diff --git a/test/nvmf/nmic/nmic.sh b/test/nvmf/nmic/nmic.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..b6def9eda9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/nvmf/nmic/nmic.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+testdir=$(readlink -f $(dirname $0))
+rootdir=$(readlink -f $testdir/../../..)
+source $rootdir/test/common/autotest_common.sh
+source $rootdir/test/nvmf/common.sh
+
+MALLOC_BDEV_SIZE=128
+MALLOC_BLOCK_SIZE=512
+
+rpc_py="python $rootdir/scripts/rpc.py"
+
+set -e
+
+# pass the parameter 'iso' to this script when running it in isolation to trigger rdma device initialization.
+# e.g. sudo ./nmic.sh iso
+nvmftestinit $1
+
+RDMA_IP_LIST=$(get_available_rdma_ips)
+NVMF_FIRST_TARGET_IP=$(echo "$RDMA_IP_LIST" | head -n 1)
+NVMF_SECOND_TARGET_IP=$(echo "$RDMA_IP_LIST" | sed -n 2p)
+if [ -z $NVMF_FIRST_TARGET_IP ]; then
+	echo "no NIC for nvmf test"
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+timing_enter nmic
+timing_enter start_nvmf_tgt
+# Start up the NVMf target in another process
+$NVMF_APP -m 0xF --wait-for-rpc &
+pid=$!
+
+trap "killprocess $pid; nvmftestfini $1; exit 1" SIGINT SIGTERM EXIT
+
+waitforlisten $pid
+$rpc_py set_nvmf_target_options -u 8192 -p 4
+$rpc_py start_subsystem_init
+timing_exit start_nvmf_tgt
+
+# Create subsystems
+bdevs="$($rpc_py construct_malloc_bdev $MALLOC_BDEV_SIZE $MALLOC_BLOCK_SIZE)"
+$rpc_py construct_nvmf_subsystem nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode1 "trtype:RDMA traddr:$NVMF_FIRST_TARGET_IP trsvcid:$NVMF_PORT" '' -a -s SPDK1 -n "$bdevs"
+
+echo "test case1: single bdev can't be used in multiple subsystems"
+set +e
+$rpc_py construct_nvmf_subsystem nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode2 "trtype:RDMA traddr:$NVMF_FIRST_TARGET_IP trsvcid:$NVMF_PORT" '' -a -s SPDK2 -n "$bdevs"
+nmic_status=$?
+
+if [ $nmic_status -eq 0 ]; then
+	echo " constructing nvmf subsystem passed - failure expected."
+	killprocess $pid
+	exit 1
+else
+	echo " constructing nvmf subsystem failed - expected result."
+fi
+set -e
+
+modprobe -v nvme-rdma
+
+echo "test case2: host connect to nvmf target in multiple paths"
+if [ ! -z $NVMF_SECOND_TARGET_IP ]; then
+	$rpc_py nvmf_subsystem_add_listener nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode1 -t RDMA -a $NVMF_SECOND_TARGET_IP -s $NVMF_PORT
+
+	nvme connect -t rdma -n "nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode1" -a "$NVMF_FIRST_TARGET_IP" -s "$NVMF_PORT"
+	nvme connect -t rdma -n "nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode1" -a "$NVMF_SECOND_TARGET_IP" -s "$NVMF_PORT"
+
+	waitforblk "nvme0n1"
+
+	$testdir/../fio/nvmf_fio.py 4096 1 write 1 verify
+fi
+
+nvme disconnect -n "nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode1" || true
+
+trap - SIGINT SIGTERM EXIT
+
+nvmfcleanup
+killprocess $pid
+
+nvmftestfini $1
+timing_exit nmic
diff --git a/test/nvmf/nvmf.sh b/test/nvmf/nvmf.sh
index b4323f8c59..b76baa83c1 100755
--- a/test/nvmf/nvmf.sh
+++ b/test/nvmf/nvmf.sh
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ run_test suite test/nvmf/host/perf.sh
 run_test suite test/nvmf/host/aer.sh
 run_test suite test/nvmf/host/fio.sh
 
+run_test suite test/nvmf/nmic/nmic.sh
+
 timing_exit host
 trap - SIGINT SIGTERM EXIT
 kill_stub