diff --git a/inference-engine/tests/functional/plugin/cpu/shared_tests_instances/single_layer_tests/reverse_sequence.cpp b/inference-engine/tests/functional/plugin/cpu/shared_tests_instances/single_layer_tests/reverse_sequence.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0a69b4c0967
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inference-engine/tests/functional/plugin/cpu/shared_tests_instances/single_layer_tests/reverse_sequence.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2019 Intel Corporation
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+//
+
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "single_layer_tests/reverse_sequence.hpp"
+#include "common_test_utils/test_constants.hpp"
+
+using namespace LayerTestsDefinitions;
+
+namespace {
+
+const std::vector<InferenceEngine::Precision> netPrecisions = {
+        InferenceEngine::Precision::FP32,
+        InferenceEngine::Precision::FP16,
+        InferenceEngine::Precision::U8, //doesn't match the reference values
+        InferenceEngine::Precision::I8, //doesn't match the reference values
+        InferenceEngine::Precision::U16,
+        InferenceEngine::Precision::I32
+};
+
+const std::vector<int64_t> batchAxisIndices = { 0L };
+
+const std::vector<int64_t> seqAxisIndices = { 1L };
+
+const std::vector<std::vector<size_t>> inputShapes = { {3, 10} }; //, 10, 20
+
+const std::vector<std::vector<size_t>> reversSeqLengthsVecShapes = { {3} };
+
+const std::vector<ngraph::helpers::InputLayerType> secondaryInputTypes = {
+        ngraph::helpers::InputLayerType::CONSTANT,
+        ngraph::helpers::InputLayerType::PARAMETER
+};
+
+INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(Basic_smoke, ReverseSequenceLayerTest,
+                        ::testing::Combine(
+                            ::testing::ValuesIn(batchAxisIndices),
+                            ::testing::ValuesIn(seqAxisIndices),
+                            ::testing::ValuesIn(inputShapes),
+                            ::testing::ValuesIn(reversSeqLengthsVecShapes),
+                            ::testing::ValuesIn(secondaryInputTypes),
+                            ::testing::ValuesIn(netPrecisions),
+                            ::testing::Values(CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_CPU)),
+                        ReverseSequenceLayerTest::getTestCaseName);
+
+}  // namespace
diff --git a/inference-engine/tests/functional/plugin/cpu/shared_tests_instances/skip_tests_config.cpp b/inference-engine/tests/functional/plugin/cpu/shared_tests_instances/skip_tests_config.cpp
index aabdea52432..a44f30de83a 100644
--- a/inference-engine/tests/functional/plugin/cpu/shared_tests_instances/skip_tests_config.cpp
+++ b/inference-engine/tests/functional/plugin/cpu/shared_tests_instances/skip_tests_config.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ std::vector<std::string> disabledTestPatterns() {
         // TODO: Issue: 32032
         R"(.*ActivationParamLayerTest.*)",
         // TODO: Issue: 30999 (Implement Interpolate reference in NGraph)
-        R"(.*InterpolateLayerTest.*)"
+        R"(.*InterpolateLayerTest.*)",
+        // TODO: Issue: 37862
+        R"(.*ReverseSequenceLayerTest.*netPRC=(I8|U8).*)"
     };
 }
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diff --git a/inference-engine/tests/functional/plugin/shared/include/single_layer_tests/reverse_sequence.hpp b/inference-engine/tests/functional/plugin/shared/include/single_layer_tests/reverse_sequence.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e7badc3bdd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inference-engine/tests/functional/plugin/shared/include/single_layer_tests/reverse_sequence.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2019 Intel Corporation
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+//
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <tuple>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+#include <memory>
+
+#include "functional_test_utils/layer_test_utils.hpp"
+#include "ngraph_functions/builders.hpp"
+#include "ngraph_functions/utils/ngraph_helpers.hpp"
+
+namespace LayerTestsDefinitions {
+
+using ReverseSequenceParamsTuple = typename std::tuple<
+        int64_t,                           // Index of the batch dimension
+        int64_t,                           // Index of the sequence dimension
+        std::vector<size_t>,               // Input shapes
+        std::vector<size_t>,               // Shape of the input vector with sequence lengths to be reversed
+        ngraph::helpers::InputLayerType,   // Secondary input type
+        InferenceEngine::Precision,        // Network precision
+        std::string>;                      // Device name
+
+class ReverseSequenceLayerTest : public testing::WithParamInterface<ReverseSequenceParamsTuple>,
+                        virtual public LayerTestsUtils::LayerTestsCommon {
+public:
+    static std::string getTestCaseName(const testing::TestParamInfo<ReverseSequenceParamsTuple> &obj);
+
+protected:
+    void SetUp() override;
+};
+
+} // namespace LayerTestsDefinitions
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diff --git a/inference-engine/tests/functional/plugin/shared/src/single_layer_tests/reverse_sequence.cpp b/inference-engine/tests/functional/plugin/shared/src/single_layer_tests/reverse_sequence.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d56bb12b25b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inference-engine/tests/functional/plugin/shared/src/single_layer_tests/reverse_sequence.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2019 Intel Corporation
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+//
+
+#include <tuple>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+#include <memory>
+
+#include "common_test_utils/common_utils.hpp"
+#include "functional_test_utils/precision_utils.hpp"
+#include "functional_test_utils/skip_tests_config.hpp"
+
+#include "single_layer_tests/reverse_sequence.hpp"
+
+namespace LayerTestsDefinitions {
+std::string ReverseSequenceLayerTest::getTestCaseName(const testing::TestParamInfo<ReverseSequenceParamsTuple> &obj) {
+    int64_t batchAxisIndx;
+    int64_t seqAxisIndx;
+    InferenceEngine::Precision netPrecision;
+    std::string targetName;
+    std::vector<size_t> inputShape;
+    std::vector<size_t> secondInputShape;
+    ngraph::helpers::InputLayerType secondaryInputType;
+
+    std::tie(batchAxisIndx, seqAxisIndx, inputShape, secondInputShape, secondaryInputType, netPrecision, targetName) = obj.param;
+
+    std::ostringstream result;
+    result << "IS=" << CommonTestUtils::vec2str(inputShape) << "_";
+    result << "seqLengthsShape" << CommonTestUtils::vec2str(secondInputShape) << "_";
+    result << "secondaryInputType=" << secondaryInputType << "_";
+    result << "batchAxis=" << batchAxisIndx << "_";
+    result << "seqAxis=" << seqAxisIndx << "_";
+    result << "netPRC=" << netPrecision.name() << "_";
+    result << "targetDevice=" << targetName;
+    return result.str();
+}
+
+void ReverseSequenceLayerTest::SetUp() {
+    InferenceEngine::Precision netPrecision;
+    int64_t batchAxisIndx;
+    int64_t seqAxisIndx;
+    std::vector<size_t> inputShape;
+    std::vector<size_t> secondInputShape;
+    ngraph::helpers::InputLayerType secondaryInputType;
+
+    std::tie(batchAxisIndx, seqAxisIndx, inputShape, secondInputShape, secondaryInputType, netPrecision, targetDevice) = GetParam();
+
+    auto ngPrc = FuncTestUtils::PrecisionUtils::convertIE2nGraphPrc(netPrecision);
+    auto paramsIn = ngraph::builder::makeParams(ngPrc, {inputShape});
+
+    auto secondPrc = ngraph::element::Type_t::i32; //according to the specification
+    auto secondaryInput = ngraph::builder::makeInputLayer(secondPrc, secondaryInputType, secondInputShape);
+    if (secondaryInputType == ngraph::helpers::InputLayerType::PARAMETER) {
+        paramsIn.push_back(std::dynamic_pointer_cast<ngraph::opset3::Parameter>(secondaryInput));
+    }
+
+    auto reverse = std::make_shared<ngraph::opset1::ReverseSequence>(paramsIn[0], secondaryInput, batchAxisIndx, seqAxisIndx);
+    ngraph::ResultVector results{std::make_shared<ngraph::opset1::Result>(reverse)};
+    function = std::make_shared<ngraph::Function>(results, paramsIn, "ReverseSequence");
+}
+
+TEST_P(ReverseSequenceLayerTest, CompareWithRefs) {
+    Run();
+};
+
+} // namespace LayerTestsDefinitions
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