diff --git a/client/tests/kvm/tests/hdparm.py b/client/tests/kvm/tests/hdparm.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..79ce5db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/tests/kvm/tests/hdparm.py
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+import re, logging
+from autotest_lib.client.common_lib import error
+
+
+@error.context_aware
+def run_hdparm(test, params, env):
+    """
+    Test hdparm setting on linux guest os, this case will:
+    1) Set/record parameters value of hard disk to low performance status.
+    2) Perform device/cache read timings then record the results.
+    3) Set/record parameters value of hard disk to high performance status.
+    4) Perform device/cache read timings then compare two results.
+
+    @param test: kvm test object
+    @param params: Dictionary with the test parameters
+    @param env: Dictionary with test environmen.
+    """
+
+    def check_setting_result(set_cmd, timeout):
+        params = re.findall("(-[a-zA-Z])([0-9]*)", set_cmd)
+        disk = re.findall("(\/+[a-z]*\/[a-z]*$)", set_cmd)[0]
+        for (param, value) in params:
+            cmd = "hdparm %s %s" % (param, disk)
+            (s, output) = session.cmd_status_output(cmd, timeout)
+            if s != 0:
+                raise error.TestError("Fail to get %s parameter value\n"
+                                     "Output is: %s" % (param, output))
+            if value not in output:
+                 raise error.TestFail("Fail to set %s parameter to value: %s"
+                                      % (param, value))
+
+
+    def perform_read_timing(disk, timeout, num=5):
+        results = 0
+        for i in range(num):
+            cmd = params.get("device_cache_read_cmd") % disk
+            (s, output) = session.cmd_status_output(cmd, timeout)
+            if s != 0:
+                raise error.TestFail("Fail to perform device/cache read"
+                                     " timings \nOutput is: %s\n" % output)
+            logging.info("Output of device/cache read timing check(%s of %s):"
+                          " %s" % (i + 1, num, output))
+            (result, post) = re.findall("= *([0-9]*.+[0-9]*) ([a-zA-Z]*)",
+                             output)[1]
+            if post == "kB":
+                result = float(result)/1024.0
+            results += float(result)
+        return results/num
+
+    vm = env.get_vm(params["main_vm"])
+    vm.create()
+    session = vm.wait_for_login(timeout=int(params.get("login_timeout", 360)))
+    try:
+        timeout = float(params.get("cmd_timeout", 60))
+        cmd = params.get("get_disk_cmd")
+        (s, output) = session.cmd_status_output(cmd)
+        disk = output.strip()
+
+        error.context("Setting hard disk to lower performance")
+        cmd = params.get("low_status_cmd") % disk
+        session.cmd(cmd, timeout)
+
+        error.context("Checking hard disk keyval under lower performance")
+        check_setting_result(cmd, timeout)
+        low_result = perform_read_timing(disk, timeout)
+        logging.info("Buffered disk read speed under low performance"
+                     " configuration: %s" % low_result)
+        error.context("Setting hard disk to higher performance")
+        cmd = params.get("high_status_cmd") % disk
+        session.cmd(cmd, timeout)
+
+        error.context("Checking hard disk keyval under higher performance")
+        check_setting_result(cmd, timeout)
+        high_result = perform_read_timing(disk, timeout)
+        logging.info("Buffered disk read speed under high performance"
+                     " configuration: %s" % high_result)
+        if not float(high_result) > float(low_result):
+            raise error.TestFail("High performance setting does not "
+                                 "increase read speed\n")
+        logging.debug("High performance setting increased read speed!")
+
+    finally:
+        if session:
+            session.close()
diff --git a/client/tests/kvm/tests_base.cfg.sample b/client/tests/kvm/tests_base.cfg.sample
index d597b52..5491630 100644
--- a/client/tests/kvm/tests_base.cfg.sample
+++ b/client/tests/kvm/tests_base.cfg.sample
@@ -1115,6 +1115,19 @@ variants:
         image_snapshot = yes
         only Linux
 
+    - hdparm:
+        type = hdparm
+        get_disk_cmd = \ls /dev/[vhs]da
+        low_status_cmd = hdparm -a64 -d0 -u0 %s
+        device_cache_read_cmd = hdparm -tT %s
+        high_status_cmd = hdparm -a256 -d1 -u1 %s
+        cmd_timeout = 540
+        only Linux
+        virtio_blk:
+            get_disk_cmd = \ls /dev/vda
+            low_status_cmd = hdparm -a32 -r0 %s
+            high_status_cmd = hdparm -a256 -r1 %s
+
 
 # NICs
 variants:
