diff --git a/tests/parallel_test/cases.task b/tests/parallel_test/cases.task
index 67fb784b61..90b5f4fee9 100644
--- a/tests/parallel_test/cases.task
+++ b/tests/parallel_test/cases.task
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@
 ,,y,system-test,./pytest.sh python3 ./test.py -f 0-others/user_privilege_all.py
 ,,y,system-test,./pytest.sh python3 ./test.py -f 0-others/fsync.py
 ,,y,system-test,./pytest.sh python3 ./test.py -f 0-others/multilevel.py
+,,y,system-test,./pytest.sh python3 ./test.py -f 0-others/multilevel_createdb.py
 ,,y,system-test,./pytest.sh python3 ./test.py -f 0-others/ttl.py
 ,,y,system-test,./pytest.sh python3 ./test.py -f 0-others/ttlChangeOnWrite.py
 ,,y,system-test,./pytest.sh python3 ./test.py -f 0-others/compress_tsz1.py
diff --git a/tests/system-test/0-others/multilevel_createdb.py b/tests/system-test/0-others/multilevel_createdb.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a4fd94f4c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/system-test/0-others/multilevel_createdb.py
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+###################################################################
+#           Copyright (c) 2016 by TAOS Technologies, Inc.
+#                     All rights reserved.
+#
+#  This file is proprietary and confidential to TAOS Technologies.
+#  No part of this file may be reproduced, stored, transmitted,
+#  disclosed or used in any form or by any means other than as
+#  expressly provided by the written permission from Jianhui Tao
+#
+###################################################################
+
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+
+from util.log import *
+from util.cases import *
+from util.sql import *
+from util.common import *
+from util.sqlset import *
+import glob
+
+def scanFiles(pattern):
+    res = []
+    for f in glob.iglob(pattern):
+        res += [f]
+    return res
+
+def checkFiles(pattern, state):
+    res = scanFiles(pattern)
+    tdLog.info(res)
+    num = len(res)
+    if num:
+        if state:
+            tdLog.info("%s: %d files exist. expect: files exist" % (pattern, num))
+        else:
+            tdLog.exit("%s: %d files exist. expect: files not exist." % (pattern, num))
+    else:
+        if state:
+            tdLog.exit("%s: %d files exist. expect: files exist" % (pattern, num))
+        else:
+            tdLog.info("%s: %d files exist. expect: files not exist." % (pattern, num))
+
+class TDTestCase:
+    def init(self, conn, logSql, replicaVar=1):
+
+        self.replicaVar = int(replicaVar)
+        tdLog.debug("start to execute %s" % __file__)
+        tdSql.init(conn.cursor())
+        self.setsql = TDSetSql()
+
+    def basic(self):
+        tdLog.info("============== basic test ===============")
+        cfg={
+            '/mnt/data1 0 1 0' : 'dataDir',
+            '/mnt/data2 0 0 0' : 'dataDir',
+            '/mnt/data3 0 0 0' : 'dataDir',
+            '/mnt/data4 0 0 0' : 'dataDir'
+        }
+        tdSql.createDir('/mnt/data1')
+        tdSql.createDir('/mnt/data2')
+        tdSql.createDir('/mnt/data3')
+        tdSql.createDir('/mnt/data4')
+
+        tdDnodes.stop(1)
+        tdDnodes.deploy(1,cfg)
+        tdDnodes.start(1)
+        
+        checkFiles(r'/mnt/data1/*/*',1)
+        checkFiles(r'/mnt/data2/*/*',0)
+        
+        tdSql.execute('create database nws vgroups 20 buffer 3000 stt_trigger 1 wal_level 1 wal_retention_period 0')
+
+        checkFiles(r'/mnt/data1/vnode/*/wal',5)
+        checkFiles(r'/mnt/data2/vnode/*/wal',5)
+        checkFiles(r'/mnt/data3/vnode/*/wal',5)
+        checkFiles(r'/mnt/data4/vnode/*/wal',5)
+
+    def run(self):
+        self.basic()
+
+        
+
+
+    def stop(self):
+        tdSql.close()
+        tdLog.success("%s successfully executed" % __file__)
+
+tdCases.addWindows(__file__, TDTestCase())
+tdCases.addLinux(__file__, TDTestCase())
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