diff --git a/test/v4l2_device/meson.build b/test/v4l2_device/meson.build
index 41675a303498..b6b672611d60 100644
--- a/test/v4l2_device/meson.build
+++ b/test/v4l2_device/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # They are not alphabetically sorted.
 v4l2_device_tests = [
   [ 'double_open',        'double_open.cpp' ],
+  [ 'request_buffers',    'request_buffers.cpp' ],
 ]
 
 foreach t : v4l2_device_tests
diff --git a/test/v4l2_device/request_buffers.cpp b/test/v4l2_device/request_buffers.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8ab0f560516f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/v4l2_device/request_buffers.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019, Google Inc.
+ *
+ * libcamera V4L2 API tests
+ */
+
+#include "v4l2_device_test.h"
+
+class RequestBuffers : public V4L2DeviceTest
+{
+protected:
+	int run()
+	{
+		/* TODO:
+		 *  Test invalid requests
+		 *  Test different buffer allocations
+		 */
+		BufferPool *pool = dev_->requestBuffers(8);
+
+		if (!pool)
+			return TestFail;
+
+		return TestPass;
+	}
+};
+
+TEST_REGISTER(RequestBuffers);