diff --git a/fortran/test/tH5D.f90 b/fortran/test/tH5D.f90
index 682e242c32..9f7b50c42b 100644
--- a/fortran/test/tH5D.f90
+++ b/fortran/test/tH5D.f90
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 ! NOTES
 !  Tests the H5D APIs functionalities of:
 !   h5dcreate_f, h5dopen_f, h5dclose_f, h5dget_space_f, h5dget_type_f,
-!   h5dread_f, and h5dwrite_f
+!   h5dread_f, and h5dwrite_f, h5dget_space_status_f
 !
 !
 ! CONTAINS SUBROUTINES
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
           INTEGER(HSIZE_T), DIMENSION(2) :: data_dims
           INTEGER(HSIZE_T), DIMENSION(1) :: null_data_dim
           INTEGER     ::   null_dset_data = 1              ! null data
+          INTEGER :: flag ! Space allocation status
 
           !
           ! Initialize the dset_data array.
@@ -163,6 +164,16 @@
           CALL h5dopen_f(file_id, null_dsetname, null_dset, error)
               CALL check("h5dopen_f", error, total_error)
 
+          ! Test whether space has been allocated for a dataset
+          CALL h5dget_space_status_f(dset_id, flag, error)
+          CALL check("h5dget_space_status_f",error, total_error)
+          CALL verify("h5dget_space_status_f", flag, H5D_SPACE_STS_ALLOCATED_F, total_error)
+
+          CALL h5dget_space_status_f(null_dset, flag, error)
+          CALL check("h5dget_space_status_f",error, total_error)
+          CALL verify("h5dget_space_status_f", flag, H5D_SPACE_STS_NOT_ALLOCATED_F, total_error)
+
+
           !
           ! Get the dataset type.
           !