diff --git a/oak-segment-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/azure/AzureArchiveManagerTest.java b/oak-segment-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/azure/AzureArchiveManagerTest.java
index 295713e9b7..64c837bcd6 100644
--- a/oak-segment-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/azure/AzureArchiveManagerTest.java
+++ b/oak-segment-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/azure/AzureArchiveManagerTest.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.segment.file.FileStore;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.segment.file.FileStoreBuilder;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.segment.file.InvalidFileStoreVersionException;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.segment.file.ReadOnlyFileStore;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.segment.file.tar.TarPersistence;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.segment.spi.RepositoryNotReachableException;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.segment.spi.monitor.FileStoreMonitorAdapter;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.segment.spi.monitor.IOMonitorAdapter;
@@ -39,13 +40,20 @@ import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.segment.spi.monitor.RemoteStoreMonitorAdapter;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.segment.spi.persistence.SegmentArchiveManager;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.segment.spi.persistence.SegmentArchiveReader;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.segment.spi.persistence.SegmentArchiveWriter;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.segment.spi.persistence.SegmentNodeStorePersistence;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.segment.spi.persistence.persistentcache.AbstractPersistentCache;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.segment.spi.persistence.persistentcache.CachingPersistence;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.segment.spi.persistence.persistentcache.PersistentCache;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.segment.spi.persistence.split.SplitPersistence;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.commit.CommitInfo;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.commit.EmptyHook;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.state.NodeBuilder;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.ClassRule;
+import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
@@ -74,6 +82,9 @@ public class AzureArchiveManagerTest {
     @ClassRule
     public static AzuriteDockerRule azurite = new AzuriteDockerRule();
 
+    @Rule
+    public TemporaryFolder folder = new TemporaryFolder(new File("target"));
+
     private CloudBlobContainer container;
 
     @Before
@@ -359,4 +370,53 @@ public class AzureArchiveManagerTest {
         // after creating a read-only FS, the recovery procedure should not be started since there is another running Oak process
         assertFalse(container.getDirectoryReference("oak/data00000a.tar.ro.bak").listBlobs().iterator().hasNext());
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSplitPersistenceTarRecovery() throws URISyntaxException, InvalidFileStoreVersionException, IOException, CommitFailedException, StorageException {
+        AzurePersistence rwPersistence = new AzurePersistence(container.getDirectoryReference("oak"));
+        FileStore rwFileStore = FileStoreBuilder.fileStoreBuilder(new File("target")).withCustomPersistence(rwPersistence).build();
+        SegmentNodeStore segmentNodeStore = SegmentNodeStoreBuilders.builder(rwFileStore).build();
+        NodeBuilder builder = segmentNodeStore.getRoot().builder();
+        builder.setProperty("foo", "bar");
+        segmentNodeStore.merge(builder, EmptyHook.INSTANCE, CommitInfo.EMPTY);
+        rwFileStore.flush();
+
+        assertTrue(container.getDirectoryReference("oak/data00000a.tar").listBlobs().iterator().hasNext());
+        assertFalse(container.getDirectoryReference("oak/data00000a.tar.ro.bak").listBlobs().iterator().hasNext());
+
+        // create files store with split persistence
+        AzurePersistence azureSharedPersistence = new AzurePersistence(container.getDirectoryReference("oak"));
+
+        //CachingPersistence customPersistence = new CachingPersistence(new MemoryPersistentCache(), azureSharedPersistence);
+        CachingPersistence customPersistence = new CachingPersistence(createPersistenceCache(), azureSharedPersistence);
+        SegmentNodeStorePersistence localPersistence = new TarPersistence(folder.newFolder());
+        SegmentNodeStorePersistence splitPersistence = new SplitPersistence(customPersistence, localPersistence);
+
+        FileStore splitPersistenceFileStore = FileStoreBuilder.fileStoreBuilder(folder.newFolder()).withCustomPersistence(splitPersistence).build();
+    }
+
+    private PersistentCache createPersistenceCache() {
+        return new AbstractPersistentCache() {
+            @Override
+            protected Buffer readSegmentInternal(long msb, long lsb) {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public boolean containsSegment(long msb, long lsb) {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void writeSegment(long msb, long lsb, Buffer buffer) {
+
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void cleanUp() {
+
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
 }