diff --git a/Apps/Common/CMakeLists.txt b/Apps/Common/CMakeLists.txt
index bfea747f..5e9bec35 100644
--- a/Apps/Common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Apps/Common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ install(FILES ${AppCommon_HEADERS} DESTINATION include/IFEM)
 install(FILES scripts/regtest.sh.in
               scripts/clang-check-test.sh.in
               scripts/cppcheck-test.sh.in
+              scripts/iotest.sh.in
         DESTINATION lib/IFEM/scripts
         PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE OWNER_EXECUTE
                     GROUP_READ GROUP_EXECUTE
diff --git a/Apps/Common/scripts/iotest.sh.in b/Apps/Common/scripts/iotest.sh.in
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..af40a263
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Apps/Common/scripts/iotest.sh.in
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This script performs a single IO regression test.
+# It is used by the 'make test' target in the buildsystems
+# Usually you should use 'make test' rather than calling this script directly
+#
+# Parameters: $1 = Application binary
+#             $2 = Regression test file
+#             $3 = File type to generate/test
+# A IO regression test file is of the format:
+# parameters to application
+# blank line
+# output from listing application
+
+mysim=$1
+
+cd `dirname $2`
+MAPFILE=`head -n1 $2`
+tmpnew=`mktemp -t ifemlogXXXXXX`
+tmpold=`mktemp -t ifemlogXXXXXX`
+output=`mktemp -t ifemXXXXXX.$3`
+if [ "$3" == "hdf5" ]
+then
+  $mysim $MAPFILE -hdf5 $output 2>&1 > /dev/null
+else
+  $mysim $MAPFILE -vtf 0 -vtffile $output 2>&1 > /dev/null
+fi
+test $? -eq 0 || exit 1
+tail -n +3 $2 > $tmpold
+if [ "$3" == "hdf5" ]
+then
+  @H5LS_COMMAND@ -r $output > $tmpnew
+else
+  @VTFLS_COMMAND@ $output > $tmpnew
+fi
+
+diff -u $tmpold $tmpnew
+res=$?
+rm $tmpnew $tmpold $tmplog $output
+
+exit $res
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindIFEMDeps.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindIFEMDeps.cmake
index 02b1b41c..9c15eef8 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindIFEMDeps.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindIFEMDeps.cmake
@@ -276,3 +276,4 @@ endif()
 set(IFEM_REGTEST_SCRIPT ${IFEM_PATH}/Apps/Common/scripts/regtest.sh.in)
 set(IFEM_CLANG_CHECK_TEST_SCRIPT ${IFEM_PATH}/Apps/Common/scripts/clang-check-test.sh.in)
 set(IFEM_CPPCHECK_TEST_SCRIPT ${IFEM_PATH}/Apps/Common/scripts/cppcheck-test.sh.in)
+set(IFEM_IOTEST_SCRIPT ${IFEM_PATH}/Apps/Common/scripts/iotest.sh.in)
diff --git a/cmake/Scripts/IFEMTesting.cmake b/cmake/Scripts/IFEMTesting.cmake
index 9112232e..0d66178b 100644
--- a/cmake/Scripts/IFEMTesting.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Scripts/IFEMTesting.cmake
@@ -127,6 +127,32 @@ function(IFEM_add_restart_test name binary rlevel)
   endif(IFEM_TEST_MEMCHECK)
 endfunction()
 
+function(IFEM_add_vtf_test name binary)
+  if(NOT VTFWRITER_FOUND OR NOT VTFLS_COMMAND)
+    return()
+  endif()
+  separate_arguments(MEMCHECK_COMMAND)
+  if(IFEM_TEST_EXTRA)
+    set(test-name "vtf+${binary}+${IFEM_TEST_EXTRA}+${name}")
+  else()
+    set(test-name "vtf+${binary}+${name}")
+  endif()
+  add_test("${test-name}" iotest.sh ${EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH}/${binary} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/${TEST_SUBDIR}/Test/${name} vtf)
+endfunction()
+
+function(IFEM_add_hdf5_test name binary)
+  if(NOT HDF5_FOUND OR NOT H5LS_COMMAND)
+    return()
+  endif()
+  separate_arguments(MEMCHECK_COMMAND)
+  if(IFEM_TEST_EXTRA)
+    set(test-name "hdf5+${binary}+${IFEM_TEST_EXTRA}+${name}")
+  else()
+    set(test-name "hdf5+${binary}+${name}")
+  endif()
+  add_test("${test-name}" iotest.sh ${EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH}/${binary} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/${TEST_SUBDIR}/Test/${name} hdf5)
+endfunction()
+
 macro(add_check_target)
   add_custom_target(check ${CMAKE_CTEST_COMMAND} WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR})
   add_custom_command(TARGET check PRE_BUILD COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E remove ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/failed.log)
@@ -208,10 +234,14 @@ elseif(NOT IFEM_AS_SUBMODULE AND NOT IFEM_LIBRARY_BUILD
   endif()
 endif()
 
+find_program(VTFLS_COMMAND vtfls)
+find_program(H5LS_COMMAND h5ls)
+
 # Generate regtest script with correct paths
 configure_file(${IFEM_REGTEST_SCRIPT} regtest.sh)
 configure_file(${IFEM_CLANG_CHECK_TEST_SCRIPT} clang-check-test.sh)
 configure_file(${IFEM_CPPCHECK_TEST_SCRIPT} cppcheck-test.sh)
+configure_file(${IFEM_IOTEST_SCRIPT} iotest.sh)
 
 if(IFEM_BUILD_TESTING)
   set(EXCL_ALL)
diff --git a/cmake/Templates/IFEMConfig.cmake.in b/cmake/Templates/IFEMConfig.cmake.in
index 96669c50..a9233589 100644
--- a/cmake/Templates/IFEMConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/Templates/IFEMConfig.cmake.in
@@ -13,10 +13,12 @@ if(NOT IFEM_FOUND)
   set(MPI_FOUND @MPI_FOUND@)
   set(HDF5_FOUND @HDF5_FOUND@)
   set(CEREAL_FOUND @CEREAL_FOUND@)
+  set(VTFWRITER_FOUND @VTFWRITER_FOUND@)
 
   set(IFEM_REGTEST_SCRIPT ${IFEM_PATH}/scripts/regtest.sh.in)
   set(IFEM_CLANG_CHECK_TEST_SCRIPT ${IFEM_PATH}/scripts/clang-check-test.sh.in)
   set(IFEM_CPPCHECK_TEST_SCRIPT ${IFEM_PATH}/scripts/cppcheck-test.sh.in)
+  set(IFEM_IOTEST_SCRIPT ${IFEM_PATH}/scripts/iotest.sh.in)
   set(IFEM_CHECKCOMMITS_SCRIPT ${IFEM_PATH}/CheckCommits.cmake)
   set(CMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR @CMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR@)