diff --git a/sw/device/tests/BUILD b/sw/device/tests/BUILD
index a02331de85fb1b..a3d253af8c4be2 100644
--- a/sw/device/tests/BUILD
+++ b/sw/device/tests/BUILD
@@ -4403,7 +4403,13 @@ opentitan_test(
         EARLGREY_TEST_ENVS,
         EARLGREY_SILICON_OWNER_ROM_EXT_ENVS,
     ),
-    fpga = fpga_params(tags = ["manual"]),
+    fpga = fpga_params(
+        tags = ["manual"],
+        test_cmd = """
+            --bootstrap="{firmware}"
+        """,
+        test_harness = "//sw/host/tests/chip/usb:usbdev_smoketest",
+    ),
     verilator = verilator_params(timeout = "long"),
     deps = [
         "//hw/top_earlgrey/sw/autogen:top_earlgrey",
diff --git a/sw/host/tests/chip/usb/BUILD b/sw/host/tests/chip/usb/BUILD
index a5babf53e81fcb..bba76b2d34ea7c 100644
--- a/sw/host/tests/chip/usb/BUILD
+++ b/sw/host/tests/chip/usb/BUILD
@@ -51,3 +51,20 @@ rust_binary(
         "@crate_index//:log",
     ],
 )
+
+rust_binary(
+    name = "usbdev_smoketest",
+    srcs = [
+        "usbdev_smoketest.rs",
+    ],
+    deps = [
+        ":usb",
+        "//sw/host/opentitanlib",
+        "@crate_index//:anyhow",
+        "@crate_index//:clap",
+        "@crate_index//:humantime",
+        "@crate_index//:log",
+        "@crate_index//:rusb",
+        "@crate_index//:serialport",
+    ],
+)
diff --git a/sw/host/tests/chip/usb/usbdev_smoketest.rs b/sw/host/tests/chip/usb/usbdev_smoketest.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..8a823dae3237d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sw/host/tests/chip/usb/usbdev_smoketest.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+// Copyright lowRISC contributors (OpenTitan project).
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0, see LICENSE for details.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use anyhow::{bail, Result};
+use clap::{Parser};
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use opentitanlib::execute_test;
+use opentitanlib::io::uart::Uart;
+use opentitanlib::test_utils::init::InitializeTest;
+use opentitanlib::uart::console::UartConsole;
+use opentitanlib::transport::common::uart::SerialPortUart;
+
+use usb::UsbOpts;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Parser)]
+struct Opts {
+    #[command(flatten)]
+    init: InitializeTest,
+
+    /// Console/USB timeout.
+    #[arg(long, value_parser = humantime::parse_duration, default_value = "10s")]
+    timeout: Duration,
+
+    /// USB options.
+    #[command(flatten)]
+    usb: UsbOpts,
+}
+
+fn usbdev_echo(opts: &Opts, uart: &dyn Uart) -> Result<()> {
+    log::info!("waiting for device...");
+    let devices = opts.usb.wait_for_device(opts.timeout)?;
+    if devices.is_empty() {
+        bail!("no USB device found");
+    }
+
+    let ports = serialport::available_ports()?;
+    let port =  ports.iter().find(|&port| {
+        if let serialport::SerialPortType::UsbPort(info) = &port.port_type{
+           info.vid == opts.usb.vid && info.pid == opts.usb.pid 
+        }
+        else {
+            false
+        }
+    }).unwrap();
+
+    let usb_uart = SerialPortUart::open(&port.port_name, 115200)?;
+
+    let mut buffer = [0u8; 256];
+    let len = usb_uart.read(&mut buffer)?;
+
+    usb_uart.write(&buffer[0..len])?;
+
+    let _ = UartConsole::wait_for(uart, r"PASS!", opts.timeout)?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    let opts = Opts::parse();
+    opts.init.init_logging();
+    let transport = opts.init.init_target()?;
+
+    let uart = transport.uart("console")?;
+    let _ = UartConsole::wait_for(&*uart, r"Running [^\r\n]*", opts.timeout)?;
+
+    execute_test!(usbdev_echo, &opts, &*uart);
+
+    Ok(())
+}