diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pc-i440fx-acpi-hotplug-bridge-enable.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pc-i440fx-acpi-hotplug-bridge-enable.x86_64-latest.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..92b1c8c541
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pc-i440fx-acpi-hotplug-bridge-enable.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-i440fx \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+XDG_DATA_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-i440fx/.local/share \
+XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-i440fx/.cache \
+XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-i440fx/.config \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 \
+-name guest=i440fx,debug-threads=on \
+-S \
+-object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/tmp/lib/domain--1-i440fx/master-key.aes"}' \
+-machine pc-i440fx-2.5,accel=tcg,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=pc.ram \
+-cpu qemu64 \
+-m 1024 \
+-object '{"qom-type":"memory-backend-ram","id":"pc.ram","size":1073741824}' \
+-overcommit mem-lock=off \
+-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-uuid 56f5055c-1b8d-490c-844a-ad646a1caaaa \
+-display none \
+-no-user-config \
+-nodefaults \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,fd=1729,server=on,wait=off \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
+-rtc base=utc \
+-no-shutdown \
+-no-acpi \
+-global PIIX4_PM.acpi-pci-hotplug-with-bridge-support=on \
+-boot strict=on \
+-device piix3-usb-uhci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2 \
+-audiodev id=audio1,driver=none \
+-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2 \
+-sandbox on,obsolete=deny,elevateprivileges=deny,spawn=deny,resourcecontrol=deny \
+-msg timestamp=on
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pc-i440fx-acpi-root-hotplug-enable.x86_64-5.1.0.err b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pc-i440fx-acpi-root-hotplug-enable.x86_64-5.1.0.err
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b507f1f8bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pc-i440fx-acpi-root-hotplug-enable.x86_64-5.1.0.err
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+unsupported configuration: setting the hotplug property on a 'pci-root' device is not supported by this QEMU binary
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pc-i440fx-acpi-root-hotplug-enable.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pc-i440fx-acpi-root-hotplug-enable.x86_64-latest.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..244877a88f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/pc-i440fx-acpi-root-hotplug-enable.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-i440fx \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+XDG_DATA_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-i440fx/.local/share \
+XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-i440fx/.cache \
+XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-i440fx/.config \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 \
+-name guest=i440fx,debug-threads=on \
+-S \
+-object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/tmp/lib/domain--1-i440fx/master-key.aes"}' \
+-machine pc-i440fx-2.5,accel=tcg,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=pc.ram \
+-cpu qemu64 \
+-m 1024 \
+-object '{"qom-type":"memory-backend-ram","id":"pc.ram","size":1073741824}' \
+-overcommit mem-lock=off \
+-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-uuid 56f5055c-1b8d-490c-844a-ad646a1caaaa \
+-display none \
+-no-user-config \
+-nodefaults \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,fd=1729,server=on,wait=off \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
+-rtc base=utc \
+-no-shutdown \
+-no-acpi \
+-boot strict=on \
+-global PIIX4_PM.acpi-root-pci-hotplug=on \
+-device piix3-usb-uhci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2 \
+-audiodev id=audio1,driver=none \
+-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2 \
+-sandbox on,obsolete=deny,elevateprivileges=deny,spawn=deny,resourcecontrol=deny \
+-msg timestamp=on
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/q35-acpi-hotplug-bridge-enable.x86_64-6.0.0.err b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/q35-acpi-hotplug-bridge-enable.x86_64-6.0.0.err
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c09a3cd76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/q35-acpi-hotplug-bridge-enable.x86_64-6.0.0.err
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+unsupported configuration: acpi-bridge-hotplug is not available with this QEMU binary
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/q35-acpi-hotplug-bridge-enable.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/q35-acpi-hotplug-bridge-enable.x86_64-latest.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2dcaaca013
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/q35-acpi-hotplug-bridge-enable.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35 \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+XDG_DATA_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35/.local/share \
+XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35/.cache \
+XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35/.config \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 \
+-name guest=q35,debug-threads=on \
+-S \
+-object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/tmp/lib/domain--1-q35/master-key.aes"}' \
+-machine pc-q35-2.5,accel=tcg,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=pc.ram \
+-cpu qemu64 \
+-m 1024 \
+-object '{"qom-type":"memory-backend-ram","id":"pc.ram","size":1073741824}' \
+-overcommit mem-lock=off \
+-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-uuid 56f5055c-1b8d-490c-844a-ad646a1caaaa \
+-display none \
+-no-user-config \
+-nodefaults \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,fd=1729,server=on,wait=off \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
+-rtc base=utc \
+-no-shutdown \
+-no-acpi \
+-global ICH9-LPC.acpi-pci-hotplug-with-bridge-support=on \
+-boot strict=on \
+-device i82801b11-bridge,id=pci.1,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x1e \
+-device pci-bridge,chassis_nr=2,id=pci.2,bus=pci.1,addr=0x0 \
+-device ioh3420,port=0x8,chassis=3,id=pci.3,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x1 \
+-device qemu-xhci,id=usb,bus=pci.3,addr=0x0 \
+-audiodev id=audio1,driver=none \
+-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.2,addr=0x1 \
+-sandbox on,obsolete=deny,elevateprivileges=deny,spawn=deny,resourcecontrol=deny \
+-msg timestamp=on
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 0fad076877..ec7bb3074e 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -2560,10 +2560,15 @@ mymain(void)
             QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_DMI_TO_PCI_BRIDGE, QEMU_CAPS_ICH9_AHCI,
             QEMU_CAPS_PIIX_DISABLE_S3, QEMU_CAPS_PIIX_DISABLE_S4);
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("pc-i440fx-acpi-root-hotplug-disable");
+    DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("pc-i440fx-acpi-root-hotplug-enable");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_VER_PARSE_ERROR("pc-i440fx-acpi-root-hotplug-disable", "5.1.0");
+    DO_TEST_CAPS_VER_PARSE_ERROR("pc-i440fx-acpi-root-hotplug-enable", "5.1.0");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("q35-acpi-hotplug-bridge-disable");
+    DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("q35-acpi-hotplug-bridge-enable");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("pc-i440fx-acpi-hotplug-bridge-disable");
+    DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("pc-i440fx-acpi-hotplug-bridge-enable");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_VER_PARSE_ERROR("q35-acpi-hotplug-bridge-disable", "6.0.0");
+    DO_TEST_CAPS_VER_PARSE_ERROR("q35-acpi-hotplug-bridge-enable", "6.0.0");
     /* verify that we fail when acpi-bridge-hotplug option is specified for
      * archs other than x86
      */