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This paper describes the design of an adaptive output feedback control system in discrete‐time, based on almost strictly positive real (ASPR)‐ness with a feedforward input. It is well‐known that an adaptive output feedback control system based on ASPR conditions can achieve asymptotic stability via a constant feedback gain. Unfortunately, most realistic systems are not ASPR because of the severe conditions. The introduction of a parallel feedforward compensator (PFC) is an efficient way to alleviate such restrictions. However, the problem remains that there exists a steady state error between the output of the augmented system and the output of the original system. The proposed scheme provides a strategy wherein the feedforward input is utilized such that the steady state error is removed. Furthermore, the fictitious reference iterative tuning (FRIT) approach is employed to determine the control parameters using one‐shot input/output experimental data directly, without prior information about the control system. This paper explains how the FRIT approach is applied in designing an adaptive output feedback control system. The effectiveness of the proposed scheme is confirmed experimentally, by using a motor application.