diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-pci-serial.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-pci-serial.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6cab29fec3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-pci-serial.args
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/home/test \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-aarch64 \
+-name aarch64test \
+-S \
+-M virt \
+-m 1024 \
+-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-uuid 496d7ea8-9739-544b-4ebd-ef08be936e8b \
+-nographic \
+-nodefconfig \
+-nodefaults \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,\
+path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-aarch64test/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline \
+-no-acpi \
+-boot c \
+-device i82801b11-bridge,id=pci.1,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x1 \
+-device pci-bridge,chassis_nr=2,id=pci.2,bus=pci.1,addr=0x0 \
+-device pcie-root-port,port=0x10,chassis=3,id=pci.3,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x2 \
+-chardev pty,id=charserial0,logfile=/tmp/log,logappend=on \
+-device pci-serial,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0,bus=pci.2,addr=0x1
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-pci-serial.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-pci-serial.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0df12102c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-pci-serial.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<domain type="qemu">
+  <name>aarch64test</name>
+  <uuid>496d7ea8-9739-544b-4ebd-ef08be936e8b</uuid>
+  <memory>1048576</memory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch="aarch64" machine="virt">hvm</type>
+  </os>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-aarch64</emulator>
+    <serial type='pty'>
+      <target type='pci-serial' port='0'/>
+      <log file='/tmp/log' append='on'/>
+    </serial>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 27eea70ae6..e83a7b208a 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -2342,6 +2342,15 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST_FAILURE("aarch64-kvm-32-on-64",
             QEMU_CAPS_NODEFCONFIG, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_MMIO,
             QEMU_CAPS_KVM);
+    DO_TEST("aarch64-pci-serial",
+            QEMU_CAPS_NODEFCONFIG,
+            QEMU_CAPS_CHARDEV,
+            QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PCI_SERIAL,
+            QEMU_CAPS_CHARDEV_LOGFILE,
+            QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_GPEX,
+            QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PCI_BRIDGE,
+            QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_DMI_TO_PCI_BRIDGE,
+            QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PCIE_ROOT_PORT);
 
     /* Make sure all combinations of ACPI and UEFI behave as expected */
     DO_TEST("aarch64-acpi-uefi", NONE);
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-aarch64-pci-serial.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-aarch64-pci-serial.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fddab31f07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-aarch64-pci-serial.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>aarch64test</name>
+  <uuid>496d7ea8-9739-544b-4ebd-ef08be936e8b</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>1048576</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>1048576</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='aarch64' machine='virt'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <features>
+    <gic version='2'/>
+  </features>
+  <clock offset='utc'/>
+  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
+  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
+  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-aarch64</emulator>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pcie-root'/>
+    <controller type='pci' index='1' model='dmi-to-pci-bridge'>
+      <model name='i82801b11-bridge'/>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x0'/>
+    </controller>
+    <controller type='pci' index='2' model='pci-bridge'>
+      <model name='pci-bridge'/>
+      <target chassisNr='2'/>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
+    </controller>
+    <controller type='pci' index='3' model='pcie-root-port'>
+      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
+      <target chassis='3' port='0x10'/>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
+    </controller>
+    <serial type='pty'>
+      <log file='/tmp/log' append='on'/>
+      <target type='pci-serial' port='0'/>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x01' function='0x0'/>
+    </serial>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
index 13072996c2..ad3bbf0add 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
@@ -1073,6 +1073,15 @@ mymain(void)
             QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PCI_BRIDGE, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_IOH3420,
             QEMU_CAPS_PCI_MULTIFUNCTION, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIDEO_PRIMARY,
             QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_GPU, QEMU_CAPS_BOOTINDEX);
+    DO_TEST("aarch64-pci-serial",
+            QEMU_CAPS_NODEFCONFIG,
+            QEMU_CAPS_CHARDEV,
+            QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PCI_SERIAL,
+            QEMU_CAPS_CHARDEV_LOGFILE,
+            QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_GPEX,
+            QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PCI_BRIDGE,
+            QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_DMI_TO_PCI_BRIDGE,
+            QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PCIE_ROOT_PORT);
 
     DO_TEST_FULL("aarch64-gic-none", WHEN_BOTH, GIC_NONE, NONE);
     DO_TEST_FULL("aarch64-gic-none-v2", WHEN_BOTH, GIC_V2, NONE);