diff --git a/tests/kernel/common/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/kernel/common/CMakeLists.txt
index ad1d8b4a02f..cbe224ea2d9 100644
--- a/tests/kernel/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/kernel/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,4 +24,5 @@ target_sources(app PRIVATE
 	src/multilib.c
   src/errno.c
   src/boot_delay.c
+  src/irq_offload.c
   )
diff --git a/tests/kernel/common/prj.conf b/tests/kernel/common/prj.conf
index 11ea55482fe..741af5fe3b0 100644
--- a/tests/kernel/common/prj.conf
+++ b/tests/kernel/common/prj.conf
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ CONFIG_LOG=y
 CONFIG_POLL=y
 CONFIG_QEMU_TICKLESS_WORKAROUND=y
 CONFIG_BOOT_DELAY=500
+CONFIG_IRQ_OFFLOAD=y
diff --git a/tests/kernel/common/src/irq_offload.c b/tests/kernel/common/src/irq_offload.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8ef25437040
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/kernel/common/src/irq_offload.c
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 Intel Corporation
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ *
+ * This test case verifies the correctness of irq_offload(), an important
+ * routine used in many other test cases for running a function in interrupt
+ * context, on the IRQ stack.
+ *
+ */
+#include <zephyr.h>
+#include <ztest.h>
+#include <kernel_structs.h>
+#include <irq_offload.h>
+
+volatile u32_t sentinel;
+#define SENTINEL_VALUE 0xDEADBEEF
+
+static void offload_function(void *param)
+{
+	u32_t x = (u32_t)param;
+
+	/* Make sure we're in IRQ context */
+	zassert_true(_is_in_isr(), "Not in IRQ context!");
+
+	sentinel = x;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Verify thread context
+ *
+ * @ingroup kernel_interrupt_tests
+ *
+ * @details Check whether offloaded running function is in interrupt
+ * context, on the IRQ stack or not.
+ */
+void test_irq_offload(void)
+{
+	/**TESTPOINT: Offload to IRQ context*/
+	irq_offload(offload_function, (void *)SENTINEL_VALUE);
+
+	zassert_equal(sentinel, SENTINEL_VALUE,
+		"irq_offload() didn't work properly");
+}
+
diff --git a/tests/kernel/common/src/main.c b/tests/kernel/common/src/main.c
index 2e62704efe4..874f393a279 100644
--- a/tests/kernel/common/src/main.c
+++ b/tests/kernel/common/src/main.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ extern void test_clock_uptime(void);
 extern void test_multilib(void);
 extern void test_thread_context(void);
 extern void test_verify_bootdelay(void);
+extern void test_irq_offload(void);
 
 /**
  * @defgroup kernel_common_tests Common Tests
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ void test_main(void)
 {
 	ztest_test_suite(common,
 			 ztest_unit_test(test_verify_bootdelay),
+			 ztest_unit_test(test_irq_offload),
 			 ztest_unit_test(test_byteorder_memcpy_swap),
 			 ztest_unit_test(test_byteorder_mem_swap),
 			 ztest_unit_test(test_atomic),