diff --git a/modules/ducktests/tests/ignitetest/services/utils/jmx_utils.py b/modules/ducktests/tests/ignitetest/services/utils/jmx_utils.py
index 48cfe00003f53..ebe9bbcb5627d 100644
--- a/modules/ducktests/tests/ignitetest/services/utils/jmx_utils.py
+++ b/modules/ducktests/tests/ignitetest/services/utils/jmx_utils.py
@@ -180,6 +180,13 @@ def int_order(self):
         val = self.__find__("intOrder=(\\d+),")
         return int(val) if val else -1
 
+    @property
+    def is_coordinator(self):
+        """
+        :return: True if node is coordinator. False otherwise.
+        """
+        return self.coordinator == self.node_id
+
     def __find__(self, pattern):
         res = re.search(pattern, self._local_raw)
         return res.group(1) if res else None
diff --git a/modules/ducktests/tests/ignitetest/tests/network_group/__init__.py b/modules/ducktests/tests/ignitetest/tests/network_group/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d6b0ef57f8891
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/ducktests/tests/ignitetest/tests/network_group/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""
+This package contains MDC tests.
+"""
diff --git a/modules/ducktests/tests/ignitetest/tests/network_group/multi_dc_test.py b/modules/ducktests/tests/ignitetest/tests/network_group/multi_dc_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0b5c2a0293b69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/ducktests/tests/ignitetest/tests/network_group/multi_dc_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from ignitetest.services.ignite import IgniteService
+from ignitetest.services.utils.ignite_configuration import IgniteConfiguration
+from ignitetest.utils import ignite_versions, cluster
+from ignitetest.utils.ignite_test import IgniteTest
+from ignitetest.utils.version import DEV_BRANCH, IgniteVersion
+
+DC_1_NAME = "DC1"
+DC_2_NAME = "DC2"
+
+class MultiDCTest(IgniteTest):
+    @cluster(num_nodes=3)
+    @ignite_versions(str(DEV_BRANCH))
+    def test_coordinator_change(self, ignite_version):
+        ign_cfg = IgniteConfiguration(version=IgniteVersion(ignite_version))
+
+        jvm_opts_dc_1 = [f"-DIGNITE_DATA_CENTER_ID={DC_1_NAME}"]
+        jvm_opts_dc_2 = [f"-DIGNITE_DATA_CENTER_ID={DC_2_NAME}"]
+
+        self.svc_dc_1_crd = IgniteService(self.test_context, ign_cfg, num_nodes=1, jvm_opts=jvm_opts_dc_1)
+        self.svc_dc_1_crd_sub = IgniteService(self.test_context, ign_cfg, num_nodes=1, jvm_opts=jvm_opts_dc_1)
+        self.svc_dc_2 = IgniteService(self.test_context, ign_cfg, num_nodes=1, jvm_opts=jvm_opts_dc_2)
+
+        for svc in [self.svc_dc_1_crd, self.svc_dc_2]:
+            svc.start()
+
+        self.svc_dc_1_crd_sub.start()
+
+        self.is_coordinator(self.svc_dc_1_crd, 0)
+
+        self.svc_dc_1_crd.stop()
+
+        self.is_coordinator(self.svc_dc_2, 0) # self.svc_dc_1_crd_sub is not a coordinator
+
+        self.svc_dc_1_crd_sub.stop()
+        self.svc_dc_2.stop()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def is_coordinator(svc, node_idx):
+        node = svc.nodes[node_idx]
+
+        assert node.discovery_info().is_coordinator, f"{svc.who_am_i(node)} is not a coordinator"