diff --git a/tools/h5dump/h5dump.c b/tools/h5dump/h5dump.c
index 6a617c7065..b7974f4d6d 100644
--- a/tools/h5dump/h5dump.c
+++ b/tools/h5dump/h5dump.c
@@ -2348,6 +2348,10 @@ dump_dcpl(hid_t dcpl_id,hid_t type_id, hid_t obj_id)
      printf("%s\n",END);
     }
     break;
+   case H5Z_FILTER_NBIT:
+    indentation(indent + COL);
+    printf("%s\n", NBIT);
+    break;
    default:
     indentation(indent + COL);
     if (H5Zfilter_avail(filtn))
diff --git a/tools/h5dump/h5dumpgentest.c b/tools/h5dump/h5dumpgentest.c
index e4385720ae..23da7e868f 100644
--- a/tools/h5dump/h5dumpgentest.c
+++ b/tools/h5dump/h5dumpgentest.c
@@ -4631,6 +4631,24 @@ static void gent_filters(void)
  assert(ret>=0);
 #endif
 
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * nbit
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+#if defined (H5_HAVE_FILTER_NBIT)
+ /* remove the filters from the dcpl */
+ ret=H5Premove_filter(dcpl,H5Z_FILTER_ALL);
+ assert(ret>=0);
+
+ /* set the checksum filter */
+ ret=H5Pset_nbit(dcpl);
+ assert(ret>=0);
+
+ tid=H5Tcopy(H5T_NATIVE_INT);
+ H5Tset_precision(tid,H5Tget_size(tid)-1);
+ ret=make_dset(fid,"nbit",sid,tid,dcpl,buf1);
+ assert(ret>=0);
+#endif
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * all filters
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/tools/h5dump/testh5dump.sh.in b/tools/h5dump/testh5dump.sh.in
index 6efc47c8da..215a124a56 100644
--- a/tools/h5dump/testh5dump.sh.in
+++ b/tools/h5dump/testh5dump.sh.in
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ USE_FILTER_SZIP="@USE_FILTER_SZIP@"
 USE_FILTER_DEFLATE="@USE_FILTER_DEFLATE@"
 USE_FILTER_SHUFFLE="@USE_FILTER_SHUFFLE@"
 USE_FILTER_FLETCHER32="@USE_FILTER_FLETCHER32@"
+USE_FILTER_NBIT="@USE_FILTER_NBIT@"
 
 DUMPER=h5dump               # The tool name
 DUMPER_BIN=`pwd`/$DUMPER    # The path of the tool binary
@@ -282,6 +283,13 @@ if test $USE_FILTER_FLETCHER32 != "yes"; then
 else
  TOOLTEST tfletcher32.ddl $option
 fi
+# nbit
+option="-H -p -d nbit  tfilters.h5"
+if test $USE_FILTER_NBIT != "yes"; then
+ SKIP $option
+else
+ TOOLTEST tnbit.ddl $option
+fi
 # all
 option="-H -p -d all  tfilters.h5"
 if test $USE_FILTER_FLETCHER32 != "yes" -o  $USE_FILTER_SZIP != "yes" -o  $USE_FILTER_DEFLATE != "yes" -o  $USE_FILTER_SHUFFLE != "yes" ; then