diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/tests/files/audio-8s-then-reverse.ogg b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/tests/files/audio-8s-then-reverse.ogg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1230ad9181
Binary files /dev/null and b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/tests/files/audio-8s-then-reverse.ogg differ
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/tests/interactive/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/tests/interactive/meson.build
index b0bc77922c..7d4ad79021 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/tests/interactive/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/tests/interactive/meson.build
@@ -3,4 +3,12 @@ if not get_option('soundtouch').disabled() and soundtouch_dep.found()
     include_directories: [configinc],
     dependencies: [gst_dep, gstcontroller_dep],
     install: false)
+
+  configure_file(input: '../files/audio-8s-then-reverse.ogg',
+    output: 'audio-8s-then-reverse.ogg',
+    copy: true)
+  executable('pitch-playback-test', 'pitch-playback-test.c',
+    include_directories: [configinc],
+    dependencies: [gst_dep],
+    install: false)
 endif
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/tests/interactive/pitch-playback-test.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/tests/interactive/pitch-playback-test.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7dea96826a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/tests/interactive/pitch-playback-test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,262 @@
+#include <gst/gst.h>
+
+typedef struct
+{
+  gdouble playback_rate;
+  gfloat pitch;
+  gfloat tempo;
+} TestCase;
+
+static const TestCase test_cases[] = {
+  /* Next 2 tests must sound the same as the original file */
+  {1.0, 1.0, 1.0}, {-1.0, 1.0, 1.0},
+  /* Next 2 tests must sound the same with a higher pitch */
+  {1.0, 1.25, 1.0}, {-1.0, 1.25, 1.0},
+  /* Next 2 tests must sound the same with a lower pitch */
+  {1.0, 0.75, 1.0}, {-1.0, 0.75, 1.0},
+  /* Next 4 tests must sound the same 25% faster */
+  {1.0, 1.0, 1.25}, {-1.0, 1.0, 1.25},
+  {1.25, 1.0, 1.0}, {-1.25, 1.0, 1.0},
+  /* Next 4 tests must sound the same 25% slower */
+  {1.0, 1.0, 0.75}, {-1.0, 1.0, 0.75},
+  {0.75, 1.0, 1.0}, {-0.75, 1.0, 1.0}
+};
+
+static const gint nb_test_cases = G_N_ELEMENTS (test_cases);
+
+typedef enum
+{ SEEK_REQUIRED = 0, SEEK_RUNNING, SEEK_DONE } SeekState;
+
+GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_STATIC (pitch_test_debug);
+#define GST_CAT_DEFAULT pitch_test_debug
+
+static void
+on_pad_added_cb (GstElement * element, GstPad * src_pad,
+    GstElement * next_element)
+{
+  (void) element;
+
+  GstPad *sink_pad = gst_element_get_static_pad (next_element, "sink");
+  if (!gst_pad_is_linked (sink_pad)) {
+    gst_pad_link (src_pad, sink_pad);
+  }
+
+  gst_object_unref (sink_pad);
+}
+
+static GstPadProbeReturn
+on_downstream_data_cb (GstPad * pad,
+    GstPadProbeInfo * info, gint * reverse_playback_atomic)
+{
+  (void) pad;
+
+  if (info->type & GST_PAD_PROBE_TYPE_BUFFER) {
+    GstBuffer *buffer = GST_PAD_PROBE_INFO_BUFFER (info);
+
+    GstClockTime start = GST_BUFFER_PTS (buffer);
+    GstClockTime end = start;
+
+    guint64 start_offset = GST_BUFFER_OFFSET (buffer);
+    if (start_offset == GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE)
+      start_offset = 0;
+
+    guint64 end_offset = GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_END (buffer);
+    if (end_offset == GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE)
+      end_offset = 0;
+
+    if (g_atomic_int_get (reverse_playback_atomic)) {
+      start += GST_BUFFER_DURATION (buffer);
+
+      guint64 offset = start_offset;
+      start_offset = end_offset;
+      end_offset = offset;
+    } else {
+      end += GST_BUFFER_DURATION (buffer);
+    }
+
+    GST_INFO ("Buffer: %" GST_TIME_FORMAT " -> %" GST_TIME_FORMAT
+        ", offset: %" G_GUINT64_FORMAT " -> %" G_GUINT64_FORMAT,
+        GST_TIME_ARGS (start), GST_TIME_ARGS (end), start_offset, end_offset);
+  } else if (info->type & GST_PAD_PROBE_TYPE_EVENT_DOWNSTREAM) {
+    GstEvent *event = GST_PAD_PROBE_INFO_EVENT (info);
+
+    if (event->type == GST_EVENT_SEGMENT) {
+      const GstSegment *segment = NULL;
+      gst_event_parse_segment (event, &segment);
+      GST_INFO ("Segment event: %" GST_SEGMENT_FORMAT, (void *) segment);
+    } else if (event->type == GST_EVENT_EOS) {
+      GST_INFO ("EOS event");
+    }
+  }
+
+  return GST_PAD_PROBE_OK;
+}
+
+int
+main (int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+  const gchar *debug_env = g_getenv ("GST_DEBUG");
+  if (debug_env && *debug_env) {
+    gchar *value = g_strdup_printf ("%s,pitchtest:7", debug_env);
+    g_setenv ("GST_DEBUG", value, TRUE);
+    g_free (value);
+  } else {
+    g_setenv ("GST_DEBUG", "pitchtest:7", TRUE);
+  }
+
+  gst_init (&argc, &argv);
+  GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT (pitch_test_debug, "pitchtest", 0,
+      "Pitch playback test");
+
+  gboolean passthrough = FALSE;
+  for (gint i = 0; i < argc; ++i) {
+    if (g_strcmp0 (argv[i], "--passthrough") == 0) {
+      passthrough = TRUE;
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  gchar *exe_dir;
+  if (argc > 0) {
+    exe_dir = g_path_get_dirname (argv[0]);
+  } else {
+    exe_dir = g_get_current_dir ();
+  }
+  gchar *audio_file =
+      g_build_filename (exe_dir, "audio-8s-then-reverse.ogg", NULL);
+  g_free (exe_dir);
+
+  GstElement *pipeline = gst_pipeline_new (NULL);
+  GstElement *filesrc = gst_element_factory_make ("filesrc", NULL);
+  g_object_set (filesrc, "location", audio_file, NULL);
+  g_free (audio_file);
+
+  GstElement *decodebin = gst_element_factory_make ("decodebin", NULL);
+  GstElement *audioconvert = gst_element_factory_make ("audioconvert", NULL);
+  g_signal_connect (decodebin, "pad-added", G_CALLBACK (on_pad_added_cb),
+      audioconvert);
+
+  GstElement *queue = gst_element_factory_make ("queue", NULL);
+  GstElement *pitch =
+      gst_element_factory_make (passthrough ? "identity" : "pitch", NULL);
+  GstElement *audiosink = gst_element_factory_make ("autoaudiosink", NULL);
+
+  gst_bin_add_many (GST_BIN (pipeline), filesrc, decodebin, audioconvert, queue,
+      pitch, audiosink, NULL);
+  gst_element_link_many (filesrc, decodebin, NULL);
+  gst_element_link_many (audioconvert, queue, pitch, audiosink, NULL);
+
+  gint reverse_playback_atomic = 0;
+  GstPad *pad = gst_element_get_static_pad (pitch, "src");
+  gst_pad_add_probe (pad,
+      GST_PAD_PROBE_TYPE_EVENT_DOWNSTREAM | GST_PAD_PROBE_TYPE_BUFFER,
+      (GstPadProbeCallback) on_downstream_data_cb, &reverse_playback_atomic,
+      NULL);
+  gst_object_unref (pad);
+
+  SeekState seek_state = SEEK_REQUIRED;
+  gst_element_set_state (pipeline, GST_STATE_PAUSED);
+
+  gint current_test_case = 0;
+  GstBus *bus = gst_pipeline_get_bus (GST_PIPELINE (pipeline));
+  gboolean quit = FALSE;
+  while (!quit) {
+    GstMessage *msg = gst_bus_timed_pop (bus, GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE);
+    if (!msg) {
+      quit = TRUE;
+      break;
+    }
+
+    switch (msg->type) {
+      case GST_MESSAGE_ERROR:{
+        GError *error = NULL;
+        gchar *debug_info = NULL;
+
+        gst_message_parse_error (msg, &error, &debug_info);
+        g_printerr ("Unrecoverable error from %s: %s\n",
+            GST_OBJECT_NAME (msg->src), error->message);
+        g_printerr ("Debugging info: %s\n", debug_info ? debug_info : "none");
+        g_error_free (error);
+        g_free (debug_info);
+
+        quit = TRUE;
+      }
+        break;
+
+      case GST_MESSAGE_EOS:
+        if (++current_test_case < nb_test_cases) {
+          seek_state = SEEK_REQUIRED;
+          gst_element_set_state (pipeline, GST_STATE_PAUSED);
+        } else {
+          GST_WARNING ("#### All tests finished ####");
+          quit = TRUE;
+        }
+        break;
+
+      case GST_MESSAGE_STATE_CHANGED:
+        if (msg->src == GST_OBJECT (pipeline)) {
+          GstState new_state;
+          gst_message_parse_state_changed (msg, NULL, &new_state, NULL);
+
+          if (new_state == GST_STATE_PAUSED) {
+            switch (seek_state) {
+              case SEEK_REQUIRED:{
+                seek_state = SEEK_RUNNING;
+
+                const TestCase *test_case = test_cases + current_test_case;
+                GST_WARNING
+                    ("#### Starting test %02d%s: playback_rate=%f, pitch=%f, tempo=%f ####",
+                    current_test_case + 1, passthrough ? " (passthrough)" : "",
+                    test_case->playback_rate, test_case->pitch,
+                    test_case->tempo);
+
+                if (!passthrough) {
+                  g_object_set (pitch, "pitch", test_case->pitch, "tempo",
+                      test_case->tempo, NULL);
+                }
+
+                GstEvent *seek_event;
+                if (test_case->playback_rate >= 0.0) {
+                  g_atomic_int_set (&reverse_playback_atomic, 0);
+                  seek_event =
+                      gst_event_new_seek (test_case->playback_rate,
+                      GST_FORMAT_TIME,
+                      GST_SEEK_FLAG_FLUSH | GST_SEEK_FLAG_ACCURATE,
+                      GST_SEEK_TYPE_SET, 0, GST_SEEK_TYPE_SET, 8 * GST_SECOND);
+                } else {
+                  g_atomic_int_set (&reverse_playback_atomic, 1);
+                  seek_event =
+                      gst_event_new_seek (test_case->playback_rate,
+                      GST_FORMAT_TIME,
+                      GST_SEEK_FLAG_FLUSH | GST_SEEK_FLAG_ACCURATE,
+                      GST_SEEK_TYPE_SET, 8 * GST_SECOND, GST_SEEK_TYPE_END, 0);
+                }
+
+                gst_element_send_event (decodebin, seek_event);
+              }
+                break;
+
+              case SEEK_RUNNING:
+                seek_state = SEEK_DONE;
+                gst_element_set_state (pipeline, GST_STATE_PLAYING);
+                break;
+
+              default:
+                break;
+            }
+          }
+        }
+        break;
+
+      default:
+        break;
+    }
+
+    gst_message_unref (msg);
+  }
+  gst_object_unref (bus);
+
+  gst_element_set_state (pipeline, GST_STATE_NULL);
+  gst_object_unref (pipeline);
+  return 0;
+}