diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hotplug-base.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hotplug-base.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c4bd9c56dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hotplug-base.args
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test \
+/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -S -M pc -m 4096 -smp 4 -nographic -nodefaults \
+-monitor unix:/tmp/test-monitor,server,nowait \
+-boot c \
+-device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
+-device virtio-serial-pci,id=virtio-serial0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 \
+-usb
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hotplug-base.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hotplug-base.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bfb0167f39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-hotplug-base.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<domain type='kvm'>
+  <name>hotplug</name>
+  <uuid>d091ea82-29e6-2e34-3005-f02617b36e87</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>4194304</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>4194304</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>4</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <features>
+    <acpi/>
+    <apic/>
+    <pae/>
+  </features>
+  <clock offset='utc'/>
+  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
+  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
+  <on_crash>restart</on_crash>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm</emulator>
+    <controller type='usb' index='0'>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/>
+    </controller>
+    <controller type='ide' index='0'>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/>
+    </controller>
+    <controller type='scsi' index='0' model='virtio-scsi'>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
+    </controller>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
+    <controller type='virtio-serial' index='0'>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/>
+    </controller>
+    <memballoon model='none'/>
+  </devices>
+  <seclabel type='none'/>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 3a3c304157..99406b6cb8 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -1039,6 +1039,10 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("pci-root-address",
                         QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PCI_BRIDGE);
 
+    DO_TEST("hotplug-base",
+            QEMU_CAPS_KVM, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE, QEMU_CAPS_DRIVE,
+            QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_SCSI);
+
     virObjectUnref(driver.config);
     virObjectUnref(driver.caps);
     virObjectUnref(driver.xmlopt);