diff --git a/tests/multio/action/interpolate-healpix-nested/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/multio/action/interpolate-healpix-nested/CMakeLists.txt
index 86ee0424..d152620a 100644
--- a/tests/multio/action/interpolate-healpix-nested/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/multio/action/interpolate-healpix-nested/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,3 +21,25 @@ ecbuild_add_test(
     COMMAND      multio-feed
     ARGS         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/MARS_reduced_gg.grib --decode --plans=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/reduced_gg_to_HEALPix_32_nested_original.yaml
 )
+set_tests_properties(${PREFIX}_original PROPERTIES
+    FIXTURES_SETUP ${PREFIX}_original
+)
+
+ecbuild_add_test(
+    TARGET       ${PREFIX}_direct
+    TEST_DEPENDS ${PREFIX}_get_data_interpolate ${PREFIX}_get_data_healpix_ring2nest
+    COMMAND      multio-feed
+    ARGS         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/MARS_reduced_gg.grib --decode --plans=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/reduced_gg_to_HEALPix_32_nested_direct.yaml
+)
+set_tests_properties(${PREFIX}_direct PROPERTIES
+    FIXTURES_SETUP ${PREFIX}_direct
+)
+
+ecbuild_add_test(
+    TARGET  ${PREFIX}_compare
+    COMMAND grib_compare
+    ARGS    MultIO_reduced_gg_to_HEALPix_32_nested_original.grib MultIO_reduced_gg_to_HEALPix_32_nested_direct.grib
+)
+set_tests_properties(${PREFIX}_compare PROPERTIES
+    FIXTURES_REQUIRED "${PREFIX}_original;${PREFIX}_direct"
+)
diff --git a/tests/multio/action/interpolate-healpix-nested/reduced_gg_to_HEALPix_32_nested_direct.yaml b/tests/multio/action/interpolate-healpix-nested/reduced_gg_to_HEALPix_32_nested_direct.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..18bae243
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/multio/action/interpolate-healpix-nested/reduced_gg_to_HEALPix_32_nested_direct.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+plans:
+  - name: reduced_gg_to_HEALPix_32_nested_direct
+    actions:
+      - type: select
+        match:
+          - paramId: 133
+      - type: interpolate
+        input: O1280
+        grid: H32_nested
+        options:
+          caching: false
+      - type: encode
+        format: grib
+        template: Reference_HEALPix_32_nested.grib
+      - type: sink
+        sinks:
+        - type: file
+          append: false
+          per-server: false
+          path: MultIO_reduced_gg_to_HEALPix_32_nested_direct.grib