diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index ac5a6d7bb39377da9710f73321206b1fc6666c54..409d2a5b651ae855236aa80e016557a886081d0a 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ if(PUGS_HAS_HDF5)
     test_checkpointing_HFTypes.cpp
     test_checkpointing_IBoundaryDescriptor.cpp
     test_checkpointing_IBoundaryConditionDescriptor.cpp
+    test_checkpointing_IQuadratureDescriptor.cpp
     test_checkpointing_IDiscreteFunctionDescriptor.cpp
     test_checkpointing_IInterfaceDescriptor.cpp
     test_checkpointing_ItemType.cpp
diff --git a/tests/test_checkpointing_IQuadratureDescriptor.cpp b/tests/test_checkpointing_IQuadratureDescriptor.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..01e040496e846eb691be50f0b4d71bcbbeb312ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_checkpointing_IQuadratureDescriptor.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+#include <catch2/catch_test_macros.hpp>
+#include <catch2/matchers/catch_matchers_all.hpp>
+
+#include <utils/Messenger.hpp>
+
+#include <analysis/GaussLegendreQuadratureDescriptor.hpp>
+#include <analysis/GaussLobattoQuadratureDescriptor.hpp>
+#include <analysis/GaussQuadratureDescriptor.hpp>
+#include <analysis/IQuadratureDescriptor.hpp>
+#include <language/utils/DataHandler.hpp>
+#include <language/utils/EmbeddedData.hpp>
+#include <utils/checkpointing/ReadIQuadratureDescriptor.hpp>
+#include <utils/checkpointing/WriteIQuadratureDescriptor.hpp>
+
+#include <filesystem>
+
+// clazy:excludeall=non-pod-global-static
+
+TEST_CASE("checkpointing_IQuadratureDescriptor", "[utils/checkpointing]")
+{
+  std::string tmp_dirname;
+  {
+    {
+      if (parallel::rank() == 0) {
+        tmp_dirname = [&]() -> std::string {
+          std::string temp_filename = std::filesystem::temp_directory_path() / "pugs_checkpointing_XXXXXX";
+          return std::string{mkdtemp(&temp_filename[0])};
+        }();
+      }
+      parallel::broadcast(tmp_dirname, 0);
+    }
+    std::filesystem::path path = tmp_dirname;
+    const std::string filename = path / "checkpoint.h5";
+
+    HighFive::FileAccessProps fapl;
+    fapl.add(HighFive::MPIOFileAccess{MPI_COMM_WORLD, MPI_INFO_NULL});
+    fapl.add(HighFive::MPIOCollectiveMetadata{});
+    HighFive::File file = HighFive::File(filename, HighFive::File::Truncate, fapl);
+
+    SECTION("IQuadratureDescriptor")
+    {
+      HighFive::Group symbol_table_group = file.createGroup("symbol_table");
+      HighFive::Group useless_group;
+
+      auto p_gauss_quadrature_descriptor = std::make_shared<GaussQuadratureDescriptor>(3);
+      checkpointing::writeIQuadratureDescriptor("gauss",
+                                                EmbeddedData{std::make_shared<DataHandler<const IQuadratureDescriptor>>(
+                                                  p_gauss_quadrature_descriptor)},
+                                                file, useless_group, symbol_table_group);
+
+      auto p_gauss_legendre_quadrature_descriptor = std::make_shared<GaussLegendreQuadratureDescriptor>(7);
+      checkpointing::writeIQuadratureDescriptor("gauss_legendre",
+                                                EmbeddedData{std::make_shared<DataHandler<const IQuadratureDescriptor>>(
+                                                  p_gauss_legendre_quadrature_descriptor)},
+                                                file, useless_group, symbol_table_group);
+
+      auto p_gauss_lobatto_quadrature_descriptor = std::make_shared<GaussLobattoQuadratureDescriptor>(2);
+      checkpointing::writeIQuadratureDescriptor("gauss_lobatto",
+                                                EmbeddedData{std::make_shared<DataHandler<const IQuadratureDescriptor>>(
+                                                  p_gauss_lobatto_quadrature_descriptor)},
+                                                file, useless_group, symbol_table_group);
+
+      file.flush();
+
+      EmbeddedData read_gauss_quadrature_descriptor =
+        checkpointing::readIQuadratureDescriptor("gauss", symbol_table_group);
+
+      EmbeddedData read_gauss_legendre_quadrature_descriptor =
+        checkpointing::readIQuadratureDescriptor("gauss_legendre", symbol_table_group);
+
+      EmbeddedData read_gauss_lobatto_quadrature_descriptor =
+        checkpointing::readIQuadratureDescriptor("gauss_lobatto", symbol_table_group);
+
+      auto get_value = [](const EmbeddedData& embedded_data) -> const IQuadratureDescriptor& {
+        return *dynamic_cast<const DataHandler<const IQuadratureDescriptor>&>(embedded_data.get()).data_ptr();
+      };
+
+      REQUIRE_NOTHROW(get_value(read_gauss_quadrature_descriptor));
+      REQUIRE_NOTHROW(get_value(read_gauss_legendre_quadrature_descriptor));
+      REQUIRE_NOTHROW(get_value(read_gauss_lobatto_quadrature_descriptor));
+
+      REQUIRE_NOTHROW(dynamic_cast<const GaussQuadratureDescriptor&>(get_value(read_gauss_quadrature_descriptor)));
+      REQUIRE_NOTHROW(
+        dynamic_cast<const GaussLegendreQuadratureDescriptor&>(get_value(read_gauss_legendre_quadrature_descriptor)));
+      REQUIRE_NOTHROW(
+        dynamic_cast<const GaussLobattoQuadratureDescriptor&>(get_value(read_gauss_lobatto_quadrature_descriptor)));
+
+      REQUIRE(get_value(read_gauss_quadrature_descriptor).type() == QuadratureType::Gauss);
+      REQUIRE(get_value(read_gauss_quadrature_descriptor).degree() == 3);
+      REQUIRE(get_value(read_gauss_legendre_quadrature_descriptor).type() == QuadratureType::GaussLegendre);
+      REQUIRE(get_value(read_gauss_legendre_quadrature_descriptor).degree() == 7);
+      REQUIRE(get_value(read_gauss_lobatto_quadrature_descriptor).type() == QuadratureType::GaussLobatto);
+      REQUIRE(get_value(read_gauss_lobatto_quadrature_descriptor).degree() == 2);
+    }
+  }
+
+  parallel::barrier();
+  if (parallel::rank() == 0) {
+    std::filesystem::remove_all(std::filesystem::path{tmp_dirname});
+  }
+}