diff --git a/Dockerfile.QA b/Dockerfile.QA
index 282dfa409c..6560b2c5e6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.QA
+++ b/Dockerfile.QA
@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@ RUN mkdir -p qa/common && \
     cp bin/logging_test qa/L0_logging/. && \
     cp bin/backend_output_detail_test qa/L0_backend_output_detail/. && \
     cp -r deploy/mlflow-triton-plugin qa/L0_mlflow/. && \
-    cp bin/input_byte_size_test qa/L0_input_validation/.
+    cp bin/input_byte_size_test qa/L0_input_validation/. && \
+    cp bin/instance_queue_test qa/L0_batcher/.
 
 RUN mkdir -p qa/pkgs && \
     cp python/triton*.whl qa/pkgs/. && \
diff --git a/qa/L0_batcher/test.sh b/qa/L0_batcher/test.sh
index a17594f8f9..5e4c20a79a 100755
--- a/qa/L0_batcher/test.sh
+++ b/qa/L0_batcher/test.sh
@@ -837,6 +837,19 @@ set -e
 
 kill_server
 
+# instance_queue_test: unit test for waiting_consumer_count_ merge accounting
+# (core dynamic-batcher / InstanceQueue path).
+INSTANCE_QUEUE_TEST_LOG="./instance_queue_test.log"
+INSTANCE_QUEUE_TEST_EXEC=./instance_queue_test
+set +e
+LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/tritonserver/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH $INSTANCE_QUEUE_TEST_EXEC >>$INSTANCE_QUEUE_TEST_LOG 2>&1
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    cat $INSTANCE_QUEUE_TEST_LOG
+    echo -e "\n***\n*** Instance Queue Unit Test Failed\n***"
+    RET=1
+fi
+set -e
+
 if [ $RET -eq 0 ]; then
     echo -e "\n***\n*** Test Passed\n***"
 else