diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.am b/scripts/Makefile.am
index 977535130d..c8cf54d2fd 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.am
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.am
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ check:
 	@$(ZFS) -u
 	@echo
 	@echo
-	@echo -n "===================================="
+	@echo -n "==================================="
 	@echo -n " ZCONFIG "
-	@echo    "===================================="
+	@echo    "==================================="
 	@echo
 	@$(ZCONFIG)
 	@echo
diff --git a/scripts/zconfig.sh b/scripts/zconfig.sh
index a90d984fc6..7a215dcee3 100755
--- a/scripts/zconfig.sh
+++ b/scripts/zconfig.sh
@@ -53,32 +53,66 @@ zconfig_test1() {
 	POOL_NAME=test1
 	TMP_FILE1=`mktemp`
 	TMP_FILE2=`mktemp`
+	TMP_CACHE=`mktemp -p /tmp zpool.cache.XXXXXXXX`
 
 	echo -n "test 1 - persistent zpool.cache: "
 
 	# Create a pool save its status for comparison.
-	${ZFS_SH} || fail 1
+	${ZFS_SH} zfs="spa_config_path=${TMP_CACHE}" || fail 1
 	${ZPOOL_CREATE_SH} -p ${POOL_NAME} -c lo-raidz2 || fail 2
 	${ZPOOL} status ${POOL_NAME} >${TMP_FILE1} || fail 3
 
 	# Unload/load the module stack to clear any configuration state
-	# then verify that the pool can be imported and is online.
+	# then verify the pool is defined in the cache file, it can be
+	# imported without error, and it matches the original pool.
 	${ZFS_SH} -u || fail 4
-	${ZFS_SH} || fail 5
-	${ZPOOL} import ${POOL_NAME} || fail 6
-	${ZPOOL} status ${POOL_NAME} >${TMP_FILE2} || fail 7
+	${ZFS_SH} zfs="spa_config_path=${TMP_CACHE}" || fail 5
+	${ZPOOL} import -c ${TMP_CACHE} | grep ${POOL_NAME} >/dev/null||fail 6
+	${ZPOOL} import -c ${TMP_CACHE} ${POOL_NAME} || fail 7
+	${ZPOOL} status ${POOL_NAME} >${TMP_FILE2} || fail 8
+	cmp ${TMP_FILE1} ${TMP_FILE2} || fail 9
 
-	# Compare the original and imported pool status they should match
-	cmp ${TMP_FILE1} ${TMP_FILE2} || fail 8
-
-	# Cleanup the test pool and temporary file
-	${ZPOOL_CREATE_SH} -p ${POOL_NAME} -c lo-raidz2 -d || fail 9
-	rm -f ${TMP_FILE1} ${TMP_FILE2} || fail 10
-	${ZFS_SH} -u || fail 11
+	# Cleanup the test pool and temporary files
+	${ZPOOL_CREATE_SH} -p ${POOL_NAME} -c lo-raidz2 -d || fail 10
+	rm -f ${TMP_FILE1} ${TMP_FILE2} ${TMP_CACHE} || fail 11
+	${ZFS_SH} -u || fail 12
 
 	pass
 }
-
 zconfig_test1
 
+# Validate ZFS disk scanning and import w/out zpool.cache configuration.
+zconfig_test2() {
+	POOL_NAME=test2
+	TMP_FILE1=`mktemp`
+	TMP_FILE2=`mktemp`
+	TMP_CACHE=`mktemp -p /tmp zpool.cache.XXXXXXXX`
+
+	echo -n "test 2 - scan disks for pools to import: "
+
+	# Create a pool save its status for comparison.
+	${ZFS_SH} zfs="spa_config_path=${TMP_CACHE}" || fail 1
+	${ZPOOL_CREATE_SH} -p ${POOL_NAME} -c lo-raidz2 || fail 2
+	${ZPOOL} status ${POOL_NAME} >${TMP_FILE1} || fail 3
+
+	# Unload/load the module stack to clear any configuration state
+	# then remove the cache file, probe the disks for pools, import
+	# the pool without error, and match it against the original pool.
+	${ZFS_SH} -u || fail 4
+	rm -f ${TMP_CACHE} || fail 5
+	${ZFS_SH} zfs="spa_config_path=${TMP_CACHE}" || fail 6
+	${ZPOOL} import | grep ${POOL_NAME} >/dev/null || fail 7
+	${ZPOOL} import ${POOL_NAME} || fail 8
+	${ZPOOL} status ${POOL_NAME} >${TMP_FILE2} || fail 9
+	cmp ${TMP_FILE1} ${TMP_FILE2} || fail 10
+
+	# Cleanup the test pool and temporary files
+	${ZPOOL_CREATE_SH} -p ${POOL_NAME} -c lo-raidz2 -d || fail 11
+	rm -f ${TMP_FILE1} ${TMP_FILE2} || fail 12
+	${ZFS_SH} -u || fail 13
+
+	pass
+}
+zconfig_test2
+
 exit 0