diff --git a/common.config b/common.config
index 7bed1c5..d5c8956 100644
--- a/common.config
+++ b/common.config
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ export XFS_QUOTA_PROG="`set_prog_path xfs_quota`"
 export KILLALL_PROG="`set_prog_path killall`"
 export INDENT_PROG="`set_prog_path indent`"
 export XFS_COPY_PROG="`set_prog_path xfs_copy`"
+export FIO_PROG="`set_prog_path fio`"
 
 # Generate a comparable xfsprogs version number in the form of
 # major * 10000 + minor * 100 + release
diff --git a/common.rc b/common.rc
index 602513a..f5027e7 100644
--- a/common.rc
+++ b/common.rc
@@ -1758,6 +1758,21 @@ _require_btrfs()
 	[ $? -eq 0 ] || _notrun "$BTRFS_UTIL_PROG too old (must support $cmd)"
 }
 
+# Check that fio is present, and it is able to execute given jobfile
+_require_fio()
+{
+	job=$1
+
+	_require_command $FIO_PROG
+	if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+		return 1;
+	fi
+	
+	$FIO_PROG --warnings-fatal --showcmd $job >/dev/null 2>&1
+	[ $? -eq 0 ] || _notrun "$FIO_PROG too old"
+}
+
+
 # arg 1 is dev to remove and is output of the below eg.
 # ls -l /sys/class/block/sdd | rev | cut -d "/" -f 3 | rev
 _devmgt_remove()