diff --git a/qemu/tests/cfg/nvdimm.cfg b/qemu/tests/cfg/nvdimm.cfg
index 3e9dbc99d2e5a906dd417f0e0cd345cd07e0183d..852e69190e073d624b2e4e34f01fd306f7727fd2 100644
--- a/qemu/tests/cfg/nvdimm.cfg
+++ b/qemu/tests/cfg/nvdimm.cfg
@@ -53,3 +53,16 @@
             ndctl_install_cmd = "rpm -q ndctl || yum install -y ndctl"
             create_dax_cmd = "ndctl create-namespace -m dax -e namespace0.0 -f -v -a 4096"
             del_dax_cmd = "ndctl create-namespace -m memory -e namespace0.0 -f -v -a 4096"
+        - nvdimm_mapsync:
+            type = nvdimm_mapsync
+            no Host_RHEL.m7
+            pmem_mem = on
+            nv_backend = nvdimm0
+            mount_dir = "/mnt/pmem"
+            mem-path = "${mount_dir}/${nv_backend}"
+            format_command = "mkfs.xfs -f ${dev_path} -m reflink=0"
+            mount_command = "mkdir -p ${mount_dir} && mount -o dax ${dev_path} ${mount_dir}"
+            truncate_command = "truncate -s ${size_mem} ${mount_dir}/${nv_backend}"
+            check_command = "grep -A21 '${nv_backend}' /proc/%s/smaps"
+            clean_command = "rm -rf ${mount_dir}/${nv_backend} && umount ${mount_dir} && rm -rf ${mount_dir}"
+            start_vm = no
diff --git a/qemu/tests/nvdimm_mapsync.py b/qemu/tests/nvdimm_mapsync.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..eada6c459ace876d0214ecf403e89afac3a535cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qemu/tests/nvdimm_mapsync.py
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import re
+import os
+import pathlib
+
+from avocado.utils import process
+
+from virttest import env_process
+from virttest import error_context
+
+
+@error_context.context_aware
+def run(test, params, env):
+    """
+    Run nvdimm cases:
+    1) Mount nvdimm device on host
+    2) Create a file in the mount point
+    3) Boot guest with nvdimm backed by the file
+    4) Check flag 'sf' is present in qemu smaps
+
+    :param test: QEMU test object
+    :param params: Dictionary with the test parameters
+    :param env: Dictionary with test environment.
+    """
+    dev_path = params["dev_path"]
+    p = pathlib.Path(dev_path)
+    if not p.is_block_device():
+        test.error("There is no nvdimm device in host, please add kernel param"
+                   "'memmap' to emulate one")
+
+    format_cmd = params["format_command"]
+    mount_cmd = params["mount_command"]
+    truncate_cmd = params["truncate_command"]
+    check_cmd = params["check_command"]
+    clean_cmd = params["clean_command"]
+    try:
+        process.run(format_cmd)
+        process.run(mount_cmd, shell=True)
+        process.run(truncate_cmd)
+    except Exception as e:
+        test.error(e)
+    else:
+        try:
+            params["start_vm"] = "yes"
+            env_process.preprocess_vm(test, params, env, params['main_vm'])
+            vm = env.get_vm(params["main_vm"])
+            vm.verify_alive()
+            vm.wait_for_login()
+            vm_pid = vm.get_pid()
+
+            output = process.system_output(check_cmd % vm_pid).decode()
+            if 'sf' not in re.findall('(?:VmFlags: )(.*)', output)[0].split():
+                test.fail("Flag 'sf' is not present in smaps file")
+        finally:
+            vm.destroy()
+    finally:
+        if os.path.ismount(params["mount_dir"]):
+            process.run(clean_cmd, shell=True)