diff --git a/tests/mtd-tests/Makemodule.am b/tests/mtd-tests/Makemodule.am
index d849e3c..d02e9e4 100644
--- a/tests/mtd-tests/Makemodule.am
+++ b/tests/mtd-tests/Makemodule.am
@@ -7,9 +7,12 @@ flash_stress_LDADD = libmtd.a
 flash_stress_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS)
 
 flash_speed_SOURCES = tests/mtd-tests/flash_speed.c
-flash_speed_LDADD = libmtd.a
+flash_speed_LDADD = libmtd.a $(PTHREAD_LIBS)
 flash_speed_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS)
 
+flash_speed_LDADD += $(PTHREAD_CFLAGS)
+flash_speed_CPPFLAGS += $(PTHREAD_CFLAGS)
+
 nandbiterrs_SOURCES = tests/mtd-tests/nandbiterrs.c
 nandbiterrs_LDADD = libmtd.a
 nandbiterrs_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS)
diff --git a/tests/mtd-tests/flash_speed.c b/tests/mtd-tests/flash_speed.c
index 035768b..0f82047 100644
--- a/tests/mtd-tests/flash_speed.c
+++ b/tests/mtd-tests/flash_speed.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <libmtd.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <time.h>
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ static const char *mtddev;
 static libmtd_t mtd_desc;
 static int fd;
 
-static int peb=-1, count=-1, skip=-1, flags=0;
+static int peb=-1, count=-1, skip=-1, flags=0, speb=-1;
 static struct timespec start, finish;
 static int pgsize, pgcnt;
 static int goodebcnt;
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
 	{ "peb", required_argument, NULL, 'b' },
 	{ "count", required_argument, NULL, 'c' },
 	{ "skip", required_argument, NULL, 's' },
+	{ "sec-peb", required_argument, NULL, 'k' },
 	{ NULL, 0, NULL, 0 },
 };
 
@@ -69,7 +71,8 @@ static NORETURN void usage(int status)
 	"  -b, --peb <num>     Start from this physical erase block\n"
 	"  -c, --count <num>   Number of erase blocks to use (default: all)\n"
 	"  -s, --skip <num>    Number of blocks to skip\n"
-	"  -d, --destructive   Run destructive (erase and write speed) tests\n",
+	"  -d, --destructive   Run destructive (erase and write speed) tests\n"
+	"  -k, --sec-peb <num> Start of secondary block to measure RWW latency (requires -d)\n",
 	status==EXIT_SUCCESS ? stdout : stderr);
 	exit(status);
 }
@@ -93,7 +96,7 @@ static void process_options(int argc, char **argv)
 	int c;
 
 	while (1) {
-		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hb:c:s:d", options, NULL);
+		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hb:c:s:dk:", options, NULL);
 		if (c == -1)
 			break;
 
@@ -126,6 +129,13 @@ static void process_options(int argc, char **argv)
 				goto failmulti;
 			flags |= DESTRUCTIVE;
 			break;
+		case 'k':
+			if (speb >= 0)
+				goto failmulti;
+			speb = read_num(c, optarg);
+			if (speb < 0)
+				goto failarg;
+			break;
 		default:
 			exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 		}
@@ -144,11 +154,15 @@ static void process_options(int argc, char **argv)
 		skip = 0;
 	if (count < 0)
 		count = 1;
+	if (speb >= 0 && !(flags & DESTRUCTIVE))
+		goto faildestr;
 	return;
 failmulti:
 	errmsg_die("'-%c' specified more than once!\n", c);
 failarg:
 	errmsg_die("Invalid argument for '-%c'!\n", c);
+faildestr:
+	errmsg_die("'-k' specified, -d is missing!\n");
 }
 
 static int write_eraseblock(int ebnum)
@@ -320,6 +334,32 @@ static int erase_good_eraseblocks(unsigned int eb, int ebcnt, int ebskip)
 	return err;
 }
 
+struct thread_arg {
+	int (*op)(int peb);
+	int peb;
+	struct timespec start;
+	struct timespec finish;
+};
+
+static void *op_thread(void *ptr)
+{
+	struct thread_arg *args = ptr;
+	unsigned long err = 0;
+	int i;
+
+	start_timing(&args->start);
+	for (i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
+		if (bbt[i])
+			continue;
+		err = args->op(args->peb + i * (skip + 1));
+		if (err)
+			break;
+	}
+	stop_timing(&args->finish);
+
+	return (void *)err;
+}
+
 #define TIME_OP_PER_PEB( op )\
 		start_timing(&start);\
 		for (i = 0; i < count; ++i) {\
@@ -470,6 +510,86 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* Write a page and immediately after try to read another page. Report
+	 * the latency difference when performed on different banks (NOR only).
+	 */
+	if (speb >= 0 && mtd.subpage_size == 1) {
+		long duration_w, duration_r, rww_duration_w, rww_latency_end;
+		long rww_duration_rnw, rww_duration_r_end;
+		bool rww_r_end_first;
+		struct thread_arg write_args_peb = {
+			.op = write_eraseblock,
+			.peb = peb,
+		};
+		struct thread_arg read_args_speb = {
+			.op = read_eraseblock,
+			.peb = speb,
+		};
+		struct sched_param param_write, param_read;
+		pthread_attr_t attr_write, attr_read;
+		pthread_t write_thread, read_thread;
+		void *retval;
+
+		puts("testing read while write latency");
+
+		/* Change scheduling priorities so that the write thread gets
+		 *scheduled more aggressively than the read thread.
+		 */
+		pthread_attr_init(&attr_write);
+		pthread_attr_setinheritsched(&attr_write, PTHREAD_EXPLICIT_SCHED);
+		pthread_attr_setschedpolicy(&attr_write, SCHED_FIFO);
+		param_write.sched_priority = 42;
+		pthread_attr_setschedparam(&attr_write, &param_write);
+
+		pthread_attr_init(&attr_read);
+		pthread_attr_setinheritsched(&attr_read, PTHREAD_EXPLICIT_SCHED);
+		pthread_attr_setschedpolicy(&attr_read, SCHED_FIFO);
+		param_read.sched_priority = 41;
+		pthread_attr_setschedparam(&attr_read, &param_read);
+
+		err = pthread_create(&write_thread, &attr_write,
+				     (void *)op_thread, &write_args_peb);
+		if (err) {
+			errmsg("parallel write pthread create failed");
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		err = pthread_create(&read_thread, &attr_read,
+				     (void *)op_thread, &read_args_speb);
+		if (err) {
+			errmsg("parallel read pthread create failed");
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		pthread_join(read_thread, &retval);
+		if ((long)retval) {
+			errmsg("parallel read pthread failed");
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		pthread_join(write_thread, &retval);
+		if ((long)retval) {
+			errmsg("parallel write pthread failed");
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		rww_duration_w = calc_duration(&write_args_peb.start,
+					       &write_args_peb.finish);
+		rww_latency_end = calc_duration(&write_args_peb.finish,
+						&read_args_speb.finish);
+		rww_r_end_first = rww_latency_end < 0;
+		if (rww_r_end_first)
+			rww_duration_rnw = rww_duration_w;
+		else
+			rww_duration_rnw = calc_duration(&write_args_peb.start,
+							 &read_args_speb.finish);
+
+		rww_duration_r_end = calc_duration(&write_args_peb.start,
+						   &read_args_speb.finish);
+		printf("read while write took %ldms, read ended after %ldms\n",
+		       rww_duration_rnw, rww_duration_r_end);
+	}
+
 	puts("finished");
 	status = EXIT_SUCCESS;
 out:
