diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index f1e6781a7a..1003a0d418 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -4911,6 +4911,20 @@ qemuBuildDeviceVideoStr(virDomainDefPtr def,
             /* QEMU accepts bytes for vram_size. */
             virBufferAsprintf(&buf, ",vram_size=%u", video->vram * 1024);
         }
+    } else if (video->vram &&
+        ((video->type == VIR_DOMAIN_VIDEO_TYPE_VGA &&
+          virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_VGA_VGAMEM)) ||
+         (video->type == VIR_DOMAIN_VIDEO_TYPE_VMVGA &&
+          virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_VMWARE_SVGA_VGAMEM)))) {
+
+        if (video->vram < 1024) {
+            virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
+                           "%s", _("value for 'vram' must be at least 1 MiB "
+                                   "(1024 KiB)"));
+            goto error;
+        }
+
+        virBufferAsprintf(&buf, ",vgamem_mb=%u", video->vram / 1024);
     }
 
     if (qemuBuildDeviceAddressStr(&buf, def, &video->info, qemuCaps) < 0)
@@ -7523,7 +7537,7 @@ qemuBuildShmemDevCmd(virCommandPtr cmd,
         }
         if (shmem->size < 1024 * 1024) {
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_ERROR, "%s",
-                           _("shmem size must be at least 1 MiB"));
+                           _("shmem size must be at least 1 MiB (1024 KiB)"));
             goto error;
         }
         virBufferAsprintf(&buf, ",size=%llum", shmem->size >> 20);
@@ -9255,6 +9269,26 @@ qemuBuildCommandLine(virConnectPtr conn,
                                                dev, vram * 1024);
                     }
                 }
+
+                if (virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE) &&
+                    def->videos[0]->vram &&
+                    ((primaryVideoType == VIR_DOMAIN_VIDEO_TYPE_VGA &&
+                      virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_VGA_VGAMEM)) ||
+                     (primaryVideoType == VIR_DOMAIN_VIDEO_TYPE_VMVGA &&
+                      virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_VMWARE_SVGA_VGAMEM)))) {
+                    unsigned int vram = def->videos[0]->vram;
+
+                    if (vram < 1024) {
+                        virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
+                                       "%s", _("value for 'vgamem' must be at "
+                                               "least 1 MiB (1024 KiB)"));
+                        goto error;
+                    }
+
+                    virCommandAddArg(cmd, "-global");
+                    virCommandAddArgFormat(cmd, "%s.vgamem_mb=%u",
+                                           dev, vram / 1024);
+                }
             }
 
             if (def->nvideos > 1) {
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-device-vgamem.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-device-vgamem.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c9eb53578b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-device-vgamem.args
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu -S -M pc -m 1024 -smp 1 -nographic -nodefaults \
+-monitor unix:/tmp/test-monitor,server,nowait -no-acpi -boot c -usb \
+-hda /var/lib/libvirt/images/QEMUGuest1 \
+-device qxl-vga,id=video0,ram_size=67108864,vram_size=67108864,bus=pci.0\
+,addr=0x2 -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-device-vgamem.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-device-vgamem.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9fc42af9a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-device-vgamem.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
+  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>1048576</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>1048576</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu>1</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</emulator>
+    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='none'/>
+      <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/QEMUGuest1'/>
+      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
+      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
+    </disk>
+    <controller type='ide' index='0'/>
+    <video>
+      <model type='qxl' heads='1'/>
+    </video>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-device.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-device.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c9eb53578b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-device.args
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu -S -M pc -m 1024 -smp 1 -nographic -nodefaults \
+-monitor unix:/tmp/test-monitor,server,nowait -no-acpi -boot c -usb \
+-hda /var/lib/libvirt/images/QEMUGuest1 \
+-device qxl-vga,id=video0,ram_size=67108864,vram_size=67108864,bus=pci.0\
+,addr=0x2 -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-device.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-device.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9fc42af9a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-device.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
+  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>1048576</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>1048576</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu>1</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</emulator>
+    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='none'/>
+      <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/QEMUGuest1'/>
+      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
+      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
+    </disk>
+    <controller type='ide' index='0'/>
+    <video>
+      <model type='qxl' heads='1'/>
+    </video>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-nodevice.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-nodevice.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a6ac6d8fe3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-nodevice.args
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu -S -M pc -m 1024 -smp 1 -nographic \
+-monitor unix:/tmp/test-monitor,server,nowait -no-acpi -boot c -usb \
+-hda /var/lib/libvirt/images/QEMUGuest1 -net none -serial none -parallel none \
+-vga qxl
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-nodevice.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-nodevice.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9fc42af9a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-nodevice.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
+  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>1048576</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>1048576</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu>1</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</emulator>
+    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='none'/>
+      <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/QEMUGuest1'/>
+      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
+      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
+    </disk>
+    <controller type='ide' index='0'/>
+    <video>
+      <model type='qxl' heads='1'/>
+    </video>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-sec-device-vgamem.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-sec-device-vgamem.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5fc41bbfa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-sec-device-vgamem.args
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu -S -M pc -m 1024 -smp 1 -nographic -nodefaults \
+-monitor unix:/tmp/test-monitor,server,nowait -no-acpi -boot c -usb \
+-hda /var/lib/libvirt/images/QEMUGuest1 \
+-device qxl-vga,id=video0,ram_size=67108864,vram_size=67108864,bus=pci.0\
+,addr=0x2 -device qxl,id=video1,ram_size=67108864,vram_size=67108864,bus=pci.0\
+,addr=0x4 \
+-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-sec-device-vgamem.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-sec-device-vgamem.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0868f397a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-sec-device-vgamem.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
+  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>1048576</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>1048576</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu>1</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</emulator>
+    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='none'/>
+      <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/QEMUGuest1'/>
+      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
+      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
+    </disk>
+    <controller type='ide' index='0'/>
+    <video>
+      <model type='qxl' heads='1'/>
+    </video>
+    <video>
+      <model type='qxl' heads='1'/>
+    </video>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-sec-device.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-sec-device.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..208408e5ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-sec-device.args
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu -S -M pc -m 1024 -smp 1 -nographic -nodefaults \
+-monitor unix:/tmp/test-monitor,server,nowait -no-acpi -boot c -usb \
+-hda /var/lib/libvirt/images/QEMUGuest1 \
+-device qxl-vga,id=video0,ram_size=67108864,vram_size=67108864,bus=pci.0\
+,addr=0x2 -device qxl,id=video1,ram_size=67108864,vram_size=67108864,bus=pci.0\
+,addr=0x4 -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-sec-device.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-sec-device.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0868f397a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-sec-device.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
+  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>1048576</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>1048576</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu>1</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</emulator>
+    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='none'/>
+      <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/QEMUGuest1'/>
+      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
+      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
+    </disk>
+    <controller type='ide' index='0'/>
+    <video>
+      <model type='qxl' heads='1'/>
+    </video>
+    <video>
+      <model type='qxl' heads='1'/>
+    </video>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-sec-nodevice.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-sec-nodevice.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0868f397a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-qxl-sec-nodevice.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
+  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>1048576</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>1048576</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu>1</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</emulator>
+    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='none'/>
+      <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/QEMUGuest1'/>
+      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
+      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
+    </disk>
+    <controller type='ide' index='0'/>
+    <video>
+      <model type='qxl' heads='1'/>
+    </video>
+    <video>
+      <model type='qxl' heads='1'/>
+    </video>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-vga-device-vgamem.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-vga-device-vgamem.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..81e4aec937
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-vga-device-vgamem.args
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu -S -M pc -m 1024 -smp 1 -nographic -nodefaults \
+-monitor unix:/tmp/test-monitor,server,nowait -no-acpi -boot c -usb \
+-hda /var/lib/libvirt/images/QEMUGuest1 \
+-device VGA,id=video0,vgamem_mb=16,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2 \
+-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-vga-device-vgamem.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-vga-device-vgamem.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9b1ddfc147
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-vga-device-vgamem.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
+  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>1048576</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>1048576</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu>1</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</emulator>
+    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='none'/>
+      <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/QEMUGuest1'/>
+      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
+      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
+    </disk>
+    <controller type='ide' index='0'/>
+    <video>
+      <model type='vga' vram='16384' heads='1'/>
+    </video>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-vga-device.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-vga-device.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f822280108
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-vga-device.args
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu -S -M pc -m 1024 -smp 1 -nographic -nodefaults \
+-monitor unix:/tmp/test-monitor,server,nowait -no-acpi -boot c -usb \
+-hda /var/lib/libvirt/images/QEMUGuest1 \
+-device VGA,id=video0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2 \
+-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-vga-device.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-vga-device.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9b1ddfc147
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-vga-device.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
+  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>1048576</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>1048576</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu>1</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</emulator>
+    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='none'/>
+      <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/QEMUGuest1'/>
+      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
+      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
+    </disk>
+    <controller type='ide' index='0'/>
+    <video>
+      <model type='vga' vram='16384' heads='1'/>
+    </video>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-vga-nodevice.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-vga-nodevice.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b5f15149a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-vga-nodevice.args
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu -S -M pc -m 1024 -smp 1 -nographic \
+-monitor unix:/tmp/test-monitor,server,nowait -no-acpi -boot c -usb \
+-hda /var/lib/libvirt/images/QEMUGuest1 -net none -serial none -parallel none \
+-vga std
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-vga-nodevice.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-vga-nodevice.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9b1ddfc147
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-video-vga-nodevice.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
+  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>1048576</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>1048576</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu>1</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</emulator>
+    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='none'/>
+      <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/QEMUGuest1'/>
+      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
+      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
+    </disk>
+    <controller type='ide' index='0'/>
+    <video>
+      <model type='vga' vram='16384' heads='1'/>
+    </video>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index eb02b38a9a..315e1f4140 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -1353,6 +1353,22 @@ mymain(void)
             QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIDEO_PRIMARY,
             QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_QXL, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_QXL_VGA,
             QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PCI_BRIDGE);
+    DO_TEST("video-vga-nodevice", QEMU_CAPS_VGA);
+    DO_TEST("video-vga-device", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VGA,
+            QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIDEO_PRIMARY);
+    DO_TEST("video-vga-device-vgamem", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VGA,
+            QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIDEO_PRIMARY, QEMU_CAPS_VGA_VGAMEM);
+    DO_TEST("video-qxl-nodevice", QEMU_CAPS_VGA, QEMU_CAPS_VGA_QXL);
+    DO_TEST("video-qxl-device", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_QXL_VGA,
+            QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIDEO_PRIMARY);
+    DO_TEST("video-qxl-device-vgamem", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE,
+            QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_QXL_VGA, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIDEO_PRIMARY);
+    DO_TEST_FAILURE("video-qxl-sec-nodevice", QEMU_CAPS_VGA, QEMU_CAPS_VGA_QXL);
+    DO_TEST("video-qxl-sec-device", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_QXL_VGA,
+            QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_QXL, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIDEO_PRIMARY);
+    DO_TEST("video-qxl-sec-device-vgamem", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE,
+            QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_QXL_VGA, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_QXL,
+            QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIDEO_PRIMARY);
 
     DO_TEST("virtio-rng-default", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_RNG,
             QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_RNG_RANDOM);