diff --git a/verifier/basic/osh_basic_tc3.c b/verifier/basic/osh_basic_tc3.c
index e503146..5e63699 100644
--- a/verifier/basic/osh_basic_tc3.c
+++ b/verifier/basic/osh_basic_tc3.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "osh_log.h"
 
 #include "shmem.h"
+#include "shmemx.h"
 
 #include "osh_basic_tests.h"
 
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ static int test_shmem_ptr();
 static int test_allocation_size(void);
 static int test_global_vars(void);
 static int test_max_size(void);
+static int test_alloc_with_hint(void);
 
 #ifdef QUICK_TEST
 #define LOOP_COUNT  100
@@ -153,6 +155,15 @@ int osh_basic_tc3(const TE_NODE *node, int argc, const char *argv[])
         log_item(node, 12, rc);
     }
 
+    if (rc == TC_PASS)
+    {
+        rc = test_alloc_with_hint();
+        log_item(node, 13, rc);
+        if (rc == TC_NONE) {
+            rc = TC_PASS;
+        }
+    }
+
     return rc;
 }
 
@@ -759,3 +770,83 @@ static int test_global_vars()
     return TC_PASS;
 }
 
+static int test_alloc_with_hint()
+{
+#if HAVE_DECL_SHMEMX_MALLOC_WITH_HINT
+    const size_t alloc_base    = 32;
+    const size_t alloc_growed  = 64;
+    const size_t alloc_reduced = 16;
+    char *p1, *p2;
+
+    log_debug(OSH_TC, "testting malloc_with_hint\n");
+
+    p1 = shmemx_malloc_with_hint(alloc_base, SHMEM_HINT_DEVICE_NIC_MEM);
+    if (!p1)
+    {
+        log_error(OSH_TC, "Failed to allocate hinted memory\n");
+        return TC_FAIL;
+    }
+
+    memset(p1, 0xEF, alloc_base);
+
+    p2 = shmem_realloc(p1, alloc_reduced);
+    if (!p2)
+    {
+        log_error(OSH_TC, "Failed to realloc hinted memory\n");
+        return TC_FAIL;
+    }
+
+    if (__verify(p2, alloc_reduced, 0xEF) == TC_FAIL)
+    {
+        log_error(OSH_TC, "Failed to verify from %zu to %zu\n", alloc_base, alloc_reduced);
+        return TC_FAIL;
+    }
+
+    p1 = shmem_realloc(p2, alloc_growed);
+    if (!p1)
+    {
+        log_error(OSH_TC, "Failed to realloc from %zu to %zu\n", alloc_reduced, alloc_growed);
+        return TC_FAIL;
+    }
+    if (__verify(p1, alloc_reduced, 0xEF) == TC_FAIL)
+    {
+        log_error(OSH_TC, "Failed to verify from %zu to %zu\n", alloc_reduced, alloc_growed);
+        return TC_FAIL;
+    }
+
+    /* allocate one more buffer to block in-place realloc */
+    p2 = shmemx_malloc_with_hint(alloc_base, SHMEM_HINT_DEVICE_NIC_MEM);
+    if (!p2)
+    {
+        log_error(OSH_TC, "Failed to allocate hinted memory\n");
+        return TC_FAIL;
+    }
+    p1 = shmem_realloc(p1, alloc_growed * 2);
+    if (!p1)
+    {
+        log_error(OSH_TC, "Failed to realloc from %zu to %zu\n", alloc_growed, alloc_growed * 2);
+        return TC_FAIL;
+    }
+    if (__verify(p1, alloc_reduced, 0xEF) == TC_FAIL)
+    {
+        log_error(OSH_TC, "Failed to verify from %zu to %zu (non-implace)\n", alloc_growed, alloc_growed * 2);
+        return TC_FAIL;
+    }
+    shmem_free(p2);
+
+    /* corner cases */
+    p2 = shmem_realloc(p1, 0); /* works as shfree() */
+    if (!p2) /* returned pointer should NOT be NULL */
+    {
+        log_error(OSH_TC, "failed shrealloc as shfree()\n");
+        return TC_FAIL;
+    }
+
+    shmem_free(p2);
+    return TC_PASS;
+#else
+    log_warn(OSH_TC, "shmemx_malloc_with_hint is not implemented\n");
+    return TC_NONE;
+#endif /* HAVE_DECL_SHMEMX_MALLOC_WITH_HINT */
+}
+
diff --git a/verifier/cmn/osh_log.h b/verifier/cmn/osh_log.h
index b4e0ce0..319d757 100644
--- a/verifier/cmn/osh_log.h
+++ b/verifier/cmn/osh_log.h
@@ -231,7 +231,14 @@ void log_help(const char* format, ...);
 #define log_item( node, id, rc ) \
     { \
         _shmem_sync_result(rc); \
-        log_trace(OSH_TC, "...TC: %s TI #%d result: %s\n", (node && node->name ? node->name : "unknown" ), (id), ( !(rc) ? "PASS" : "FAIL" ) ); \
+        log_trace(OSH_TC, "...TC: %s TI #%d result: %s\n", \
+                  (node && node->name ? node->name : "unknown"), \
+                  (id), \
+                  ((rc == TC_PASS)       ? "PASS"       : \
+                   (rc == TC_FAIL)       ? "FAIL"       : \
+                   (rc == TC_SETUP_FAIL) ? "SETUP FAIL" : \
+                   (rc == TC_NONE        ? "NONE"       : \
+                                           "UNKNOWN"))); \
     }
 
 
diff --git a/verifier/configure.ac b/verifier/configure.ac
index 0c3f655..941b440 100644
--- a/verifier/configure.ac
+++ b/verifier/configure.ac
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ AC_CHECK_DECLS([shmem_uint_atomic_and, shmem_ulong_atomic_and, shmem_ulonglong_a
                 shmem_uint_atomic_xor, shmem_ulong_atomic_xor, shmem_ulonglong_atomic_xor],
     [], [], [#include "shmem.h"])
 
+AC_CHECK_DECLS([shmemx_malloc_with_hint], [], [], [#include "shmemx.h"])
+
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([unistd.h])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
 AC_OUTPUT