diff --git a/tests/kernel/obj_tracing/Makefile b/tests/kernel/obj_tracing/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e70a750a88d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/kernel/obj_tracing/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+BOARD ?= qemu_x86
+CONF_FILE = prj.conf
+
+include ${ZEPHYR_BASE}/Makefile.test
diff --git a/tests/kernel/obj_tracing/README.txt b/tests/kernel/obj_tracing/README.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e8fe0c918da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/kernel/obj_tracing/README.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+Test Description
+----------------
+
+The object tracing test is a sanity test to verify that the
+object tracing API remains healthy.
+
+It uses the philsophers as an application that implements
+multiple threads that are synchronized with semaphores.
+
+The application initializes their objects and starts the philosophers'
+thread interaction. A specific thread, called object monitor, accesses
+the object tracing API and reports the number of expected objects.
+
+The sanity test script expects each test to finish its execution
+and then it considers the test completed. For that reason the
+philosophers' threads execute a finite number of iterations. After
+that the application execution ends.
+
+Sample Output
+--------------
+***** BOOTING ZEPHYR OS vxxxx - BUILD: yyyyy *****
+tc_start() - OBJECT TRACING TEST
+SEMAPHORE REF: 0x001031f0
+SEMAPHORE REF: 0x001031dc
+SEMAPHORE REF: 0x001031c8
+SEMAPHORE REF: 0x001031b4
+SEMAPHORE REF: 0x001031a0
+SEMAPHORE QUANTITY: 5
+===================================================================
+PASS - object_monitor.
+COOP: 0x00102da0 OPTIONS: 0x00, STATE: 0x00
+COOP: 0x00104204 OPTIONS: 0x00, STATE: 0x00
+COOP: 0x00103e04 OPTIONS: 0x00, STATE: 0x00
+COOP: 0x00103a04 OPTIONS: 0x00, STATE: 0x02
+COOP: 0x00103604 OPTIONS: 0x00, STATE: 0x02
+COOP: 0x00103204 OPTIONS: 0x00, STATE: 0x00
+PREMPT: 0x00105340 OPTIONS: 0x00, STATE: 0x02
+COOP: 0x00104e40 OPTIONS: 0x01, STATE: 0x00
+THREAD QUANTITY: 8
+===================================================================
+PASS - test_thread_monitor.
+===================================================================
+PROJECT EXECUTION SUCCESSFUL
diff --git a/tests/kernel/obj_tracing/prj.conf b/tests/kernel/obj_tracing/prj.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d3f6822aeb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/kernel/obj_tracing/prj.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+CONFIG_DEBUG_TRACING_KERNEL_OBJECTS=y
+CONFIG_THREAD_MONITOR=y
+
diff --git a/tests/kernel/obj_tracing/src/Makefile b/tests/kernel/obj_tracing/src/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e77556a456a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/kernel/obj_tracing/src/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+ccflags-y += -I${ZEPHYR_BASE}/tests/include
+
+obj-y =  philosopher.o main.o object_monitor.o
diff --git a/tests/kernel/obj_tracing/src/main.c b/tests/kernel/obj_tracing/src/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d263d30289a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/kernel/obj_tracing/src/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/* phil_task.c - dining philosophers */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011-2016 Wind River Systems, Inc.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+#include <zephyr.h>
+#include "phil.h"
+
+#define STSIZE 1024
+
+extern void phil_entry(void);
+extern void object_monitor(void);
+
+char __stack phil_stack[N_PHILOSOPHERS][STSIZE];
+char __stack mon_stack[STSIZE];
+struct k_sem forks[N_PHILOSOPHERS];
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @brief Nanokernel entry point
+ *
+ */
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < N_PHILOSOPHERS; i++) {
+		k_sem_init(&forks[i], 0, 1);
+		k_sem_give(&forks[i]);
+	}
+
+	/* create philosopher threads */
+	for (i = 0; i < N_PHILOSOPHERS; i++) {
+		k_thread_spawn(&phil_stack[i][0], STSIZE,
+		       (k_thread_entry_t)phil_entry, NULL, NULL, NULL,
+		       K_PRIO_COOP(6), 0, K_NO_WAIT);
+	}
+
+	/* create object counter monitor thread */
+	k_thread_spawn(mon_stack, STSIZE,
+		       (k_thread_entry_t)object_monitor, NULL, NULL, NULL,
+		       K_PRIO_COOP(7), 0, K_NO_WAIT);
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tests/kernel/obj_tracing/src/object_monitor.c b/tests/kernel/obj_tracing/src/object_monitor.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d237bafee16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/kernel/obj_tracing/src/object_monitor.c
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+/* object_monitor.c - object monitor */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 Intel Corporation.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+#include <zephyr.h>
+#include <tc_util.h>
+#include <util_test_common.h>
+#include <debug/object_tracing.h>
+#include "phil.h"
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @brief Thread that traverses, counts and reports
+ * the kernel objects in the philosophers application.
+ *
+ */
+
+#define TOTAL_TEST_NUMBER 2
+
+/* 1 IPM console fiber if enabled */
+#if defined(CONFIG_IPM_CONSOLE_RECEIVER) && defined(CONFIG_PRINTK)
+#define IPM_THREAD 1
+#else
+#define IPM_THREAD 0
+#endif /* CONFIG_IPM_CONSOLE_RECEIVER && CONFIG_PRINTK*/
+
+/* Must account for:
+ *	N Philosopher threads
+ *	1 Object monitor thread
+ *	1 System idle thread
+ *	1 System workqueue thread
+ *	1 IPM console thread
+ */
+
+void *force_sys_work_q_in = (void *)&k_sys_work_q;
+
+#define TOTAL_THREADS (N_PHILOSOPHERS + 3 + IPM_THREAD)
+
+#define OBJ_LIST_NAME k_sem
+#define OBJ_LIST_TYPE struct k_sem
+
+static inline int test_thread_monitor(void)
+{
+	int obj_counter = 0;
+	struct k_thread *thread_list = NULL;
+
+	/* wait a bit to allow any initialization-only threads to terminate */
+	k_sleep(100);
+
+	thread_list   = (struct k_thread *)SYS_THREAD_MONITOR_HEAD;
+	while (thread_list != NULL) {
+		if (thread_list->base.prio == -1) {
+			TC_PRINT("PREMPT: %p OPTIONS: 0x%02x, STATE: 0x%02x\n",
+			thread_list,
+			thread_list->base.user_options,
+			thread_list->base.thread_state);
+		} else {
+			TC_PRINT("COOP: %p OPTIONS: 0x%02x, STATE: 0x%02x\n",
+			thread_list,
+			thread_list->base.user_options,
+			thread_list->base.thread_state);
+		}
+		thread_list =
+			(struct k_thread *)SYS_THREAD_MONITOR_NEXT(thread_list);
+		obj_counter++;
+	}
+	TC_PRINT("THREAD QUANTITY: %d\n", obj_counter);
+
+	if (obj_counter == TOTAL_THREADS) {
+		TC_END_RESULT(TC_PASS);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	TC_END_RESULT(TC_FAIL);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void object_monitor(void)
+{
+	int obj_counter;
+	int test_counter = 0;
+	void *obj_list   = NULL;
+
+	TC_START("OBJECT TRACING TEST");
+
+	obj_counter = 0;
+	obj_list   = SYS_TRACING_HEAD(OBJ_LIST_TYPE, OBJ_LIST_NAME);
+	while (obj_list != NULL) {
+		TC_PRINT("SEMAPHORE REF: %p\n", obj_list);
+		obj_list = SYS_TRACING_NEXT(OBJ_LIST_TYPE, OBJ_LIST_NAME,
+						obj_list);
+		obj_counter++;
+	}
+	TC_PRINT("SEMAPHORE QUANTITY: %d\n", obj_counter);
+
+	if (obj_counter == N_PHILOSOPHERS) {
+		TC_END_RESULT(TC_PASS);
+		test_counter++;
+	} else {
+		TC_END_RESULT(TC_FAIL);
+	}
+
+	test_counter += test_thread_monitor();
+
+	if (test_counter == TOTAL_TEST_NUMBER) {
+		TC_END_REPORT(TC_PASS);
+	} else {
+		TC_END_REPORT(TC_FAIL);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/kernel/obj_tracing/src/phil.h b/tests/kernel/obj_tracing/src/phil.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..585074c7d6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/kernel/obj_tracing/src/phil.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/* phil.h - dining philosophers header file*/
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011-2016 Wind River Systems, Inc.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+#define N_PHILOSOPHERS	5
diff --git a/tests/kernel/obj_tracing/src/philosopher.c b/tests/kernel/obj_tracing/src/philosopher.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..526c411ee5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/kernel/obj_tracing/src/philosopher.c
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/* phil_thread.c - dining philosopher */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011-2016 Wind River Systems, Inc.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+#include <zephyr.h>
+#include <tc_util.h>
+#include "phil.h"
+
+#define FORK(x) (&forks[x])
+#define TAKE(x) k_sem_take(x, K_FOREVER)
+#define GIVE(x) k_sem_give(x)
+
+#define RANDDELAY(x) k_sleep(10 * (x) + 1)
+
+/* externs */
+
+extern struct k_sem forks[N_PHILOSOPHERS];
+
+
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @brief Entry point to a philosopher's thread
+ *
+ * This routine runs as a task in the microkernel environment
+ * and as a thread in the nanokernel environment.
+ *
+ * @return N/A
+ */
+
+void phil_entry(void)
+{
+	int counter;
+	struct k_sem *f1;	/* fork #1 */
+	struct k_sem *f2;	/* fork #2 */
+	static int myId;        /* next philosopher ID */
+	int pri = irq_lock();   /* interrupt lock level */
+	int id = myId++;        /* current philosopher ID */
+
+	irq_unlock(pri);
+
+	/* always take the lowest fork first */
+	if ((id+1) != N_PHILOSOPHERS) {
+		f1 = FORK(id);
+		f2 = FORK(id + 1);
+	} else {
+		f1 = FORK(0);
+		f2 = FORK(id);
+	}
+
+	for (counter = 0; counter < 5; counter++) {
+		TAKE(f1);
+		TAKE(f2);
+
+		RANDDELAY(id);
+
+		GIVE(f2);
+		GIVE(f1);
+
+		RANDDELAY(id);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/kernel/obj_tracing/testcase.ini b/tests/kernel/obj_tracing/testcase.ini
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0e582453cdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/kernel/obj_tracing/testcase.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[test]
+tags = core
+# Make sure it has enough memory
+filter = not ((CONFIG_DEBUG or CONFIG_ASSERT)) and ( CONFIG_SRAM_SIZE >= 32
+         or CONFIG_DCCM_SIZE >= 32 or CONFIG_RAM_SIZE >= 32)