diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 3d8d4c2dbe..38625ae1be 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -1555,6 +1555,7 @@ Memarea - EXPERIMENTAL
 M: Chengwen Feng <fengchengwen@huawei.com>
 F: lib/memarea
 F: doc/guides/prog_guide/memarea_lib.rst
+F: app/test/test_memarea*
 
 Membership - EXPERIMENTAL
 M: Yipeng Wang <yipeng1.wang@intel.com>
diff --git a/app/test/meson.build b/app/test/meson.build
index 396b133959..8943f24668 100644
--- a/app/test/meson.build
+++ b/app/test/meson.build
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ test_sources = files(
         'test_malloc.c',
         'test_malloc_perf.c',
         'test_mbuf.c',
+        'test_memarea.c',
         'test_member.c',
         'test_member_perf.c',
         'test_memcpy.c',
@@ -200,6 +201,7 @@ fast_tests = [
         ['malloc_autotest', false, true],
         ['mbuf_autotest', false, true],
         ['mcslock_autotest', false, true],
+        ['memarea_autotest', true, true],
         ['memcpy_autotest', true, true],
         ['memory_autotest', false, true],
         ['mempool_autotest', false, true],
diff --git a/app/test/test_memarea.c b/app/test/test_memarea.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b25af1880a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/test/test_memarea.c
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2022 HiSilicon Limited
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "test.h"
+
+#ifdef RTE_EXEC_ENV_WINDOWS
+static int
+test_memarea(void)
+{
+	printf("memarea not supported on Windows, skipping test\n");
+	return TEST_SKIPPED;
+}
+
+#else
+
+#include <rte_memory.h>
+#include <rte_memarea.h>
+
+#define MEMAREA_TEST_DEFAULT_SIZE	0x1000
+
+#define MEMAREA_TEST_API_RUN(test_func) \
+	do { \
+		int ret = test_func(); \
+		if (ret < 0) { \
+			printf("%s Failed\n", #test_func); \
+			fails++; \
+		} else { \
+			printf("%s Passed\n", #test_func); \
+		} \
+	} while (0)
+
+static int fails;
+
+static void
+test_memarea_prepare(void)
+{
+	fails = 0;
+}
+
+static int
+test_memarea_retcode(void)
+{
+	return fails > 0 ? -1 : 0;
+}
+
+static void
+test_memarea_init_param(struct rte_memarea_param *init)
+{
+	memset(init, 0, sizeof(struct rte_memarea_param));
+	sprintf(init->name, "%s", "test-memarea");
+	init->source = RTE_MEMAREA_SOURCE_LIBC;
+	init->total_sz = MEMAREA_TEST_DEFAULT_SIZE;
+	init->mt_safe = 1;
+}
+
+static int
+test_memarea_create_bad_param(void)
+{
+	struct rte_memarea_param init;
+	struct rte_memarea *ma;
+
+	/* test for NULL */
+	ma = rte_memarea_create(NULL);
+	RTE_TEST_ASSERT(ma == NULL, "Expected NULL");
+
+	/* test for invalid name */
+	memset(&init, 0, sizeof(init));
+	ma = rte_memarea_create(&init);
+	RTE_TEST_ASSERT(ma == NULL, "Expected NULL");
+	memset(&init.name, 1, sizeof(init.name));
+	ma = rte_memarea_create(&init);
+	RTE_TEST_ASSERT(ma == NULL, "Expected NULL");
+
+	/* test for invalid source */
+	test_memarea_init_param(&init);
+	init.source = RTE_MEMAREA_SOURCE_MEMAREA + 1;
+	ma = rte_memarea_create(&init);
+	RTE_TEST_ASSERT(ma == NULL, "Expected NULL");
+
+	/* test for total_sz */
+	test_memarea_init_param(&init);
+	init.total_sz = 0;
+	ma = rte_memarea_create(&init);
+	RTE_TEST_ASSERT(ma == NULL, "Expected NULL");
+
+	/* test for memarea NULL */
+	test_memarea_init_param(&init);
+	init.source = RTE_MEMAREA_SOURCE_MEMAREA;
+	ma = rte_memarea_create(&init);
+	RTE_TEST_ASSERT(ma == NULL, "Expected NULL");
+
+	/* test for alg invalid */
+	test_memarea_init_param(&init);
+	init.alg = RTE_MEMAREA_ALG_NEXTFIT + 1;
+	ma = rte_memarea_create(&init);
+	RTE_TEST_ASSERT(ma == NULL, "Expected NULL");
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+test_memarea_create_destroy(void)
+{
+	struct rte_memarea_param init;
+	struct rte_memarea *ma;
+
+	/* test for create with HEAP */
+	test_memarea_init_param(&init);
+	init.source = RTE_MEMAREA_SOURCE_HEAP;
+	init.numa_socket = SOCKET_ID_ANY;
+	ma = rte_memarea_create(&init);
+	RTE_TEST_ASSERT(ma != NULL, "Expected Non-NULL");
+	rte_memarea_destroy(ma);
+
+	/* test for create with LIBC */
+	test_memarea_init_param(&init);
+	init.source = RTE_MEMAREA_SOURCE_LIBC;
+	ma = rte_memarea_create(&init);
+	RTE_TEST_ASSERT(ma != NULL, "Expected Non-NULL");
+	rte_memarea_destroy(ma);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+test_memarea(void)
+{
+	test_memarea_prepare();
+
+	MEMAREA_TEST_API_RUN(test_memarea_create_bad_param);
+	MEMAREA_TEST_API_RUN(test_memarea_create_destroy);
+
+	return test_memarea_retcode();
+}
+
+#endif /* !RTE_EXEC_ENV_WINDOWS */
+
+REGISTER_TEST_COMMAND(memarea_autotest, test_memarea);
