diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/tests/test_reshape.py b/python/cudf/cudf/tests/test_reshape.py
index df03104eda4..181bff8512a 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/tests/test_reshape.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/tests/test_reshape.py
@@ -596,6 +596,42 @@ def test_pivot_table_simple(data, aggfunc, fill_value):
     assert_eq(expected, actual, check_dtype=False)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "data",
+    [
+        {
+            "A": ["one", "one", "two", "three"] * 6,
+            "B": ["A", "B", "C"] * 8,
+            "C": ["foo", "foo", "foo", "bar", "bar", "bar"] * 4,
+            "D": np.random.randn(24),
+            "E": np.random.randn(24),
+        }
+    ],
+)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "aggfunc", ["mean", "count", {"D": "sum", "E": "count"}]
+)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("fill_value", [0])
+def test_dataframe_pivot_table_simple(data, aggfunc, fill_value):
+    pdf = pd.DataFrame(data)
+    expected = pdf.pivot_table(
+        values=["D", "E"],
+        index=["A", "B"],
+        columns=["C"],
+        aggfunc=aggfunc,
+        fill_value=fill_value,
+    )
+    cdf = cudf.DataFrame(data)
+    actual = cdf.pivot_table(
+        values=["D", "E"],
+        index=["A", "B"],
+        columns=["C"],
+        aggfunc=aggfunc,
+        fill_value=fill_value,
+    )
+    assert_eq(expected, actual, check_dtype=False)
+
+
 def test_crosstab_simple():
     a = np.array(
         [