diff --git a/tests/rt.conf b/tests/rt.conf
index 953ba4b654..2766fc990f 100644
--- a/tests/rt.conf
+++ b/tests/rt.conf
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ RUN | cpld_debug_gfsv17                                 |    - noaacloud
 
 COMPILE | s2swa | intel | -DAPP=S2SWA -DCCPP_SUITES=FV3_GFS_v17_coupled_p8 | | fv3 |
 RUN | cpld_control_p8                                   |   - noaacloud                       | baseline |
+RUN | cpld_control_p8.v2.sfc                            |   - noaacloud                       | baseline |
 RUN | cpld_restart_p8                                   |   - noaacloud                       |          | cpld_control_p8
 RUN | cpld_control_qr_p8                                |   - noaacloud                       |          |
 RUN | cpld_restart_qr_p8                                |   - noaacloud                       |          | cpld_control_qr_p8
diff --git a/tests/tests/cpld_control_p8.v2.sfc b/tests/tests/cpld_control_p8.v2.sfc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f54d13c6de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tests/cpld_control_p8.v2.sfc
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+#
+#  cpld_control P8 v2 surface file test
+#
+
+export TEST_DESCR="Fully coupled FV3-CCPP-GOCART-MOM6-CICE-CMEPS-WW3 system - C96MX100 with v2 sfc file"
+
+export CNTL_DIR=cpld_control_p8.v2.sfc
+
+export LIST_FILES="sfcf021.tile1.nc \
+                   sfcf021.tile2.nc \
+                   sfcf021.tile3.nc \
+                   sfcf021.tile4.nc \
+                   sfcf021.tile5.nc \
+                   sfcf021.tile6.nc \
+                   atmf021.tile1.nc \
+                   atmf021.tile2.nc \
+                   atmf021.tile3.nc \
+                   atmf021.tile4.nc \
+                   atmf021.tile5.nc \
+                   atmf021.tile6.nc \
+                   sfcf024.tile1.nc \
+                   sfcf024.tile2.nc \
+                   sfcf024.tile3.nc \
+                   sfcf024.tile4.nc \
+                   sfcf024.tile5.nc \
+                   sfcf024.tile6.nc \
+                   atmf024.tile1.nc \
+                   atmf024.tile2.nc \
+                   atmf024.tile3.nc \
+                   atmf024.tile4.nc \
+                   atmf024.tile5.nc \
+                   atmf024.tile6.nc \
+                   gocart.inst_aod.20210323_0600z.nc4 \
+                   RESTART/20210323.060000.coupler.res \
+                   RESTART/20210323.060000.fv_core.res.nc \
+                   RESTART/20210323.060000.fv_core.res.tile1.nc \
+                   RESTART/20210323.060000.fv_core.res.tile2.nc \
+                   RESTART/20210323.060000.fv_core.res.tile3.nc \
+                   RESTART/20210323.060000.fv_core.res.tile4.nc \
+                   RESTART/20210323.060000.fv_core.res.tile5.nc \
+                   RESTART/20210323.060000.fv_core.res.tile6.nc \
+                   RESTART/20210323.060000.fv_srf_wnd.res.tile1.nc \
+                   RESTART/20210323.060000.fv_srf_wnd.res.tile2.nc \
+                   RESTART/20210323.060000.fv_srf_wnd.res.tile3.nc \
+                   RESTART/20210323.060000.fv_srf_wnd.res.tile4.nc \
+                   RESTART/20210323.060000.fv_srf_wnd.res.tile5.nc \
+                   RESTART/20210323.060000.fv_srf_wnd.res.tile6.nc \
+                   RESTART/20210323.060000.fv_tracer.res.tile1.nc \
+                   RESTART/20210323.060000.fv_tracer.res.tile2.nc \
+                   RESTART/20210323.060000.fv_tracer.res.tile3.nc \
+                   RESTART/20210323.060000.fv_tracer.res.tile4.nc \
+                   RESTART/20210323.060000.fv_tracer.res.tile5.nc \
+                   RESTART/20210323.060000.fv_tracer.res.tile6.nc \
+                   RESTART/20210323.060000.phy_data.tile1.nc \
+                   RESTART/20210323.060000.phy_data.tile2.nc \
+                   RESTART/20210323.060000.phy_data.tile3.nc \
+                   RESTART/20210323.060000.phy_data.tile4.nc \
+                   RESTART/20210323.060000.phy_data.tile5.nc \
+                   RESTART/20210323.060000.phy_data.tile6.nc \
+                   RESTART/20210323.060000.sfc_data.tile1.nc \
+                   RESTART/20210323.060000.sfc_data.tile2.nc \
+                   RESTART/20210323.060000.sfc_data.tile3.nc \
+                   RESTART/20210323.060000.sfc_data.tile4.nc \
+                   RESTART/20210323.060000.sfc_data.tile5.nc \
+                   RESTART/20210323.060000.sfc_data.tile6.nc \
+                   RESTART/20210323.060000.MOM.res.nc \
+                   RESTART/iced.2021-03-23-21600.nc \
+                   RESTART/ufs.cpld.cpl.r.2021-03-23-21600.nc \
+                   20210323.060000.out_pnt.ww3 \
+                   20210323.060000.out_grd.ww3 "
+
+export_fv3
+export_cpl
+
+export RESTART_N=12
+export RESTART_INTERVAL="${RESTART_N} -1"
+export OUTPUT_FH='0 21 24'
+
+export MOM6_TOPOEDITS=ufs.topo_edits_011818.nc
+export MOM6_ALLOW_LANDMASK_CHANGES=True
+export eps_imesh=2.5e-1
+
+export FV3_RUN=cpld_control_run.IN
+export V2_SFC_FILE=true
+
+if [[ $MACHINE_ID = cheyenne ]]; then
+  TPN=18
+fi