diff --git a/catch/unit/rtc/CMakeLists.txt b/catch/unit/rtc/CMakeLists.txt
index 534289455b..7d4b4893ac 100644
--- a/catch/unit/rtc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/catch/unit/rtc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ set(TEST_SRC
 # AMD only tests
 set(AMD_TEST_SRC
     customOptions.cc
+    linker.cc
 )
 
 if(HIP_PLATFORM MATCHES "nvidia")
diff --git a/catch/unit/rtc/linker.cc b/catch/unit/rtc/linker.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8733487ccf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/catch/unit/rtc/linker.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+#include <hip_test_common.hh>
+
+#include <hip/hiprtc.h>
+#include <hip/hip_runtime.h>
+
+
+#include <cassert>
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <memory>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <iterator>
+#include <vector>
+
+static constexpr auto NUM_THREADS{128};
+static constexpr auto NUM_BLOCKS{32};
+
+static constexpr auto src{
+    R"(
+extern "C"
+__global__
+void saxpy(float a, float* x, float* y, float* out, size_t n)
+{
+    size_t tid = blockIdx.x * blockDim.x + threadIdx.x;
+    if (tid < n) {
+           out[tid] = a * x[tid] + y[tid];
+    }
+}
+)"};
+
+TEST_CASE("Unit_RTC_LinkerAPI_Negative") {
+  SECTION("get bitcode - nullptr size and code") {
+    hiprtcProgram program;
+    REQUIRE(hiprtcGetBitcodeSize(program, nullptr) == HIPRTC_ERROR_INVALID_INPUT);
+    REQUIRE(hiprtcGetBitcode(program, nullptr) == HIPRTC_ERROR_INVALID_INPUT);
+  }
+
+  SECTION("link create - nullptr image and input type") {
+    hiprtcLinkState linkstate;
+    REQUIRE(hiprtcLinkAddData(linkstate, HIPRTC_JIT_INPUT_LLVM_BITCODE, nullptr, 0, "code", 0,
+                              nullptr, nullptr) == HIPRTC_ERROR_INVALID_INPUT);
+    REQUIRE(hiprtcLinkAddData(linkstate, HIPRTC_JIT_INPUT_CUBIN, &linkstate, 1, "code", 0, nullptr,
+                              nullptr) == HIPRTC_ERROR_INVALID_INPUT);
+  }
+
+  SECTION("link complete - ") {
+    hiprtcLinkState linkstate;
+    REQUIRE(hiprtcLinkComplete(linkstate, nullptr, nullptr) == HIPRTC_ERROR_INVALID_INPUT);
+  }
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("Unit_RTC_LinkerAPI") {
+  hiprtcProgram program;
+  HIPRTC_CHECK(hiprtcCreateProgram(&program, src, "saxpy", 0, nullptr, nullptr));
+
+  const char* options[]{"-fgpu-rdc"};
+  HIPRTC_CHECK(hiprtcCompileProgram(program, 1, options));
+
+  size_t codesize = 0;
+  HIPRTC_CHECK(hiprtcGetBitcodeSize(program, &codesize));
+
+  std::vector<char> code(codesize, '\0');
+  HIPRTC_CHECK(hiprtcGetBitcode(program, &code[0]));
+
+  const char* isaopts[] = {"-mllvm", "-inline-threshold=1", "-mllvm", "-inlinehint-threshold=1"};
+  std::vector<hiprtcJIT_option> jit_options = {HIPRTC_JIT_IR_TO_ISA_OPT_EXT,
+                                               HIPRTC_JIT_IR_TO_ISA_OPT_COUNT_EXT};
+  size_t isaoptssize = 4;
+  const void* lopts[] = {(void*)isaopts, (void*)(isaoptssize)};
+  hiprtcLinkState linkstate;
+  HIPRTC_CHECK(hiprtcLinkCreate(jit_options.size(), jit_options.data(), (void**)lopts, &linkstate));
+  HIPRTC_CHECK(hiprtcLinkAddData(linkstate, HIPRTC_JIT_INPUT_LLVM_BITCODE, code.data(), code.size(),
+                                 "LinkISA", 0, nullptr, nullptr));
+
+  void* finaldata;
+  size_t finalsize = 0;
+  HIPRTC_CHECK(hiprtcLinkComplete(linkstate, &finaldata, &finalsize));
+
+  size_t n = 128 * 32;
+  size_t bufferSize = n * sizeof(float);
+
+  float *dX, *dY, *dOut;
+  HIP_CHECK(hipMalloc(&dX, bufferSize));
+  HIP_CHECK(hipMalloc(&dY, bufferSize));
+  HIP_CHECK(hipMalloc(&dOut, bufferSize));
+
+  hipModule_t module;
+  hipFunction_t kernel;
+  HIP_CHECK(hipModuleLoadData(&module, finaldata));
+  HIP_CHECK(hipModuleGetFunction(&kernel, module, "saxpy"));
+
+  float a = 5.1f;
+  std::unique_ptr<float[]> hX{new float[n]};
+  std::unique_ptr<float[]> hY{new float[n]};
+  std::unique_ptr<float[]> hOut{new float[n]};
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
+    hX[i] = static_cast<float>(i);
+    hY[i] = static_cast<float>(i * 2);
+  }
+
+  HIP_CHECK(hipMemcpy(dX, hX.get(), bufferSize, hipMemcpyHostToDevice));
+  HIP_CHECK(hipMemcpy(dY, hY.get(), bufferSize, hipMemcpyHostToDevice));
+
+  struct {
+    float a_;
+    float* b_;
+    float* c_;
+    float* d_;
+    size_t e_;
+  } args{a, dX, dY, dOut, n};
+
+  auto size = sizeof(args);
+  void* config[] = {HIP_LAUNCH_PARAM_BUFFER_POINTER, &args, HIP_LAUNCH_PARAM_BUFFER_SIZE, &size,
+                    HIP_LAUNCH_PARAM_END};
+
+  HIP_CHECK(hipModuleLaunchKernel(kernel, 32, 1, 1, 128, 1, 1, 0, nullptr, nullptr, config));
+
+  HIP_CHECK(hipMemcpy(hOut.get(), dOut, bufferSize, hipMemcpyDeviceToHost));
+
+  HIP_CHECK(hipFree(dX));
+  HIP_CHECK(hipFree(dY));
+  HIP_CHECK(hipFree(dOut));
+
+  HIP_CHECK(hipModuleUnload(module));
+
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
+    REQUIRE(fabs(a * hX[i] + hY[i] - hOut[i]) <= fabs(hOut[i]) * 1e-6);
+  }
+}
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