diff --git a/tests/generic/523 b/tests/generic/523
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index 00000000..ace3babe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/generic/523
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+# Copyright (c) 2019 Oracle, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# FS QA Test No. 523
+#
+# Check that xattrs can have slashes in their name.
+#
+seq=`basename $0`
+seqres=$RESULT_DIR/$seq
+echo "QA output created by $seq"
+tmp=/tmp/$$
+status=1	# failure is the default!
+trap "_cleanup; exit \$status" 0 1 2 3 15
+
+_cleanup()
+{
+	cd /
+	rm -f $tmp.*
+}
+
+# get standard environment, filters and checks
+. ./common/rc
+. ./common/attr
+. ./common/filter
+
+# real QA test starts here
+_supported_fs generic
+_supported_os Linux
+_require_scratch
+_require_attrs
+
+rm -f $seqres.full
+
+_scratch_mkfs >> $seqres.full 2>&1
+_scratch_mount
+
+echo "set attr"
+file=$SCRATCH_MNT/moofile
+touch $file
+$SETFATTR_PROG -n "user.boo/hoo" -v "woof" $file
+
+echo "check attr"
+_getfattr -d --absolute-names $file | _filter_scratch
+
+# Now we let the fsck tool check the filesystem, because xfs_repair had a
+# regression where it would flag and erase any xattr with a '/' in it.
+
+status=0
+exit
diff --git a/tests/generic/523.out b/tests/generic/523.out
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+QA output created by 523
+set attr
+check attr
+# file: SCRATCH_MNT/moofile
+user.boo/hoo="woof"
+
diff --git a/tests/generic/group b/tests/generic/group
index ea5aa7aa..772e6a1d 100644
--- a/tests/generic/group
+++ b/tests/generic/group
@@ -525,3 +525,4 @@
 520 auto quick log
 521 soak long_rw
 522 soak long_rw
+523 auto quick attr