io(file, &ring, tc, read, sqthread, fixed, nonvec);
+	io_uring_queue_exit(&ring);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	int i, ret;
+	char *fname;
+
+	if (argc < 2) {
+		printf("%s: requires NVMe character device\n", argv[0]);
+		return T_EXIT_SKIP;
+	}
+
+	fname = argv[1];
+	ret = fio_nvme_get_info(fname);
+
+	if (ret) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "failed to fetch device info: %d\n", ret);
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	vecs = t_create_buffers(BUFFERS, BS);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
+		int read = (i & 1) != 0;
+		int sqthread = (i & 2) != 0;
+		int fixed = (i & 4) != 0;
+		int nonvec = (i & 8) != 0;
+
+		ret = test_io(fname, i, read, sqthread, fixed, nonvec);
+		if (ret) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "test_io failed %d/%d/%d/%d\n",
+				read, sqthread, fixed, nonvec);
+			goto err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return T_EXIT_PASS;
+err:
+	return T_EXIT_FAIL;
+}
