diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index c5e90f5c..5f032680 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
     vars:
       # NOTE(artom) We can't have this on the parent job, otherwise the two
       # -cpupinnig jobs will inherit it as well.
-      tempest_exclude_regex: test_live_migrate_and_reboot
+      tempest_exclude_regex: test_live_migrate_and_reboot|test_shared_pinned_and_unpinned_guest
 
 - job:
     name: whitebox-devstack-multinode-cpupinning
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
       Runs the CPU pinning tests on single-NUMA, non-SMT, nested virt VMs. Uses
       [compute]cpu_dedicated_set to configure host CPUs for pinning.
     vars:
-      tempest_test_regex: 'test_live_migrate_and_reboot'
+      tempest_test_regex: test_live_migrate_and_reboot|test_shared_pinned_and_unpinned_guest
       devstack_local_conf:
         post-config:
           $NOVA_CONF:
diff --git a/whitebox_tempest_plugin/api/compute/numa_helper.py b/whitebox_tempest_plugin/api/compute/numa_helper.py
index 6eacfe64..1163cb97 100644
--- a/whitebox_tempest_plugin/api/compute/numa_helper.py
+++ b/whitebox_tempest_plugin/api/compute/numa_helper.py
@@ -28,3 +28,14 @@ class NUMAHelperMixin(object):
         for pin in vcpupins:
             pinset |= hardware.parse_cpu_spec(pin.get('cpuset'))
         return pinset
+
+    def get_host_pcpus_for_guest_vcpu(self, server_id, instance_cpu_id):
+        """Search the xml vcpu element of the provided instance for its cpuset.
+        Convert cpuset found into a set of integers.
+        """
+
+        xml_cpu_search = "./cputune/vcpupin[@vcpu='%s']" % instance_cpu_id
+        root = self.get_server_xml(server_id)
+        cpus = root.find(xml_cpu_search)
+        cpuset = cpus.attrib.get('cpuset')
+        return hardware.parse_cpu_spec(cpuset)
diff --git a/whitebox_tempest_plugin/api/compute/test_cpu_pinning.py b/whitebox_tempest_plugin/api/compute/test_cpu_pinning.py
index 9cd772f4..0ce74b8e 100644
--- a/whitebox_tempest_plugin/api/compute/test_cpu_pinning.py
+++ b/whitebox_tempest_plugin/api/compute/test_cpu_pinning.py
@@ -1335,3 +1335,50 @@ class NUMARebuildTest(BasePinningTest):
         db_topo_rebuilt = self._get_db_numa_topology(server['id'])
         self.assertEqual(db_topo_orig, db_topo_rebuilt,
                          "NUMA topology doesn't match")
+
+
+class MixedCPUPolicyTest(BasePinningTest, numa_helper.NUMAHelperMixin):
+    vcpus = 2
+    mixed_cpu_policy = {'hw:cpu_policy': 'mixed',
+                        'hw:cpu_dedicated_mask': '^0'}
+
+    def test_shared_pinned_and_unpinned_guest(self):
+        flavor = self.create_flavor(vcpus=self.vcpus,
+                                    extra_specs=self.mixed_cpu_policy)
+
+        server = self.create_test_server(flavor=flavor['id'])
+        host = self.get_host_for_server(server['id'])
+        host_sm = clients.NovaServiceManager(host, 'nova-compute',
+                                             self.os_admin.services_client)
+
+        # Gather the current hosts cpu dedicated and shared set values
+        host_dedicated_cpus = host_sm.get_cpu_dedicated_set()
+        host_shared_cpus = host_sm.get_cpu_shared_set()
+
+        # Find the PCPU's currently mapped to core 0 of the guest
+        guest_shared_cpus = self.get_host_pcpus_for_guest_vcpu(server['id'], 0)
+
+        # Validate the PCPUs mapped to core 0 are a subset of the cpu shared
+        # set of the host
+        self.assertItemsEqual(guest_shared_cpus, host_shared_cpus,
+                              'Shared CPU Set %s of shared server %s is '
+                              'not equal to shared set of host %s' %
+                              (guest_shared_cpus, server['id'],
+                               host_shared_cpus))
+
+        # Find the PCPU pinned to core 1 of the guest
+        guest_dedicated_cpus = \
+            self.get_host_pcpus_for_guest_vcpu(server['id'], 1)
+
+        # Confirm only one PCPU is mapped to core 1 of the guest
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(guest_dedicated_cpus), 'Only one PCPU should '
+                         'be pinned to the guest CPU ID 1, but instead '
+                         'found %s' % guest_dedicated_cpus)
+
+        # Validate PCPU pinned to core 1 is a subset of the cpu dedicated set
+        # of the host
+        self.assertTrue(guest_dedicated_cpus.issubset(host_dedicated_cpus),
+                        'PCPU %s pinned to CPU id 1 of instance %s located on '
+                        'host %s is not a subset of the dedicated set %s' %
+                        (guest_dedicated_cpus, server['id'], host,
+                         host_dedicated_cpus))
diff --git a/whitebox_tempest_plugin/services/clients.py b/whitebox_tempest_plugin/services/clients.py
index da53a4ff..693dc4f3 100644
--- a/whitebox_tempest_plugin/services/clients.py
+++ b/whitebox_tempest_plugin/services/clients.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ from tempest.lib import exceptions as tempest_libexc
 
 from whitebox_tempest_plugin.common import waiters
 from whitebox_tempest_plugin import exceptions
+from whitebox_tempest_plugin import hardware
 from whitebox_tempest_plugin import utils as whitebox_utils
 
 CONF = config.CONF
@@ -233,6 +234,16 @@ class NovaServiceManager(ServiceManager):
                                             'down')
         return result
 
+    def get_cpu_shared_set(self):
+        shared_set = self.get_conf_opt('compute', 'cpu_shared_set')
+        return hardware.parse_cpu_spec(shared_set)
+
+    def get_cpu_dedicated_set(self):
+        dedicated_set = self.get_conf_opt('compute', 'cpu_dedicated_set')
+        dedicated_set = (dedicated_set if dedicated_set is not None else
+                         self.get_conf_opt('DEFAULT', 'vcpu_pin_set'))
+        return hardware.parse_cpu_spec(dedicated_set)
+
 
 class NUMAClient(SSHClient):
     """A client to get host NUMA information. `numactl` needs to be installed