diff --git a/python/kvikio/tests/test_benchmarks.py b/python/kvikio/tests/test_benchmarks.py
index 3bdaf6613e..13709b9e0d 100644
--- a/python/kvikio/tests/test_benchmarks.py
+++ b/python/kvikio/tests/test_benchmarks.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 import pytest
 
+import kvikio
+
 benchmarks_path = (
     Path(os.path.realpath(__file__)).parent.parent / "kvikio" / "benchmarks"
 )
@@ -78,3 +80,31 @@ def test_zarr_io(run_cmd, tmp_path, api):
         cwd=benchmarks_path,
     )
     assert retcode == 0
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "api",
+    [
+        "cupy-kvikio",
+        "numpy-kvikio",
+    ],
+)
+def test_http_io(run_cmd, tmp_path, api):
+    """Test benchmarks/http_io.py"""
+
+    if not kvikio.is_remote_file_available():
+        pytest.skip(
+            "cannot test remote IO, please build KvikIO with with AWS S3 support"
+        )
+    retcode = run_cmd(
+        cmd=[
+            sys.executable,
+            "http_io.py",
+            "-n",
+            "1000",
+            "--api",
+            api,
+        ],
+        cwd=benchmarks_path,
+    )
+    assert retcode == 0