diff --git a/t/Makefile.am b/t/Makefile.am
index a84e27e9..8274d920 100644
--- a/t/Makefile.am
+++ b/t/Makefile.am
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ TESTSCRIPTS = \
 	t1041-view-jobs-by-project.t \
 	t1042-issue508.t \
 	t1043-view-jobs-by-bank.t \
+	t1044-mf-priority-resource-counting.t \
 	t5000-valgrind.t \
 	python/t1000-example.py \
 	python/t1001_db.py \
diff --git a/t/t1044-mf-priority-resource-counting.t b/t/t1044-mf-priority-resource-counting.t
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..8bb1fd8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t1044-mf-priority-resource-counting.t
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+test_description='test calculating and storing system core information in priority plugin'
+
+. `dirname $0`/sharness.sh
+
+mkdir -p conf.d
+
+MULTI_FACTOR_PRIORITY=${FLUX_BUILD_DIR}/src/plugins/.libs/mf_priority.so
+
+export TEST_UNDER_FLUX_SCHED_SIMPLE_MODE="limited=1"
+test_under_flux 4 job -o,--config-path=$(pwd)/conf.d
+
+flux setattr log-stderr-level 1
+
+test_expect_success 'load multi-factor priority plugin' '
+	flux jobtap load -r .priority-default ${MULTI_FACTOR_PRIORITY}
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'check that mf_priority plugin is loaded' '
+	flux jobtap list | grep mf_priority
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'check that cores-per-node count is correct' '
+	flux jobtap query mf_priority.so > query.json &&
+	test_debug "jq -S . <query.json" &&
+	flux resource R --include=0 | flux R decode --count=core > ncores_per_node.test &&
+	jq -e ".ncores_per_node == $(cat ncores_per_node.test)" <query.json
+'
+
+test_done