diff --git a/test/common_plat/validation/api/packet/packet.c b/test/common_plat/validation/api/packet/packet.c
index bf7eab2..f84560b 100644
--- a/test/common_plat/validation/api/packet/packet.c
+++ b/test/common_plat/validation/api/packet/packet.c
@@ -1393,6 +1393,246 @@ void packet_test_offset(void)
 	CU_ASSERT_PTR_NOT_NULL(ptr);
 }
 
+void packet_test_ref(void)
+{
+	odp_packet_t base_pkt, segmented_base_pkt, hdr_pkt[4],
+		ref_pkt[4], refhdr_pkt[4], hdr_cpy;
+	uint32_t pkt_len, segmented_pkt_len, hdr_len[4], offset[4], hr[4];
+	int i;
+
+	base_pkt = odp_packet_copy(test_packet, odp_packet_pool(test_packet));
+	pkt_len  = odp_packet_len(test_packet);
+	CU_ASSERT_FATAL(base_pkt != ODP_PACKET_INVALID);
+
+	segmented_base_pkt =
+		odp_packet_copy(segmented_test_packet,
+				odp_packet_pool(segmented_test_packet));
+	segmented_pkt_len = odp_packet_len(segmented_test_packet);
+	CU_ASSERT_FATAL(segmented_base_pkt != ODP_PACKET_INVALID);
+
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_is_ref(base_pkt) == 0);
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_has_ref(base_pkt) == 0);
+
+	hdr_pkt[0] =
+		odp_packet_copy_part(segmented_test_packet, 0,
+				     odp_packet_len(segmented_test_packet) / 4,
+				     odp_packet_pool(segmented_test_packet));
+	CU_ASSERT_FATAL(hdr_pkt[0] != ODP_PACKET_INVALID);
+	hdr_len[0] = odp_packet_len(hdr_pkt[0]);
+	offset[0]  = 0;
+
+	hdr_pkt[1] =
+		odp_packet_copy_part(segmented_test_packet, 10,
+				     odp_packet_len(segmented_test_packet) / 8,
+				     odp_packet_pool(segmented_test_packet));
+	CU_ASSERT_FATAL(hdr_pkt[1] != ODP_PACKET_INVALID);
+	hdr_len[1] = odp_packet_len(hdr_pkt[1]);
+	offset[1]  = 5;
+
+	hdr_pkt[2] = odp_packet_copy_part(test_packet, 0,
+					  odp_packet_len(test_packet) / 4,
+					  odp_packet_pool(test_packet));
+	CU_ASSERT_FATAL(hdr_pkt[2] != ODP_PACKET_INVALID);
+	hdr_len[2] = odp_packet_len(hdr_pkt[2]);
+	offset[2]  = 64;
+
+	hdr_pkt[3] = odp_packet_copy_part(test_packet, 0,
+					  odp_packet_len(test_packet) / 4,
+					  odp_packet_pool(test_packet));
+	CU_ASSERT_FATAL(hdr_pkt[3] != ODP_PACKET_INVALID);
+	hdr_len[3] = odp_packet_len(hdr_pkt[3]);
+	offset[3]  = 64;
+
+	/* Nothing is a ref or has a ref before we start */
+	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+		CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_is_ref(hdr_pkt[i]) == 0);
+		CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_has_ref(hdr_pkt[i]) == 0);
+		CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_len(hdr_pkt[i]) ==
+			  odp_packet_unshared_len(hdr_pkt[i]));
+	}
+
+	/* Attempt an invalid ref */
+	refhdr_pkt[0] = odp_packet_ref_pkt(base_pkt, pkt_len, hdr_pkt[0]);
+	CU_ASSERT(refhdr_pkt[0] == ODP_PACKET_INVALID);
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_is_ref(hdr_pkt[0]) == 0);
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_is_ref(base_pkt) == 0);
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_has_ref(hdr_pkt[0]) == 0);
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_has_ref(base_pkt) == 0);
+
+	/* We can't ref to ourselves */
+	refhdr_pkt[0] = odp_packet_ref_pkt(hdr_pkt[0], 0, hdr_pkt[0]);
+	CU_ASSERT(refhdr_pkt[0] == ODP_PACKET_INVALID);
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_is_ref(hdr_pkt[0]) == 0);
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_has_ref(hdr_pkt[0]) == 0);
+
+	/* Now create a couple of valid refs */
+	refhdr_pkt[0] = odp_packet_ref_pkt(base_pkt, offset[0], hdr_pkt[0]);
+	refhdr_pkt[1] = odp_packet_ref_pkt(base_pkt, offset[1], hdr_pkt[1]);
+
+	CU_ASSERT(refhdr_pkt[0] != ODP_PACKET_INVALID);
+	CU_ASSERT(refhdr_pkt[1] != ODP_PACKET_INVALID);
+
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_is_ref(refhdr_pkt[0]) == 1);
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_is_ref(refhdr_pkt[1]) == 1);
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_is_ref(base_pkt) == 0);
+
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_has_ref(base_pkt) == 2);
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_has_ref(refhdr_pkt[0]) == 0);
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_has_ref(refhdr_pkt[1]) == 0);
+
+	/* Verify ref lengths and contents */
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_unshared_len(base_pkt) == 0);
+
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_len(refhdr_pkt[0]) ==
+		  hdr_len[0] + pkt_len - offset[0]);
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_unshared_len(refhdr_pkt[0]) == hdr_len[0]);
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_len(refhdr_pkt[1]) ==
+		  hdr_len[1] + pkt_len - offset[1]);
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_unshared_len(refhdr_pkt[1]) == hdr_len[1]);
+
+	_packet_compare_offset(refhdr_pkt[0], hdr_len[0],
+			       base_pkt, offset[0],
+			       pkt_len - offset[0]);
+
+	_packet_compare_offset(refhdr_pkt[1], hdr_len[1],
+			       base_pkt, offset[1],
+			       pkt_len - offset[1]);
+
+	/* See if compound references are supported and if so that they
+	 * operate properly */
+	hdr_cpy = odp_packet_copy(hdr_pkt[2], odp_packet_pool(hdr_pkt[2]));
+	if (hdr_cpy == ODP_PACKET_INVALID)
+		refhdr_pkt[2] = ODP_PACKET_INVALID;
+	else
+		refhdr_pkt[2] = odp_packet_ref_pkt(refhdr_pkt[0], 2, hdr_cpy);
+
+	if (refhdr_pkt[2] != ODP_PACKET_INVALID) {
+		CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_has_ref(base_pkt) == 3);
+		CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_is_ref(refhdr_pkt[2]) == 2);
+		CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_has_ref(refhdr_pkt[2]) == 0);
+		CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_is_ref(refhdr_pkt[0]) == 1);
+		CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_has_ref(refhdr_pkt[0]) == 1);
+		CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_unshared_len(refhdr_pkt[2]) == hdr_len[2]);
+		CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_unshared_len(refhdr_pkt[0]) == 0);
+
+		/* Free the compound ref and verify we're back to simple ref */
+		odp_packet_free(refhdr_pkt[2]);
+		CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_has_ref(base_pkt) == 2);
+		CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_is_ref(refhdr_pkt[0]) == 1);
+		CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_has_ref(refhdr_pkt[0]) == 0);
+		CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_unshared_len(refhdr_pkt[0]) == hdr_len[0]);
+	}
+
+	/* Delete the refs */
+	odp_packet_free(refhdr_pkt[0]);
+	odp_packet_free(refhdr_pkt[1]);
+
+	/* Verify that base_pkt no longer has a ref */
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_is_ref(base_pkt) == 0);
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_has_ref(base_pkt) == 0);
+
+	/* Now create a two more shared refs */
+	refhdr_pkt[2] = odp_packet_ref_pkt(base_pkt, offset[2], hdr_pkt[2]);
+	refhdr_pkt[3] = odp_packet_ref_pkt(base_pkt, offset[3], hdr_pkt[3]);
+
+	CU_ASSERT(hdr_pkt[2] != ODP_PACKET_INVALID);
+	CU_ASSERT(hdr_pkt[3] != ODP_PACKET_INVALID);
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_is_ref(refhdr_pkt[2]) == 1);
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_is_ref(refhdr_pkt[3]) == 1);
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_has_ref(base_pkt) == 2);
+
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_len(refhdr_pkt[2]) ==
+		  odp_packet_len(refhdr_pkt[3]));
+
+	_packet_compare_offset(refhdr_pkt[2], 0,
+			       refhdr_pkt[3], 0,
+			       odp_packet_len(hdr_pkt[2]));
+
+	/* Delete the headers */
+	odp_packet_free(refhdr_pkt[2]);
+	odp_packet_free(refhdr_pkt[3]);
+
+	/* Verify that base_pkt is no longer ref'd */
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_is_ref(base_pkt) == 0);
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_has_ref(base_pkt) == 0);
+
+	/* Create a static reference */
+	ref_pkt[0] = odp_packet_ref_static(base_pkt);
+	CU_ASSERT(ref_pkt[0] != ODP_PACKET_INVALID);
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_has_ref(base_pkt) > 0);
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_len(ref_pkt[0]) == odp_packet_len(base_pkt));
+	_packet_compare_offset(ref_pkt[0], 0, base_pkt, 0,
+			       odp_packet_len(base_pkt));
+
+	/* Now delete it */
+	odp_packet_free(ref_pkt[0]);
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_has_ref(base_pkt) == 0);
+
+	/* Create an invalid basic reference */
+	ref_pkt[0] = odp_packet_ref(segmented_base_pkt, segmented_pkt_len);
+	CU_ASSERT(ref_pkt[0] == ODP_PACKET_INVALID);
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_is_ref(segmented_base_pkt) == 0);
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_has_ref(segmented_base_pkt) == 0);
+
+	/* Now create valid references */
+	ref_pkt[0] = odp_packet_ref(segmented_base_pkt, offset[0]);
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_is_ref(ref_pkt[0]) == 1);
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_is_ref(segmented_base_pkt) == 0);
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_has_ref(segmented_base_pkt) == 1);
+
+	ref_pkt[1] = odp_packet_ref(segmented_base_pkt, offset[1]);
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_is_ref(ref_pkt[1]) == 1);
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_is_ref(segmented_base_pkt) == 0);
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_has_ref(ref_pkt[1]) == 0);
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_has_ref(segmented_base_pkt) == 2);
+
+	/* Verify reference lengths */
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_len(ref_pkt[0]) == segmented_pkt_len - offset[0]);
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_len(ref_pkt[1]) == segmented_pkt_len - offset[1]);
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_unshared_len(ref_pkt[0]) == 0);
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_unshared_len(ref_pkt[0]) == 0);
+
+	/* Free the base pkts -- references should still be valid */
+	odp_packet_free(base_pkt);
+	odp_packet_free(segmented_base_pkt);
+
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_is_ref(ref_pkt[0]) == 1);
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_is_ref(ref_pkt[1]) == 1);
+
+	_packet_compare_offset(ref_pkt[0], 0,
+			       segmented_test_packet, offset[0],
+			       segmented_pkt_len - offset[0]);
+	_packet_compare_offset(ref_pkt[1], 0,
+			       segmented_test_packet, offset[1],
+			       segmented_pkt_len - offset[1]);
+
+	/* Verify we can modify the refs */
+	hr[0] = odp_packet_headroom(ref_pkt[0]);
+	hr[1] = odp_packet_headroom(ref_pkt[1]);
+
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_push_head(ref_pkt[0], hr[0]) != NULL);
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_unshared_len(ref_pkt[0]) == hr[0]);
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_len(ref_pkt[0]) ==
+		  hr[0] + segmented_pkt_len - offset[0]);
+
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_pull_head(ref_pkt[0], hr[0] / 2) != NULL);
+	CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_unshared_len(ref_pkt[0]) == hr[0] - (hr[0] / 2));
+
+	if (hr[1] > 0) {
+		CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_push_head(ref_pkt[1], 1) != NULL);
+		CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_unshared_len(ref_pkt[1]) == 1);
+		CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_len(ref_pkt[1]) ==
+			  1 + segmented_pkt_len - offset[1]);
+		CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_pull_head(ref_pkt[1], 1) != NULL);
+		CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_unshared_len(ref_pkt[1]) == 0);
+		CU_ASSERT(odp_packet_len(ref_pkt[1]) ==
+			  segmented_pkt_len - offset[1]);
+	}
+
+	odp_packet_free(ref_pkt[0]);
+	odp_packet_free(ref_pkt[1]);
+}
+
 odp_testinfo_t packet_suite[] = {
 	ODP_TEST_INFO(packet_test_alloc_free),
 	ODP_TEST_INFO(packet_test_alloc_free_multi),
@@ -1416,6 +1656,7 @@ odp_testinfo_t packet_suite[] = {
 	ODP_TEST_INFO(packet_test_concatsplit),
 	ODP_TEST_INFO(packet_test_align),
 	ODP_TEST_INFO(packet_test_offset),
+	ODP_TEST_INFO(packet_test_ref),
 	ODP_TEST_INFO_NULL,
 };
 
diff --git a/test/common_plat/validation/api/packet/packet.h b/test/common_plat/validation/api/packet/packet.h
index 10a377c..eed62a0 100644
--- a/test/common_plat/validation/api/packet/packet.h
+++ b/test/common_plat/validation/api/packet/packet.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ void packet_test_copydata(void);
 void packet_test_concatsplit(void);
 void packet_test_align(void);
 void packet_test_offset(void);
+void packet_test_ref(void);
 
 /* test arrays: */
 extern odp_testinfo_t packet_suite[];
