diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hugepages-nodeset.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hugepages-nodeset.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a85ddffad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hugepages-nodeset.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>SomeDummyHugepagesGuest</name>
+  <uuid>ef1bdff4-27f3-4e85-a807-5fb4d58463cc</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>1048576</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>1048576</currentMemory>
+  <memoryBacking>
+    <hugepages>
+      <page size='2048' unit='KiB' nodeset='0'/>
+    </hugepages>
+  </memoryBacking>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>2</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='i686' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <clock offset='utc'/>
+  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
+  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
+  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-i686</emulator>
+    <controller type='usb' index='0'>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/>
+    </controller>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
+    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
+    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
+    <memballoon model='none'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 529f36c504..7721827f40 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -959,6 +959,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("hugepages-default-2M", NONE);
     DO_TEST("hugepages-default-system-size", NONE);
     DO_TEST("hugepages-default-1G-nodeset-2M", NONE);
+    DO_TEST_FAILURE("hugepages-nodeset", NONE);
     DO_TEST_FAILURE("hugepages-nodeset-nonexist",
                     QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PC_DIMM,
                     QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE,
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/hugepages-nodeset.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/hugepages-nodeset.xml
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..b55838b780
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/hugepages-nodeset.xml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../qemuxml2argvdata/hugepages-nodeset.xml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
index da6aadd884..7c4a649a6e 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("hugepages-default-2M", NONE);
     DO_TEST("hugepages-default-system-size", NONE);
     DO_TEST("hugepages-default-1G-nodeset-2M", NONE);
+    DO_TEST("hugepages-nodeset", NONE);
     DO_TEST("hugepages-numa-default-2M", NONE);
     DO_TEST("hugepages-numa-default-dimm", NONE);
     DO_TEST("hugepages-numa-nodeset", NONE);