diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 06ebee3cf..0582d098c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ and this project adheres to
 ### For users
 
 #### Added
+* Add tests for HDF5 precision conversion
 * Improved messages for specification tree errors, with file & line numbers and
   support for file names from Paraconf 1.1,
   [#657](https://github.com/pdidev/pdi/issues/657)
diff --git a/plugins/decl_hdf5/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/decl_hdf5/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index db7a8f259..e1f247d80 100644
--- a/plugins/decl_hdf5/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/decl_hdf5/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ endif()
 )
 
 add_executable(decl_hdf5_tests decl_hdf5_tests.cxx)
-target_link_libraries(decl_hdf5_tests PDI::PDI_C GTest::gmock GTest::gmock_main GTest::gtest GTest::gtest_main)
+target_link_libraries(decl_hdf5_tests PDI::PDI_C GTest::gmock GTest::gmock_main GTest::gtest GTest::gtest_main ${HDF5_DEPS})
 gtest_discover_tests(decl_hdf5_tests)
 
 # compression test
diff --git a/plugins/decl_hdf5/tests/decl_hdf5_tests.cxx b/plugins/decl_hdf5/tests/decl_hdf5_tests.cxx
index d9abb9c90..5314f5c02 100644
--- a/plugins/decl_hdf5/tests/decl_hdf5_tests.cxx
+++ b/plugins/decl_hdf5/tests/decl_hdf5_tests.cxx
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 #include <numeric>
 #include <ranges>
 
+#include <hdf5.h>
+
 #include <pdi/testing.h>
 
 using PDI::make_random;
@@ -845,3 +847,126 @@ logging: trace
 	);
 	PDI_expose("array_data", array_data.data(), PDI_OUT);
 }
+
+/* Precision conversion with decl_hdf5 
+ * data in double precision
+ * file dataset in double, float, and int
+ */
+TEST_F(DeclHdf5, PrecisionConversion)
+{
+	InitPdi(PC_parse_string(R"==(
+logging: trace
+metadata:
+  N: int
+data:
+  array: {type: array, size: [$N, $N], subtype: double}
+plugins:
+  decl_hdf5:   
+    - file: d2d_test.h5
+      datasets:
+        double_ds: {type: array, size: [$N, $N], subtype: double}
+      write:
+        array:
+          dataset: double_ds
+    - file: d2f_test.h5
+      datasets:
+        float_ds: {type: array, size: [$N, $N], subtype: float}
+      write:
+        array:
+          dataset: float_ds
+    - file: d2i_test.h5
+      datasets:
+        int_ds: {type: array, size: [$N, $N], subtype: int}
+      write:
+        array:
+          dataset: int_ds
+)=="));
+
+	EXPECT_FALSE(std::filesystem::exists("d2d_test.h5"));
+	EXPECT_FALSE(std::filesystem::exists("d2f_test.h5"));
+	EXPECT_FALSE(std::filesystem::exists("d2i_test.h5"));
+
+	static constexpr size_t N = 100;
+	PDI_expose("N", &N, PDI_OUT);
+
+	auto const test_array = make_a<std::array<std::array<double, N>, N>>();
+	PDI_expose("array", test_array.data(), PDI_OUT);
+
+	ASSERT_TRUE(std::filesystem::exists("d2d_test.h5"));
+	ASSERT_TRUE(std::filesystem::exists("d2f_test.h5"));
+	ASSERT_TRUE(std::filesystem::exists("d2i_test.h5"));
+
+	// read double precision dataset and compare
+	hid_t file_id = H5Fopen("d2d_test.h5", H5F_ACC_RDONLY, H5P_DEFAULT);
+	hid_t dataset_id = H5Dopen2(file_id, "/double_ds", H5P_DEFAULT);
+	hid_t type_id = H5Dget_type(dataset_id);
+	ASSERT_GE(file_id, 0);
+	ASSERT_GE(dataset_id, 0);
+	ASSERT_GE(type_id, 0);
+
+	EXPECT_GT(H5Tequal(type_id, H5T_IEEE_F64LE), 0);
+	std::array<std::array<double, N>, N> read_double_array;
+
+	herr_t status = H5Dread(dataset_id, H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE, H5S_ALL, H5S_ALL, H5P_DEFAULT, read_double_array.data()->data());
+	ASSERT_GE(status, 0);
+
+	EXPECT_EQ(test_array, read_double_array);
+
+	H5Tclose(type_id);
+	H5Dclose(dataset_id);
+	H5Fclose(file_id);
+
+	// read simple precision dataset and compare
+	file_id = H5Fopen("d2f_test.h5", H5F_ACC_RDONLY, H5P_DEFAULT);
+	dataset_id = H5Dopen2(file_id, "/float_ds", H5P_DEFAULT);
+	type_id = H5Dget_type(dataset_id);
+	ASSERT_GE(file_id, 0);
+	ASSERT_GE(dataset_id, 0);
+	ASSERT_GE(type_id, 0);
+
+	EXPECT_GT(H5Tequal(type_id, H5T_IEEE_F32LE), 0);
+	std::array< std::array<float, N>, N > read_float_array;
+
+	status = H5Dread(dataset_id, H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT, H5S_ALL, H5S_ALL, H5P_DEFAULT, read_float_array.data()->data());
+	ASSERT_GE(status, 0);
+
+#if defined(__clang__) && (__clang_major__ == 15)
+// Skipping the numerical comparaison because Clang 15 has known issues with ranges.
+#else
+	EXPECT_THAT(read_float_array, testing::ElementsAreArray(test_array | std::views::transform([](std::array<double, N> const & aref) {
+																return testing::Pointwise(testing::FloatEq(), aref);
+															})));
+#endif
+
+	H5Tclose(type_id);
+	H5Dclose(dataset_id);
+	H5Fclose(file_id);
+
+	// read integer dataset and compare
+	file_id = H5Fopen("d2i_test.h5", H5F_ACC_RDONLY, H5P_DEFAULT);
+	dataset_id = H5Dopen2(file_id, "/int_ds", H5P_DEFAULT);
+	type_id = H5Dget_type(dataset_id);
+	ASSERT_GE(file_id, 0);
+	ASSERT_GE(dataset_id, 0);
+	ASSERT_GE(type_id, 0);
+
+	EXPECT_GT(H5Tequal(type_id, H5T_STD_I32LE), 0);
+	std::array< std::array<int, N>, N > read_int_array;
+
+	status = H5Dread(dataset_id, H5T_NATIVE_INT, H5S_ALL, H5S_ALL, H5P_DEFAULT, read_int_array.data()->data());
+	ASSERT_GE(status, 0);
+
+#if defined(__clang__) && (__clang_major__ == 15)
+// Skipping the numerical comparaison because Clang 15 has known issues with ranges.
+#else
+	EXPECT_THAT(read_int_array, testing::ElementsAreArray(test_array | std::views::transform([](std::array<double, N> const & aref) {
+															  return testing::ElementsAreArray(aref | std::views::transform([](double const & ref) {
+																								   return static_cast<int>(ref);
+																							   }));
+														  })));
+#endif
+
+	H5Tclose(type_id);
+	H5Dclose(dataset_id);
+	H5Fclose(file_id);
+}