diff --git a/test/adapters/level_zero/CMakeLists.txt b/test/adapters/level_zero/CMakeLists.txt
index b1c34b8916..a497b8e1a2 100644
--- a/test/adapters/level_zero/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/adapters/level_zero/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ if(UR_BUILD_ADAPTER_L0)
             SOURCES
                 urProgramLink.cpp
                 urKernelCreateWithNativeHandle.cpp
+                urEventCreateWithNativeHandle.cpp
             ENVIRONMENT
                 "UR_ADAPTERS_FORCE_LOAD=\"$<TARGET_FILE:ur_adapter_level_zero>\""
         )
diff --git a/test/adapters/level_zero/urEventCreateWithNativeHandle.cpp b/test/adapters/level_zero/urEventCreateWithNativeHandle.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7e667bfe30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/adapters/level_zero/urEventCreateWithNativeHandle.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2024 Intel Corporation
+// Part of the Unified-Runtime Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See LICENSE.TXT
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+
+#include "ur_api.h"
+#include "uur/checks.h"
+#include "ze_api.h"
+#include <cstring>
+#include <thread>
+#include <uur/fixtures.h>
+
+using namespace std::chrono_literals;
+using urLevelZeroEventNativeHandleTest = uur::urQueueTest;
+UUR_INSTANTIATE_DEVICE_TEST_SUITE_P(urLevelZeroEventNativeHandleTest);
+
+#define TEST_MEMCPY_SIZE 4096
+
+TEST_P(urLevelZeroEventNativeHandleTest, WaitForNative) {
+    ze_event_pool_desc_t desc;
+    desc.stype = ZE_STRUCTURE_TYPE_EVENT_POOL_DESC;
+    desc.pNext = nullptr;
+    desc.count = 1;
+    desc.flags = ZE_EVENT_POOL_FLAG_HOST_VISIBLE;
+
+    ur_native_handle_t nativeContext;
+    ASSERT_SUCCESS(urContextGetNativeHandle(context, &nativeContext));
+
+    ur_native_handle_t nativeDevice;
+    ASSERT_SUCCESS(urDeviceGetNativeHandle(device, &nativeDevice));
+
+    ze_event_pool_handle_t pool = nullptr;
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(zeEventPoolCreate((ze_context_handle_t)nativeContext, &desc, 1,
+                                (ze_device_handle_t *)&nativeDevice, &pool),
+              ZE_RESULT_SUCCESS);
+
+    ze_event_desc_t eventDesc;
+    eventDesc.pNext = nullptr;
+    eventDesc.stype = ZE_STRUCTURE_TYPE_EVENT_DESC;
+    eventDesc.index = 0;
+    eventDesc.signal = ZE_EVENT_SCOPE_FLAG_HOST;
+    eventDesc.wait = 0;
+
+    ze_event_handle_t zeEvent;
+    ASSERT_EQ(zeEventCreate(pool, &eventDesc, &zeEvent), ZE_RESULT_SUCCESS);
+
+    ur_event_native_properties_t pprops;
+    pprops.isNativeHandleOwned = false;
+    pprops.pNext = nullptr;
+    pprops.stype = UR_STRUCTURE_TYPE_EVENT_NATIVE_PROPERTIES;
+
+    ur_event_handle_t urEvent;
+    ASSERT_SUCCESS(urEventCreateWithNativeHandle((ur_native_handle_t)zeEvent,
+                                                 context, &pprops, &urEvent));
+
+    int *src = (int *)malloc(TEST_MEMCPY_SIZE);
+    memset(src, 0xc, TEST_MEMCPY_SIZE);
+
+    int *dst = (int *)malloc(TEST_MEMCPY_SIZE);
+    memset(dst, 0, TEST_MEMCPY_SIZE);
+
+    int *dst2 = (int *)malloc(TEST_MEMCPY_SIZE);
+    memset(dst, 0, TEST_MEMCPY_SIZE);
+
+    ur_event_handle_t memcpyEvent2;
+    ASSERT_SUCCESS(urEnqueueUSMMemcpy(queue, false, dst2, src, TEST_MEMCPY_SIZE,
+                                      0, nullptr, &memcpyEvent2));
+
+    ur_event_handle_t memcpyEvent3;
+    ASSERT_SUCCESS(urEnqueueUSMMemcpy(queue, false, dst2, src, TEST_MEMCPY_SIZE,
+                                      0, nullptr, &memcpyEvent3));
+
+    // just to make wait lists contain more than 1 event
+    ur_event_handle_t events[] = {memcpyEvent2, urEvent, memcpyEvent3};
+
+    ur_event_handle_t waitEvent;
+    ASSERT_SUCCESS(
+        urEnqueueEventsWaitWithBarrier(queue, 3, events, &waitEvent));
+
+    ur_event_handle_t memcpyEvent;
+    ASSERT_SUCCESS(urEnqueueUSMMemcpy(queue, false, dst, src, TEST_MEMCPY_SIZE,
+                                      1, &waitEvent, &memcpyEvent));
+
+    // urQueueFinish would hang, so we flush and then wait
+    // some time to make sure the gpu had plenty of time
+    // to do the memcpy.
+    urQueueFlush(queue);
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(500ms);
+
+    ASSERT_NE(memcmp(src, dst, TEST_MEMCPY_SIZE), 0);
+
+    zeEventHostSignal(zeEvent);
+
+    urQueueFinish(queue);
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(memcmp(src, dst, 4096), 0);
+
+    free(src);
+    free(dst);
+    free(dst2);
+    urEventRelease(urEvent);
+    urEventRelease(waitEvent);
+    urEventRelease(memcpyEvent);
+    urEventRelease(memcpyEvent2);
+    urEventRelease(memcpyEvent3);
+    zeEventDestroy(zeEvent);
+    zeEventPoolDestroy(pool);
+}