diff --git a/tests/lib/c_lib/src/main.c b/tests/lib/c_lib/src/main.c
index 0a4af7706a3d..1a2fe6d0872e 100644
--- a/tests/lib/c_lib/src/main.c
+++ b/tests/lib/c_lib/src/main.c
@@ -1041,6 +1041,14 @@ void test_exit(void)
 	zassert_equal(a, 0, "exit failed");
 }
 
+/**
+ *
+ * @brief Test qsort function
+ *
+ * @see qsort()
+ */
+extern void test_qsort(void);
+
 /**
  * @}
  */
@@ -1079,7 +1087,8 @@ void test_main(void)
 			 ztest_unit_test(test_exit),
 			 ztest_unit_test(test_str_operate),
 			 ztest_unit_test(test_tolower_toupper),
-			 ztest_unit_test(test_strtok_r)
+			 ztest_unit_test(test_strtok_r),
+			 ztest_unit_test(test_qsort)
 			 );
 	ztest_run_test_suite(test_c_lib);
 }
diff --git a/tests/lib/c_lib/src/test_qsort.c b/tests/lib/c_lib/src/test_qsort.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a4205a9fdeb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lib/c_lib/src/test_qsort.c
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021 Friedt Professional Engineering Services, Inc
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <ztest.h>
+
+static int compare_ints(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+	int aa = *(const int *)a;
+	int bb = *(const int *)b;
+
+	return (aa > bb) - (aa < bb);
+}
+
+void test_qsort(void)
+{
+	{
+		int actual_int[] = { 1, 3, 2 };
+		const int expect_int[] = { 1, 3, 2 };
+
+		qsort(actual_int + 1, 0, sizeof(int), compare_ints);
+		zassert_mem_equal(actual_int, expect_int, sizeof(expect_int),
+				  "out-of-bounds modifications detected");
+	}
+
+	{
+		int actual_int[] = { 42 };
+		const int expect_int[] = { 42 };
+
+		qsort(actual_int, ARRAY_SIZE(actual_int), sizeof(int), compare_ints);
+		zassert_mem_equal(actual_int, expect_int, sizeof(expect_int),
+				  "size 1 not sorted");
+	}
+
+	{
+		int actual_int[] = { 42, -42 };
+		const int expect_int[] = { -42, 42 };
+
+		qsort(actual_int, ARRAY_SIZE(actual_int), sizeof(int), compare_ints);
+		zassert_mem_equal(actual_int, expect_int, sizeof(expect_int),
+				  "size 2 not sorted");
+	}
+
+	{
+		int actual_int[] = { 42, -42, 0 };
+		const int expect_int[] = { -42, 0, 42 };
+
+		qsort(actual_int, ARRAY_SIZE(actual_int), sizeof(int), compare_ints);
+		zassert_mem_equal(actual_int, expect_int, sizeof(expect_int),
+				  "size 3 not sorted");
+	}
+
+	{
+		int actual_int[] = { 42, -42, 0, -42 };
+		const int expect_int[] = { -42, -42, 0, 42 };
+
+		qsort(actual_int, ARRAY_SIZE(actual_int), sizeof(int), compare_ints);
+		zassert_mem_equal(actual_int, expect_int, sizeof(expect_int),
+				  "error handling duplicates");
+	}
+
+	{
+		/*
+		 * NUMS="$(for i in `seq 0 63`; do echo -n "$(((RANDOM - 16384) % 100)), "; done)"
+		 * slightly modified to ensure that there were 0, -ve and +ve duplicates
+		 */
+		static int actual_int[] = {
+			1,   18,  -78, 35,  -67, -71, -12, -69, -60, 91,  -15, -99, -33,
+			-52, 52,  -4,  -89, -7,	 22,  -52, -87, 32,  -23, 30,  -35, -9,
+			15,  -61, 36,  -49, 24,	 -72, -63, 77,	88,  -93, 13,  49,  41,
+			35,  -5,  -72, -46, 64,	 -46, -97, -88, 90,  63,  49,  12,  -58,
+			-76, 54,  75,  49,  11,	 61,  42,  0,	-42, 42,  -42,
+		};
+
+		/* echo $(echo "$NUMS" | sed -e 's/,/\n/g' | sort -n | sed -e 's/\(.*\)/\1,\ /g') */
+		static const int expect_int[] = {
+			-99, -97, -93, -89, -88, -87, -78, -76, -72, -72, -71, -69, -67,
+			-63, -61, -60, -58, -52, -52, -49, -46, -46, -42, -42, -35, -33,
+			-23, -15, -12, -9,  -7,	 -5,  -4,  0,	1,   11,  12,  13,  15,
+			18,  22,  24,  30,  32,	 35,  35,  36,	41,  42,  42,  49,  49,
+			49,  52,  54,  61,  63,	 64,  75,  77,	88,  90,  91,
+		};
+
+		qsort(actual_int, ARRAY_SIZE(actual_int), sizeof(int), compare_ints);
+		zassert_mem_equal(actual_int, expect_int, sizeof(expect_int),
+				  "size 64 not sorted");
+	}
+
+	{
+		/*
+		 * NUMS="$(for i in `seq 0 92`; do echo -n "$(((RANDOM - 16384) % 100)), "; done)"
+		 * slightly modified to ensure that there were 0, -ve and +ve duplicates
+		 */
+		static int actual_int[] = {
+			1,   18,  -78, 35,  -67, -71, -12, -69, -60, 91,  -15, -99, -33, -52,
+			52,  -4,  -89, -7,  22,	 -52, -87, 32,	-23, 30,  -35, -9,  15,	 -61,
+			36,  -49, 24,  -72, -63, 77,  88,  -93, 13,  49,  41,  35,  -5,	 -72,
+			-46, 64,  -46, -97, 90,	 63,  49,  12,	-58, -76, 54,  75,  49,	 11,
+			61,  -45, 92,  7,   74,	 -3,  -9,  96,	83,  33,  15,  -40, -84, -57,
+			40,  -93, -27, 38,  24,	 41,  -70, -51, -88, 27,  94,  51,  -11, -2,
+			-21, -70, -6,  77,  42,	 0,   -42, 42,	-42,
+		};
+
+		/* echo $(echo "$NUMS" | sed -e 's/,/\n/g' | sort -n | sed -e 's/\(.*\)/\1,\ /g') */
+		static const int expect_int[] = {
+			-99, -97, -93, -93, -89, -88, -87, -84, -78, -76, -72, -72, -71, -70,
+			-70, -69, -67, -63, -61, -60, -58, -57, -52, -52, -51, -49, -46, -46,
+			-45, -42, -42, -40, -35, -33, -27, -23, -21, -15, -12, -11, -9,	 -9,
+			-7,  -6,  -5,  -4,  -3,	 -2,  0,   1,	7,   11,  12,  13,  15,	 15,
+			18,  22,  24,  24,  27,	 30,  32,  33,	35,  35,  36,  38,  40,	 41,
+			41,  42,  42,  49,  49,	 49,  51,  52,	54,  61,  63,  64,  74,	 75,
+			77,  77,  83,  88,  90,	 91,  92,  94,	96,
+		};
+
+		qsort(actual_int, ARRAY_SIZE(actual_int), sizeof(int), compare_ints);
+		zassert_mem_equal(actual_int, expect_int, sizeof(expect_int),
+				  "size 93 not sorted");
+	}
+}