diff --git a/testcode/unittsig.c b/testcode/unittsig.c
index 840e584ec..3019978ee 100644
--- a/testcode/unittsig.c
+++ b/testcode/unittsig.c
@@ -143,6 +143,19 @@ static int vtest = 0;
  * 	the checkhex.
  * 	The expected rcode is from tsig_verify_query. The expected from
  * 	call is from tsig_sign_reply_xfr.
+ * tsig-verify-reply-xfr <num> <key> <time> <result>
+ * packet
+ * <hex>
+ * endpacket
+ * call <time> <last> <result2>
+ * ..
+ *	The data from previous packet in the buffer is used with
+ *	tsig-sign-query. Then a number of times, the hex data is used
+ *	with tsig-verify-reply-xfr, and the result is checked.
+ *	The TSIG signes with key name, at timestamp in secs. The result
+ *	of the tsig-sign-query function is compared with result.
+ *	The last is the last_packet argument. The function result is
+ *	compared with result2.
  *
  */
 
@@ -1181,6 +1194,144 @@ handle_tsig_sign_reply_xfr(char* line, FILE* in, const char* fname,
 	sldns_buffer_copy(pkt, &reply_pkt);
 }
 
+/** Handle the tsig-verify-reply-xfr */
+static void
+handle_tsig_verify_reply_xfr(char* line, FILE* in, const char* fname,
+	struct tsig_key_table* key_table, struct sldns_buffer* pkt)
+{
+	char* arg = get_arg_on_line(line, "tsig-verify-reply-xfr");
+	char* s, *numstr, *keyname, *timestr, *expectedstr, *expectedstr2,
+		*laststr;
+	int i, num, expected_result, expected_result2, ret, last_packet;
+	uint64_t timepoint;
+	struct tsig_data* tsig;
+	size_t pos;
+	uint8_t buf[65536];
+	sldns_buffer reply_pkt;
+	sldns_buffer_init_frm_data(&reply_pkt, buf, sizeof(buf));
+
+	s = arg;
+	numstr = get_next_arg_on_line(&s);
+	keyname = get_next_arg_on_line(&s);
+	timestr = get_next_arg_on_line(&s);
+	expectedstr = get_next_arg_on_line(&s);
+
+	num = atoi(numstr);
+	if(num == 0 && strcmp(numstr, "0") != 0)
+		fatal_exit("expected int argument for %s", numstr);
+	timepoint = (uint64_t)atoll(timestr);
+	if(timepoint == 0 && strcmp(timestr, "0") != 0)
+		fatal_exit("expected time argument for %s", timestr);
+	expected_result = atoi(expectedstr);
+	if(expected_result == 0 && strcmp(expectedstr, "0") != 0)
+		fatal_exit("expected int argument for %s", expectedstr);
+
+	if(vtest) {
+		printf("tsig-verify-reply-xfr with %d %s %d %d\n", num,
+			keyname, (int)timepoint, expected_result);
+	}
+
+	tsig = tsig_create_fromstr(key_table, keyname);
+	if(!tsig)
+		fatal_exit("alloc fail or key not found %s", keyname);
+
+	/* Put position at the end of the packet to sign it. */
+	pos = sldns_buffer_limit(pkt);
+	sldns_buffer_clear(pkt);
+	sldns_buffer_set_position(pkt, pos);
+
+	ret = tsig_sign_query(tsig, pkt, key_table, timepoint);
+	sldns_buffer_flip(pkt);
+
+	if(vtest) {
+		if(ret == expected_result)
+			printf("function ok, %s\n", (ret?"success":"fail"));
+		else
+			printf("function returned %d, expected result %d\n",
+				ret, expected_result);
+	}
+	unit_assert(ret == expected_result);
+
+	/* Verify the reply packets */
+	for(i=0; i<num; i++) {
+		char callline[1024];
+		if(vtest >= 2)
+			printf("xfr packet %d/%d\n", i+1, num);
+
+		/* read packet keyword */
+		if(!(s=read_next_keyword(callline, sizeof(callline), in)))
+			fatal_exit("could not read next line for "
+				"tsig-verify-reply-xfr %d", i+1);
+		if(strcmp(s, "packet")!=0)
+			fatal_exit("expected 'packet', but read '%s'",
+				callline);
+		if(!read_packet_hex("", &reply_pkt, in, fname))
+			fatal_exit("Could not read reply packet");
+
+		/* read call arguments */
+		if(!(s=read_next_keyword(callline, sizeof(callline), in)))
+			fatal_exit("could not read next line for "
+				"tsig-verify-reply-xfr %d", i+1);
+		if(strncmp(s, "call", 4) == 0) {
+			s = get_arg_on_line(s, "call");
+			timestr = get_next_arg_on_line(&s);
+			laststr = get_next_arg_on_line(&s);
+			expectedstr2 = get_next_arg_on_line(&s);
+			timepoint = (uint64_t)atoll(timestr);
+			if(timepoint == 0 && strcmp(timestr, "0") != 0)
+				fatal_exit("expected time argument for %s", timestr);
+			last_packet = atoi(laststr);
+			if(last_packet == 0 && strcmp(laststr, "0") != 0)
+				fatal_exit("expected int argument for %s", laststr);
+			expected_result2 = atoi(expectedstr2);
+			if(expected_result2 == 0 && strcmp(expectedstr2, "0") != 0)
+				fatal_exit("expected int argument for %s", expectedstr2);
+		} else {
+			fatal_exit("unknown line '%s' is not 'call' for %d in "
+				"tsig-verify-reply-xfr", s, i+1);
+		}
+
+		if(vtest >= 2) {
+			char* str = sldns_wire2str_pkt(sldns_buffer_begin(&reply_pkt),
+				sldns_buffer_limit(&reply_pkt));
+			if(str)
+				printf("reply packet: %s\n", str);
+			else
+				printf("could not wire2str_pkt\n");
+			free(str);
+		}
+		if(vtest) {
+			printf("call with %d %d %d\n", (int)timepoint,
+				last_packet, expected_result2);
+		}
+
+		/* Put position before TSIG */
+		if(!tsig_find_rr(&reply_pkt)) {
+			if(vtest)
+				printf("tsig-verify-reply-xfr found no TSIG RR\n");
+			/* Set position at end, if no TSIG. */
+			sldns_buffer_set_position(&reply_pkt,
+				sldns_buffer_limit(&reply_pkt));
+		}
+		ret = tsig_parse_verify_reply_xfr(tsig, &reply_pkt, key_table,
+			timepoint, last_packet);
+
+		if(vtest) {
+			if(ret == expected_result2)
+				printf("function ok, %s\n", (ret?"success":"fail"));
+			else
+				printf("function returned %d, expected result2 %d\n",
+					ret, expected_result2);
+		}
+		unit_assert(ret == expected_result2);
+		if(vtest)
+			printf("call ok, for %d/%d\n", i+1, num);
+	}
+
+	tsig_delete(tsig);
+}
+
+
 /** Handle one line from the TSIG test file */
 static void
 handle_line(char* line, struct tsig_key_table* key_table,
@@ -1210,6 +1361,8 @@ handle_line(char* line, struct tsig_key_table* key_table,
 		handle_tsig_verify_shared(s, key_table, pkt);
 	} else if(strncmp(s, "tsig-sign-reply-xfr", 19) == 0) {
 		handle_tsig_sign_reply_xfr(s, in, fname, key_table, pkt);
+	} else if(strncmp(s, "tsig-verify-reply-xfr", 21) == 0) {
+		handle_tsig_verify_reply_xfr(s, in, fname, key_table, pkt);
 	} else if(strncmp(s, "tsig-sign-reply", 15) == 0) {
 		handle_tsig_sign_reply(s, in, fname, key_table, pkt);
 	} else if(strncmp(s, "tsig-verify-reply", 17) == 0) {
diff --git a/testdata/tsig_test.4 b/testdata/tsig_test.4
index f0c3d8b87..b11003612 100644
--- a/testdata/tsig_test.4
+++ b/testdata/tsig_test.4
@@ -341,3 +341,158 @@ check-packet
 1c9684000000000100000001076578616d706c6503636f6d000006000100000e100023c00c0a686f73746d6173746572c00c5cd7fffe00000e100000038400127500000007080474657374036b65790000fa00ff00000000003d0b686d61632d73686132353600000068c01a52012c0020b2559f077753cfb86c254c472dcfeb9010f5c924098bd12101006cd661926f951c9600000000
 endpacket
 # end of tsig-sign-reply-xfr test, example.com AXFR.
+
+# tsig-verify-reply-xfr test, example.com AXFR.
+# same output as the previous test.
+# the query packet.
+packet
+1c9600000001000000000001076578616d706c6503636f6d0000fc00010000291000000000000000
+endpacket
+#   <number of packets> <keyname> <time> <tsig-sign-query result>
+tsig-verify-reply-xfr 24 test.key 1757420114 1
+
+# packet 1
+packet
+1c9684000001000200000002076578616d706c6503636f6d0000fc0001c00c0006000100000e100023c00c0a686f73746d6173746572c00c5cd7fffe00000e10000003840012750000000708c00c0001000100000e1000043ed26e0700002904d00000000000000474657374036b65790000fa00ff00000000003d0b686d61632d73686132353600000068c01a52012c00200fe349e19b5b3e952c097db0dfef9430734da92125ab1d4542d450774f352b4d1c9600000000
+endpacket
+#   <time> <last_packet> <function result>
+call 1757420114 0 1
+
+# packet 2
+packet
+1c9684000000000200000001076578616d706c6503636f6d000002000100000e100005026e73c00cc00c000f000100000e1000070005026d78c00c0474657374036b65790000fa00ff00000000003d0b686d61632d73686132353600000068c01a52012c0020d03727ee94d091b5ae91ffb0b7aec23ad6f753571c66b958c0e5fca8ad49f9931c9600000000
+endpacket
+call 1757420114 0 1
+
+# packet 3
+packet
+1c96840000000002000000010131026161076578616d706c6503636f6d000001000100000e1000047f000001023130c00e0001000100000e1000047f0000010474657374036b65790000fa00ff00000000003d0b686d61632d73686132353600000068c01a52012c0020e32db0e11c2084fbe37f0a7603ba35eca8ad24efeeea0a6ad0a9c5fac2d82fef1c9600000000
+endpacket
+call 1757420114 0 1
+
+# packet 4
+packet
+1c9684000000000200000001023131026161076578616d706c6503636f6d000001000100000e1000047f000001023132c00f0001000100000e1000047f0000010474657374036b65790000fa00ff00000000003d0b686d61632d73686132353600000068c01a52012c0020e38f1b5ff94189c0f1e43d12002f72fedd04842b9562036a890e434b28b01a361c9600000000
+endpacket
+call 1757420114 0 1
+
+# packet 5
+packet
+1c9684000000000200000001023133026161076578616d706c6503636f6d000001000100000e1000047f000001023134c00f0001000100000e1000047f0000010474657374036b65790000fa00ff00000000003d0b686d61632d73686132353600000068c01a52012c00209ec339cdb4ff11f704920aebc81decded09ddb6ff3e5181f3ef410fbc7074b201c9600000000
+endpacket
+call 1757420114 0 1
+
+# packet 6
+packet
+1c9684000000000200000001023135026161076578616d706c6503636f6d000001000100000e1000047f000001023136c00f0001000100000e1000047f0000010474657374036b65790000fa00ff00000000003d0b686d61632d73686132353600000068c01a52012c00209d4fc84ad670d95791fd281d8465213ff95432d18d920d3bba819ef8ef39307a1c9600000000
+endpacket
+call 1757420114 0 1
+
+# packet 7
+packet
+1c9684000000000200000001023137026161076578616d706c6503636f6d000001000100000e1000047f000001023138c00f0001000100000e1000047f0000010474657374036b65790000fa00ff00000000003d0b686d61632d73686132353600000068c01a52012c002085b43b7552da236e9e786a764797936dd35bf5b66240eda86b55b1401b7c89001c9600000000
+endpacket
+call 1757420114 0 1
+
+# packet 8
+packet
+1c9684000000000200000001023139026161076578616d706c6503636f6d000001000100000e1000047f0000010132c00f0001000100000e1000047f0000010474657374036b65790000fa00ff00000000003d0b686d61632d73686132353600000068c01a52012c0020c509d9d88403cd38de55041c25df3918094d2ba58d7aef3421894375145c9b481c9600000000
+endpacket
+call 1757420114 0 1
+
+# packet 9
+packet
+1c9684000000000200000001023230026161076578616d706c6503636f6d000001000100000e1000047f000001023231c00f0001000100000e1000047f0000010474657374036b65790000fa00ff00000000003d0b686d61632d73686132353600000068c01a52012c002035bb99b902597883326e520924197823afe67c16bc1277b76c0fe6a5c8df71481c9600000000
+endpacket
+call 1757420114 0 1
+
+# packet 10
+packet
+1c9684000000000200000001023232026161076578616d706c6503636f6d000001000100000e1000047f000001023233c00f0001000100000e1000047f0000010474657374036b65790000fa00ff00000000003d0b686d61632d73686132353600000068c01a52012c002076cabe0adbfd33dc0de403b12eb4ab6760a01e309590b2fcbf1feb58d2b9d2d21c9600000000
+endpacket
+call 1757420114 0 1
+
+# packet 11
+packet
+1c9684000000000200000001023234026161076578616d706c6503636f6d000001000100000e1000047f000001023235c00f0001000100000e1000047f0000010474657374036b65790000fa00ff00000000003d0b686d61632d73686132353600000068c01a52012c0020239b0438becc231a906e1b58871d708f8f2f6b4fa3d13d4c416e6a405261f7c11c9600000000
+endpacket
+call 1757420114 0 1
+
+# packet 12
+packet
+1c9684000000000200000001023236026161076578616d706c6503636f6d000001000100000e1000047f000001023237c00f0001000100000e1000047f0000010474657374036b65790000fa00ff00000000003d0b686d61632d73686132353600000068c01a52012c0020f7f700322f917f820711b19d0737ea883ef1f84df10fe43768ddeb208436a2c71c9600000000
+endpacket
+call 1757420114 0 1
+
+# packet 13
+packet
+1c9684000000000200000001023238026161076578616d706c6503636f6d000001000100000e1000047f000001023239c00f0001000100000e1000047f0000010474657374036b65790000fa00ff00000000003d0b686d61632d73686132353600000068c01a52012c0020734aeda53e0b3bba7adbc6f3107be3a1ca15c0519ef9bc4c358266b279e4a84c1c9600000000
+endpacket
+call 1757420114 0 1
+
+# packet 14
+packet
+1c96840000000002000000010133026161076578616d706c6503636f6d000001000100000e1000047f000001023330c00e0001000100000e1000047f0000010474657374036b65790000fa00ff00000000003d0b686d61632d73686132353600000068c01a52012c00208bba7720eb76db59ca223e72e75161a51905ad7da75bfe87ea7e3f858e95a5e31c9600000000
+endpacket
+call 1757420114 0 1
+
+# packet 15
+packet
+1c96840000000002000000010134026161076578616d706c6503636f6d000001000100000e1000047f0000010135c00e0001000100000e1000047f0000010474657374036b65790000fa00ff00000000003d0b686d61632d73686132353600000068c01a52012c0020bd18bd75f9b6073af2f0c2e3321530f18b48768881fc246e5485b7adf744e18f1c9600000000
+endpacket
+call 1757420114 0 1
+
+# packet 16
+packet
+1c96840000000002000000010136026161076578616d706c6503636f6d000001000100000e1000047f0000010137c00e0001000100000e1000047f0000010474657374036b65790000fa00ff00000000003d0b686d61632d73686132353600000068c01a52012c00209bde6bd3ff63bcadc4987cb97056fefa57b6f2b62f0715d7f569ff2526c1cd7a1c9600000000
+endpacket
+call 1757420114 0 1
+
+# packet 17
+packet
+1c96840000000002000000010138026161076578616d706c6503636f6d000001000100000e1000047f0000010139c00e0001000100000e1000047f0000010474657374036b65790000fa00ff00000000003d0b686d61632d73686132353600000068c01a52012c0020eb67e8b02e2e2464a688c420e5705e137ada69a9e56d65e1fb94fe4061a1bb091c9600000000
+endpacket
+call 1757420114 0 1
+
+# packet 18
+packet
+1c9684000000000200000001012a01630164076578616d706c6503636f6d000010000100000e1000222174657874207265636f72642077697468206d61696c207065726d697373696f6e73c00c000f000100000e1000070005026d78c0120474657374036b65790000fa00ff00000000003d0b686d61632d73686132353600000068c01a52012c0020b529a10450c8fbf8582b18e1de1cd23470f09c77ec0b7d8fff783067dac7eca91c9600000000
+endpacket
+call 1757420114 0 1
+
+# packet 19
+packet
+1c968400000000020000000104646f6e65076578616d706c6503636f6d000001000100000e100004010101010166c0110027000100000e10001101780166076578616d706c6503636f6d000474657374036b65790000fa00ff00000000003d0b686d61632d73686132353600000068c01a52012c00207742d4b6f182ff0f547a0f192ef85f5e7167739768a83a669816145995bd0be61c9600000000
+endpacket
+call 1757420114 0 1
+
+# packet 20
+packet
+1c9684000000000200000001026d78076578616d706c6503636f6d000001000100000e1000043ed26e07026e73c00f0001000100000e1000043ed26e070474657374036b65790000fa00ff00000000003d0b686d61632d73686132353600000068c01a52012c00203139787980ff264c8a9eec8b90abe2456b10177a72d2ebc929e23c90c7af555b1c9600000000
+endpacket
+call 1757420114 0 1
+
+# packet 21
+packet
+1c9684000000000200000001027274076578616d706c6503636f6d000010000100000e1000130261620263640665662267682202696a026b6c03727432c00f0010000100000e10000d06616263646566056768696a6b0474657374036b65790000fa00ff00000000003d0b686d61632d73686132353600000068c01a52012c0020bfedd8e7dd2cf2cfa4dd0eb2229c4aefe6e6efc6856aca79b1f2dbbf140f9eee1c9600000000
+endpacket
+call 1757420114 0 1
+
+# packet 22
+packet
+1c968400000000020000000103727433076578616d706c6503636f6d000010000100000e10001202616202636402656602676802696a026b6c03727434c0100010000100000e10000d06616263646566056768696a6b0474657374036b65790000fa00ff00000000003d0b686d61632d73686132353600000068c01a52012c0020915c444174214b9876cbbfc2d5a3039af0a7a6e5a93eb592fa46436d48c732a81c9600000000
+endpacket
+call 1757420114 0 1
+
+# packet 23
+packet
+1c96840000000002000000010178076578616d706c6503636f6d000027000100000e10000f0179076578616d706c6503636f6d0003666f6f0179c00e0005000100000e10000704646f6e65c00e0474657374036b65790000fa00ff00000000003d0b686d61632d73686132353600000068c01a52012c0020011049e9d4ab4cc0af1717e56077ff8a2be5030cb6b7b4a42aabe212dd7f34701c9600000000
+endpacket
+call 1757420114 0 1
+
+# packet 24
+packet
+1c9684000000000100000001076578616d706c6503636f6d000006000100000e100023c00c0a686f73746d6173746572c00c5cd7fffe00000e100000038400127500000007080474657374036b65790000fa00ff00000000003d0b686d61632d73686132353600000068c01a52012c0020b2559f077753cfb86c254c472dcfeb9010f5c924098bd12101006cd661926f951c9600000000
+endpacket
+call 1757420114 0 1
+# end of tsig-verify-reply-xfr test, example.com AXFR.