diff --git a/repos/base/run/slab.run b/repos/base/run/slab.run
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..98fce646d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/base/run/slab.run
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+build "core init drivers/timer test/slab"
+
+create_boot_directory
+
+install_config {
+	<config>
+		<parent-provides>
+			<service name="ROM"/>
+			<service name="RAM"/>
+			<service name="CPU"/>
+			<service name="RM"/>
+			<service name="CAP"/>
+			<service name="PD"/>
+			<service name="IRQ"/>
+			<service name="IO_PORT"/>
+			<service name="IO_MEM"/>
+			<service name="SIGNAL"/>
+			<service name="LOG"/>
+		</parent-provides>
+		<default-route>
+			<any-service> <parent/> <any-child/> </any-service>
+		</default-route>
+		<start name="timer">
+			<resource name="RAM" quantum="1M"/>
+			<provides><service name="Timer"/></provides>
+		</start>
+		<start name="test-slab">
+			<resource name="RAM" quantum="64M"/>
+		</start>
+	</config>
+}
+
+build_boot_image "core init timer test-slab"
+
+append qemu_args "-nographic -m 128"
+
+run_genode_until {child "test-slab" exited with exit value 0.*\n} 100
+
+puts "Test succeeded"
diff --git a/repos/base/src/test/slab/main.cc b/repos/base/src/test/slab/main.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1f2ba92e9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/base/src/test/slab/main.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+/*
+ * \brief  Slab allocator test
+ * \author Norman Feske
+ * \date   2015-03-31
+ *
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Genode Labs GmbH
+ *
+ * This file is part of the Genode OS framework, which is distributed
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.
+ */
+
+#include <base/env.h>
+#include <base/slab.h>
+#include <base/printf.h>
+#include <base/allocator_guard.h>
+#include <timer_session/connection.h>
+
+
+using Genode::size_t;
+using Genode::printf;
+
+
+struct Array_of_slab_elements
+{
+	Genode::Slab &slab;
+
+	size_t const num_elem;
+	size_t const slab_size;
+
+	void **elem;
+
+	/**
+	 * Return size of 'elem' array in bytes
+	 */
+	size_t _elem_array_size() const { return num_elem*sizeof(void *); }
+
+	struct Alloc_failed { };
+
+	/**
+	 * Constructor
+	 *
+	 * \throw Alloc_failed
+	 */
+	Array_of_slab_elements(Genode::Slab &slab, size_t num_elem, size_t slab_size)
+	:
+		slab(slab), num_elem(num_elem), slab_size(slab_size)
+	{
+		elem = (void **)Genode::env()->heap()->alloc(_elem_array_size());
+
+		printf(" allocate %zu elements\n", num_elem);
+		for (size_t i = 0; i < num_elem; i++)
+			if (!slab.alloc(slab_size, &elem[i]))
+				throw Alloc_failed();
+	}
+
+	~Array_of_slab_elements()
+	{
+		printf(" free %zu elements\n", num_elem);
+		for (size_t i = 0; i < num_elem; i++)
+			slab.free(elem[i], slab_size);
+
+		Genode::env()->heap()->free(elem, _elem_array_size());
+	}
+};
+
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	printf("--- slab test ---\n");
+
+	static Timer::Connection timer;
+
+	enum { SLAB_SIZE = 16, BLOCK_SIZE = 256 };
+	static Genode::Allocator_guard alloc(Genode::env()->heap(), ~0UL);
+
+	{
+		Genode::Slab slab(SLAB_SIZE, BLOCK_SIZE, nullptr, &alloc);
+
+		for (unsigned i = 1; i <= 10; i++) {
+			printf("round %u (used quota: %zu, time: %ld ms)\n",
+			       i, alloc.consumed(), timer.elapsed_ms());
+
+			Array_of_slab_elements array(slab, i*100000, SLAB_SIZE);
+			printf(" allocation completed (used quota: %zu", alloc.consumed());
+		}
+
+		printf(" finished (used quota: %zu, time: %ld ms)\n",
+		       alloc.consumed(), timer.elapsed_ms());
+
+		/*
+		 * The slab keeps two empty blocks around. For the test, we also need to
+		 * take the overhead of the two block allocations at the heap into
+		 * account.
+		 */
+		enum { HEAP_OVERHEAD = 36 };
+		if (alloc.consumed() > 2*(BLOCK_SIZE + HEAP_OVERHEAD)) {
+			PERR("slab failed to release empty slab blocks");
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* validate slab destruction */
+	printf("destructed slab (used quota: %zu)\n", alloc.consumed());
+	if (alloc.consumed() > 0) {
+		PERR("slab failed to release all backing store");
+		return -2;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/repos/base/src/test/slab/target.mk b/repos/base/src/test/slab/target.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ca9d80fd3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/base/src/test/slab/target.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+TARGET = test-slab
+SRC_CC = main.cc
+LIBS   = base