diff --git a/tests/domainsnapshotxml2xmlin/disk_driver_name_null.xml b/tests/domainsnapshotxml2xmlin/disk_driver_name_null.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..78eee9c315
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/domainsnapshotxml2xmlin/disk_driver_name_null.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<domainsnapshot>
+  <name>asdf</name>
+  <description>adsf</description>
+  <disks>
+    <disk name='vda' snapshot='external'>
+      <source file='/tmp/foo'/>
+      <driver/>
+    </disk>
+  </disks>
+</domainsnapshot>
diff --git a/tests/domainsnapshotxml2xmlout/disk_driver_name_null.xml b/tests/domainsnapshotxml2xmlout/disk_driver_name_null.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..41961f1411
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/domainsnapshotxml2xmlout/disk_driver_name_null.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<domainsnapshot>
+  <name>asdf</name>
+  <description>adsf</description>
+  <disks>
+    <disk name='vda' snapshot='external'>
+      <source file='/tmp/foo'/>
+    </disk>
+  </disks>
+</domainsnapshot>
diff --git a/tests/domainsnapshotxml2xmltest.c b/tests/domainsnapshotxml2xmltest.c
index 996095992e..921c7ad420 100644
--- a/tests/domainsnapshotxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/domainsnapshotxml2xmltest.c
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST_INOUT("external_vm", NULL, false, false);
     DO_TEST_INOUT("noparent", "9d37b878-a7cc-9f9a-b78f-49b3abad25a8", false, false);
     DO_TEST_INOUT("disk_snapshot", NULL, false, false);
+    DO_TEST_INOUT("disk_driver_name_null", NULL, false, false);
 
     DO_TEST_IN("name_and_description", NULL);
     DO_TEST_IN("description_only", NULL);