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Abstract This paper investigates the control method for multi-input multi-output non-stationary non-Gaussian random vibration test with the specified references composed of stationary power spectra, moving root mean square distributions and moving kurtosis distributions. The objective of random vibration test is to force the response signals of test structure to satisfy the specified references within tolerances. An inverse system method in time domain is used to guarantee the control of response time-frequency characteristics independently and simultaneously. The evolutionary spectrum theory is utilized to establish the matrix representation of non-stationary non-Gaussian input-output relationships of a linear dynamic system in frequency domain. To analyze a non-stationary non-Gaussian vibration signal, two sets of random numbers named moving root mean square and moving kurtosis are used to modulate a stationary random signal. The transformation process theory is utilized to obtain moving root mean square and moving kurtosis by a moving root mean square distribution and a moving kurtosis distribution respectively. The control algorithms are presented to update the drive signals according to the deviations between responses and references. A numerical example by a cantilever beam and a biaxial vibration test are carried out and the results demonstrate the feasibility and validity of the proposed methods.