diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c8c815f9..26d4da11 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@
 /src/runas
 /src/seek_copy_test
 /src/seek_sanity_test
+/src/splice-test
 /src/stale_handle
 /src/stat_test
 /src/swapon
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index c4fcf370..2920dfb1 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ LINUX_TARGETS = xfsctl bstat t_mtab getdevicesize preallo_rw_pattern_reader \
 	attr-list-by-handle-cursor-test listxattr dio-interleaved t_dir_type \
 	dio-invalidate-cache stat_test t_encrypted_d_revalidate \
 	attr_replace_test swapon mkswap t_attr_corruption t_open_tmpfiles \
-	fscrypt-crypt-util bulkstat_null_ocount
+	fscrypt-crypt-util bulkstat_null_ocount splice-test
 
 SUBDIRS = log-writes perf
 
diff --git a/src/splice-test.c b/src/splice-test.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d3c12075
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/splice-test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 ?????????????????????????????
+ * Author: 
+ *
+ * Make sure that reading and writing to a pipe via splice.
+ */
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <err.h>
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#define SECTOR_SIZE 512
+#define BUFFER_SIZE (150 * SECTOR_SIZE)
+
+void read_from_pipe(int fd, const char *filename, size_t size)
+{
+	char buffer[SECTOR_SIZE];
+	size_t sz;
+	ssize_t ret;
+
+	while (size) {
+		sz = size;
+		if (sz > sizeof buffer)
+			sz = sizeof buffer;
+		ret = read(fd, buffer, sz);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			err(1, "read: %s", filename);
+		if (ret == 0) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "read: %s: unexpected EOF\n", filename);
+			exit(1);
+		}
+		size -= sz;
+	}
+}
+
+void do_splice1(int fd, const char *filename, size_t size)
+{
+	bool retried = false;
+	int pipefd[2];
+
+	if (pipe(pipefd) == -1)
+		err(1, "pipe");
+	while (size) {
+		ssize_t spliced;
+
+		spliced = splice(fd, NULL, pipefd[1], NULL, size, SPLICE_F_MOVE);
+		if (spliced == -1) {
+			if (errno == EAGAIN && !retried) {
+				retried = true;
+				fprintf(stderr, "retrying splice\n");
+				sleep(1);
+				continue;
+			}
+			err(1, "splice");
+		}
+		read_from_pipe(pipefd[0], filename, spliced);
+		size -= spliced;
+	}
+	close(pipefd[0]);
+	close(pipefd[1]);
+}
+
+void do_splice2(int fd, const char *filename, size_t size)
+{
+	bool retried = false;
+	int pipefd[2];
+	int pid;
+
+	if (pipe(pipefd) == -1)
+		err(1, "pipe");
+
+	pid = fork();
+	if (pid == 0) {
+		close(pipefd[1]);
+		read_from_pipe(pipefd[0], filename, size);
+		exit(0);
+	} else {
+		close(pipefd[0]);
+		while (size) {
+			ssize_t spliced;
+
+			spliced = splice(fd, NULL, pipefd[1], NULL, size, SPLICE_F_MOVE);
+			if (spliced == -1) {
+				if (errno == EAGAIN && !retried) {
+					retried = true;
+					fprintf(stderr, "retrying splice\n");
+					sleep(1);
+					continue;
+				}
+				err(1, "splice");
+			}
+			size -= spliced;
+		}
+		close(pipefd[1]);
+		waitpid(pid, NULL, 0);
+	}
+}
+
+void usage(const char *argv0)
+{
+	fprintf(stderr, "USAGE: %s [-rd] {filename}\n", basename(argv0));
+	exit(2);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	void (*do_splice)(int fd, const char *filename, size_t size);
+	const char *filename;
+	char *buffer;
+	int opt, open_flags, fd;
+	ssize_t ret;
+
+	do_splice = do_splice1;
+	open_flags = O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_RDWR | O_DIRECT;
+
+	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "rd")) != -1) {
+		switch(opt) {
+		case 'r':
+			do_splice = do_splice2;
+			break;
+		case 'd':
+			open_flags &= ~O_DIRECT;
+			break;
+		default:  /* '?' */
+			usage(argv[0]);
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (optind >= argc)
+		usage(argv[0]);
+	filename = argv[optind];
+
+	printf("%s reader %s O_DIRECT\n",
+		   do_splice == do_splice1 ? "sequential" : "concurrent",
+		   (open_flags & O_DIRECT) ? "with" : "without");
+
+	buffer = aligned_alloc(SECTOR_SIZE, BUFFER_SIZE);
+	if (buffer == NULL)
+		err(1, "aligned_alloc");
+
+	fd = open(filename, open_flags, 0666);
+	if (fd == -1)
+		err(1, "open: %s", filename);
+
+	memset(buffer, 'x', BUFFER_SIZE);
+	ret = write(fd, buffer, BUFFER_SIZE);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		err(1, "write: %s", filename);
+	if (ret != BUFFER_SIZE) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s: short write\n", filename);
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	ret = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
+	if (ret != 0)
+		err(1, "lseek: %s", filename);
+
+	do_splice(fd, filename, BUFFER_SIZE);
+
+	if (unlink(filename) == -1)
+		err(1, "unlink: %s", filename);
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tests/generic/720 b/tests/generic/720
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..b7f09c40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/generic/720
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+# Copyright (c) 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates.  All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# FS QA Test No. 720
+#
+# Test using splice() to read from pipes.
+
+seq=`basename $0`
+seqres=$RESULT_DIR/$seq
+echo "QA output created by $seq"
+
+here=`pwd`
+tmp=/tmp/$$
+status=1    # failure is the default!
+trap "_cleanup; exit \$status" 0 1 2 3 15
+
+_cleanup()
+{
+	cd /
+	rm -f $TEST_DIR/a
+}
+
+# get standard environment, filters and checks
+. ./common/rc
+
+# real QA test starts here
+_supported_os Linux
+_supported_fs generic
+_require_test
+
+rm -f $seqres.full
+
+src/splice-test -r $TEST_DIR/a
+src/splice-test -rd $TEST_DIR/a
+src/splice-test $TEST_DIR/a
+src/splice-test -d $TEST_DIR/a
+
+# success, all done
+status=0
+exit
diff --git a/tests/generic/720.out b/tests/generic/720.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b0fc9935
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/generic/720.out
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+QA output created by 720
+concurrent reader with O_DIRECT
+concurrent reader with O_DIRECT
+concurrent reader without O_DIRECT
+concurrent reader without O_DIRECT
+sequential reader with O_DIRECT
+sequential reader without O_DIRECT
diff --git a/tests/generic/group b/tests/generic/group
index cd418106..f75d4e60 100644
--- a/tests/generic/group
+++ b/tests/generic/group
@@ -569,3 +569,4 @@
 564 auto quick copy_range
 565 auto quick copy_range
 719 auto quick quota metadata
+720 auto quick rw pipe splice
