diff --git a/sheep/store/md.c b/sheep/store/md.c
index 7d2748d5e..40673b80e 100644
--- a/sheep/store/md.c
+++ b/sheep/store/md.c
@@ -651,6 +651,7 @@ static int md_move_object(uint64_t oid, const char *old, const char *new)
 	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 	int fd, ret = -1;
 	size_t sz = get_store_objsize(oid);
+	const bool sparse = is_sparse_object(oid);
 
 	fd = open(old, O_RDONLY);
 	if (fd < 0) {
@@ -665,7 +666,7 @@ static int md_move_object(uint64_t oid, const char *old, const char *new)
 		goto out_close;
 	}
 
-	if (atomic_create_and_write(new, buf.buf, buf.len, false, true) < 0) {
+	if (atomic_create_and_write(new, buf.buf, buf.len, false, sparse) < 0) {
 		if (errno != EEXIST) {
 			sd_err("failed to create %s", new);
 			ret = -1;
diff --git a/tests/functional/114 b/tests/functional/114
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..8b0073d4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/114
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Test md plug and sparse object
+
+. ./common
+
+MD=true
+
+_need_to_be_root
+
+if [ "$STORE" != "/tmp/sheepdog/114" ]; then
+	_notrun "This test cannot be run when WD is manually set"
+fi
+
+function _listFiles
+{
+	for i in "$@" ; do
+		stat -c "%n %b %B %s" "$i"/* |\
+		awk '{print $1,$2*$3,$4;}' |\
+		sort |\
+		_filter_store
+	done
+}
+
+function setUp
+{
+	_make_device 0 $((256*1024**2))
+	_make_device 1 $((256*1024**2))
+	_make_device 2 $((256*1024**2))
+	MD_STORE=",$STORE/1"
+	_start_sheep 0
+	_wait_for_sheep 1
+	_cluster_format -c 1
+}
+
+function testPlugAndSparse
+{
+	setUp
+
+	$DOG node md info | _filter_store
+
+	for ((i=0; i<10; ++i)) ; do
+		$DOG vdi create -P "v$i" 8M
+	done
+
+	_listFiles "$STORE"/1
+
+	$DOG node md plug -f "$STORE"/2
+	_wait_for_sheep_recovery 0
+
+	$DOG node md info | _filter_store
+	_listFiles "$STORE"/{1,2}
+
+	_cleanup
+}
+
+testPlugAndSparse
diff --git a/tests/functional/114.out b/tests/functional/114.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..50341dca4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/114.out
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+QA output created by 114
+using backend plain store
+Id	Size	Used	Avail	Use%	Path
+ 0	229 MB	0.0 MB	229 MB	  0%	STORE/1
+STORE/1/0070839000000000 4194304 4194304
+STORE/1/0070839000000001 4194304 4194304
+STORE/1/0070854300000000 4194304 4194304
+STORE/1/0070854300000001 4194304 4194304
+STORE/1/0070912800000000 4194304 4194304
+STORE/1/0070912800000001 4194304 4194304
+STORE/1/007092db00000000 4194304 4194304
+STORE/1/007092db00000001 4194304 4194304
+STORE/1/0070948e00000000 4194304 4194304
+STORE/1/0070948e00000001 4194304 4194304
+STORE/1/0070964100000000 4194304 4194304
+STORE/1/0070964100000001 4194304 4194304
+STORE/1/007097f400000000 4194304 4194304
+STORE/1/007097f400000001 4194304 4194304
+STORE/1/007099a700000000 4194304 4194304
+STORE/1/007099a700000001 4194304 4194304
+STORE/1/00709b5a00000000 4194304 4194304
+STORE/1/00709b5a00000001 4194304 4194304
+STORE/1/00709d0d00000000 4194304 4194304
+STORE/1/00709d0d00000001 4194304 4194304
+STORE/1/8070839000000000 6144 12587576
+STORE/1/8070854300000000 6144 12587576
+STORE/1/8070912800000000 6144 12587576
+STORE/1/807092db00000000 6144 12587576
+STORE/1/8070948e00000000 6144 12587576
+STORE/1/8070964100000000 6144 12587576
+STORE/1/807097f400000000 6144 12587576
+STORE/1/807099a700000000 6144 12587576
+STORE/1/80709b5a00000000 6144 12587576
+STORE/1/80709d0d00000000 6144 12587576
+Id	Size	Used	Avail	Use%	Path
+ 0	229 MB	76 MB	153 MB	 33%	STORE/1
+ 1	229 MB	4.0 MB	225 MB	  1%	STORE/2
+STORE/1/0070839000000000 4194304 4194304
+STORE/1/0070839000000001 4194304 4194304
+STORE/1/0070854300000000 4194304 4194304
+STORE/1/0070854300000001 4194304 4194304
+STORE/1/0070912800000000 4194304 4194304
+STORE/1/0070912800000001 4194304 4194304
+STORE/1/007092db00000000 4194304 4194304
+STORE/1/007092db00000001 4194304 4194304
+STORE/1/0070948e00000000 4194304 4194304
+STORE/1/0070948e00000001 4194304 4194304
+STORE/1/0070964100000000 4194304 4194304
+STORE/1/0070964100000001 4194304 4194304
+STORE/1/007097f400000000 4194304 4194304
+STORE/1/007097f400000001 4194304 4194304
+STORE/1/007099a700000000 4194304 4194304
+STORE/1/007099a700000001 4194304 4194304
+STORE/1/00709b5a00000001 4194304 4194304
+STORE/1/00709d0d00000000 4194304 4194304
+STORE/1/00709d0d00000001 4194304 4194304
+STORE/1/8070839000000000 6144 12587576
+STORE/1/8070854300000000 6144 12587576
+STORE/1/8070912800000000 6144 12587576
+STORE/1/807092db00000000 6144 12587576
+STORE/1/8070964100000000 6144 12587576
+STORE/1/807097f400000000 6144 12587576
+STORE/1/807099a700000000 6144 12587576
+STORE/1/80709b5a00000000 6144 12587576
+STORE/1/80709d0d00000000 6144 12587576
+STORE/2/00709b5a00000000 4194304 4194304
+STORE/2/8070948e00000000 8192 12587576
diff --git a/tests/functional/group b/tests/functional/group
index 54a8d0a6b..766f1fec6 100644
--- a/tests/functional/group
+++ b/tests/functional/group
@@ -121,3 +121,4 @@
 111 auto quick dog
 112 auto dog
 113 auto dog
+114 auto quick dog md