diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/smoketest/debug/ozone-debug-ldb.robot b/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/smoketest/debug/ozone-debug-ldb.robot
index 4380a3cf94d..d5effac7f0b 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/smoketest/debug/ozone-debug-ldb.robot
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/smoketest/debug/ozone-debug-ldb.robot
@@ -144,3 +144,9 @@ Test ozone debug ldb scan with filter option failure
     # test filter option for lesser/greater operator on non-numeric field
     ${output} =         Execute And Ignore Error        ozone debug ldb --db=/data/metadata/om.db scan --cf=keyTable --filter="keyName:lesser:k1"
                         Should contain                  ${output}           only on numeric values
+
+Test ozone debug ldb checkpoint command
+     ${output} =         Execute                         ozone debug ldb --db=/data/metadata/om.db checkpoint --output=/data/metadata/checkpoint1.db
+                         Should contain                  ${output}           Created checkpoint at
+     ${output} =         Execute                         ls /data/metadata/checkpoint1.db
+                         Should contain                  ${output}           .sst