diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index 036a136..7d92e9f 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 EXTRA_DIST = package.m4 testsuite.at $(TESTSUITE) $(TESTS_)
 
 TESTS_ = lib_hash.at lib_prng.at lib_watcher.at lib_sandbox.at  \
-         lib_hashmap.at fs_basic.at fs_regrw.at
+         lib_hashmap.at fs_basic.at fs_regrw.at fs_dents.at
 
 # Helper programs for testing
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ if BOOKMARKFS_MOUNT
 if BOOKMARKFS_UTIL
   check_fs_CPPFLAGS += -DHAVE_BOOKMARKFS_UTIL
   check_fs_LDADD    += $(top_builddir)/src/libbookmarkfs_util.la
-  check_fs_SOURCES  += check_fs_regrw.c check_util.c
+  check_fs_SOURCES  += check_fs_regrw.c check_fs_dents.c check_util.c
 endif  # BOOKMARKFS_UTIL
 endif  # BOOKMARKFS_MOUNT
 
diff --git a/tests/check_fs.c b/tests/check_fs.c
index 47fd85e..2fa9717 100644
--- a/tests/check_fs.c
+++ b/tests/check_fs.c
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ dispatch_subcmds (
 #ifdef HAVE_BOOKMARKFS_UTIL
     } else if (0 == strcmp("regrw", cmd)) {
         status = check_fs_regrw(argc, argv);
+    } else if (0 == strcmp("dents", cmd)) {
+        status = check_fs_dents(argc, argv);
 #endif
     } else {
         log_printf("bad subcmd '%s'", cmd);
diff --git a/tests/check_fs_dents.c b/tests/check_fs_dents.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5774f7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/check_fs_dents.c
@@ -0,0 +1,282 @@
+/**
+ * bookmarkfs/tests/check_fs_dents.c
+ * ----
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2025  CismonX <admin@cismon.net>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#  include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "check_util.h"
+#include "frontend_util.h"
+#include "ioctl.h"
+#include "prng.h"
+
+#define ITEM_DELETED  ( 1u << 0 )
+#define ITEM_DIRTY    ( 1u << 1 )
+#define ITEM_MARKED   ( 1u << 2 )
+
+struct check_item {
+    int      id;
+    unsigned flags;
+};
+
+// Forward declaration start
+static int dent_check        (int, struct check_item *, int const *, int, int);
+static int dent_delete       (int, struct check_item *);
+static int dent_new          (int, struct check_item *);
+static int dent_permute      (int, struct check_item *, struct check_item *);
+static int do_check_fs_dents (int, int);
+// Forward declaration end
+
+static int
+dent_check (
+    int                dirfd,
+    struct check_item *item,
+    int const         *map,
+    int                n,
+    int                ignore_dirty
+) {
+    char buf[4096];
+    struct check_item const *last_found = NULL;
+    for (ssize_t off = 0, len = 0; ; ) {
+        if (off == len) {
+            len = xgetdents(dirfd, buf, sizeof(buf));
+            if (len < 0) {
+                log_printf("getdents(): %s", strerror(errno));
+                return -1;
+            }
+            if (len == 0) {
+                break;
+            }
+            off = 0;
+        }
+        struct dirent *dent = (struct dirent *)(buf + off);
+        off += dent->d_reclen;
+
+        int id = atoi(dent->d_name);
+        if (id < 0 || id >= n) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+        struct check_item *found = item + map[id];
+        if (found->flags & (ITEM_DELETED | ITEM_MARKED)) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+        if (ignore_dirty && found->flags & ITEM_DIRTY) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        if (last_found != NULL && found <= last_found) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+        last_found = found;
+        found->flags |= ITEM_MARKED;
+    }
+
+    for (last_found = item + n; item < last_found; ++item) {
+        if (ignore_dirty && item->flags & ITEM_DIRTY) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        if (!(item->flags & (ITEM_DELETED | ITEM_MARKED))) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+        item->flags &= ~ITEM_MARKED;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+dent_delete (
+    int                dirfd,
+    struct check_item *item
+) {
+    if (item->flags & ITEM_DELETED) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    char name[16];
+    sprintf(name, "%d", item->id);
+    if (0 != unlinkat(dirfd, name, 0)) {
+        log_printf("unlinkat(): %s", strerror(errno));
+        return -1;
+    }
+    item->flags |= ITEM_DELETED;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+dent_new (
+    int                dirfd,
+    struct check_item *item
+) {
+    char name[16];
+    sprintf(name, "%d", item->id);
+    int fd = openat(dirfd, name, O_CREAT | O_EXCL, 0600);
+    if (fd < 0) {
+        log_printf("openat(): %s", strerror(errno));
+        return -1;
+    }
+    close(fd);
+    item->flags &= ~ITEM_DELETED;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+dent_permute (
+    int                dirfd,
+    struct check_item *item1,
+    struct check_item *item2
+) {
+    int op = BOOKMARKFS_PERMD_OP_SWAP;
+    struct check_item *itemx = item2;
+    if ((item1->flags & ITEM_DELETED) || (item2->flags & ITEM_DELETED)) {
+        if (item1->flags & ITEM_DELETED) {
+            struct check_item *item_tmp = item1;
+            item1 = item2;
+            item2 = item_tmp;
+        }
+        if (item1 > item2) {
+            op = BOOKMARKFS_PERMD_OP_MOVE_BEFORE;
+            for (itemx = item2 + 1; itemx->flags & ITEM_DELETED; ++itemx);
+        } else {
+            op = BOOKMARKFS_PERMD_OP_MOVE_AFTER;
+            for (itemx = item2 - 1; itemx->flags & ITEM_DELETED; --itemx);
+        }
+    }
+
+    struct bookmarkfs_permd_data permd_data;
+    permd_data.op = op;
+    sprintf(permd_data.name1, "%d", item1->id);
+    sprintf(permd_data.name2, "%d", itemx->id);
+    if (0 != ioctl(dirfd, BOOKMARKFS_IOC_PERMD, &permd_data)) {
+        log_printf("ioctl(): %s", strerror(errno));
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    struct check_item item_tmp = *item1;
+    *item1 = *item2;
+    *item2 = item_tmp;
+    item1->flags |= ITEM_DIRTY;
+    item2->flags |= ITEM_DIRTY;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+do_check_fs_dents (
+    int dirfd,
+    int n
+) {
+#define ASSERT_EQ(val, expr)  ASSERT_EXPR_INT(expr, r_, (val) == r_, goto end;)
+#define ASSERT_NE(val, expr)  ASSERT_EXPR_INT(expr, r_, (val) != r_, goto end;)
+
+    struct check_item *items = calloc(n, sizeof(struct check_item));
+    int               *map   = malloc(sizeof(int) * n);
+    if (items == NULL || map == NULL) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+    int status = -1;
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
+        struct check_item *item = items + i;
+        map[i] = item->id = i;
+        ASSERT_EQ(0, dent_new(dirfd, item));
+    }
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, lseek(dirfd, 0, SEEK_SET));
+    for (int i = 0; i < n / 4; ++i) {
+        uint64_t bits = prng_rand();
+        struct check_item *i1 = &items[bits % n];
+        struct check_item *i2 = &items[(bits >> 32) % n];
+
+        if (i1 == i2 || bits >> 63) {
+            ASSERT_EQ(0, dent_delete(dirfd, i1));
+            ASSERT_EQ(0, dent_delete(dirfd, i2));
+#if !defined(__FreeBSD__)
+        } else {
+            if (i1->flags & ITEM_DELETED && i2->flags & ITEM_DELETED) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            ASSERT_EQ(0, dent_permute(dirfd, i1, i2));
+            map[i1->id] = i1 - items;
+            map[i2->id] = i2 - items;
+#endif
+        }
+    }
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, dent_check(dirfd, items, map, n, 1));
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, lseek(dirfd, 0, SEEK_SET));
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, dent_check(dirfd, items, map, n, 0));
+    status = 0;
+
+  end:
+    free(items);
+    free(map);
+    return status;
+}
+
+int
+check_fs_dents (
+    int   argc,
+    char *argv[]
+) {
+    uint64_t seed_buf[4], *seed = NULL;
+    int n = -1;
+
+    OPT_START(argc, argv, "n:s:")
+    OPT_OPT('n') {
+        n = atoi(optarg);
+        break;
+    }
+    OPT_OPT('s') {
+        if (0 != prng_seed_from_hex(seed_buf, optarg)) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+        seed = seed_buf;
+        break;
+    }
+    OPT_END
+
+    if (n <= 0) {
+        log_printf("bad size %d", n);
+        return -1;
+    }
+    if (argc < 1) {
+        log_puts("path not given");
+        return -1;
+    }
+    char const *path = argv[0];
+
+    if (0 != prng_seed(seed)) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+    int dirfd = open(path, O_RDONLY | O_DIRECTORY);
+    if (dirfd < 0) {
+        log_printf("open: %s: %s", path, strerror(errno));
+        return -1;
+    }
+    int status = do_check_fs_dents(dirfd, n);
+    close(dirfd);
+    return status;
+}
diff --git a/tests/check_util.h b/tests/check_util.h
index c9dc35c..0b5a0fd 100644
--- a/tests/check_util.h
+++ b/tests/check_util.h
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@
         action_if_false                                         \
     } while (0)
 
+int
+check_fs_dents (
+    int   argc,
+    char *argv[]
+);
+
 int
 check_fs_regrw (
     int   argc,
diff --git a/tests/fs_dents.at b/tests/fs_dents.at
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77a4fa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fs_dents.at
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+dnl
+dnl  Copyright (C) 2025  CismonX <admin@cismon.net>
+dnl
+dnl  Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
+dnl  are permitted in any medium without royalty,
+dnl  provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.
+dnl  This file is offered as-is, without any warranty.
+dnl
+
+AT_SETUP([fs: directory entries])
+AT_KEYWORDS([fs dents])
+
+ATX_CHECK_FS_NEW_ANY(, [
+    # requires PRNG
+    ATX_FEAT_PREREQ([bookmarkfs-util])
+], [
+    ATX_RUN_REPEAT([8], [
+        name=$(ath_fn_rand_u64_hex)
+        seed=$(ath_fn_prng_seed)
+        echo "prng seed: $seed"
+
+        mkdir $name
+        ATX_RUN([
+            check-fs dents -n 1024 -s "$seed" $name
+        ])
+    ])
+])
+
+AT_CLEANUP
diff --git a/tests/testsuite.at b/tests/testsuite.at
index 5feb02f..87af7d6 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite.at
+++ b/tests/testsuite.at
@@ -207,3 +207,4 @@ m4_include([lib_hashmap.at])
 AT_BANNER([The Filesystem])
 m4_include([fs_basic.at])
 m4_include([fs_regrw.at])
+m4_include([fs_dents.at])