diff --git a/test/shell/lvcreate-vdo.sh b/test/shell/lvcreate-vdo.sh
index b24801375..87d6f98a1 100644
--- a/test/shell/lvcreate-vdo.sh
+++ b/test/shell/lvcreate-vdo.sh
@@ -89,4 +89,15 @@ check lv_field $vg/$lv1 vdo_ack_threads "4"
 lvs -a $vg
 lvremove -ff $vg
 
+lvcreate --type vdo --vdosettings 'minimum_io_size=512' -L10G -V1T -ky -n $lv1 $vg
+check lv_field $vg/$lv1 vdo_minimum_io_size "512b"
+lvremove -ff $vg
+
+lvcreate --type vdo --vdosettings 'minimum_io_size=4096' -L10G -V1T -ky -n $lv1 $vg
+check lv_field $vg/$lv1 vdo_minimum_io_size "4.00k"
+lvremove -ff $vg
+
+# only 512 or 4096 are valid values  (and eventually 1 or 8 sectors)
+not lvcreate --type vdo --vdosettings 'minimum_io_size=8000' -L10G -V1T -ky -n $lv1 $vg
+
 vgremove -ff $vg