diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/aarch64-features-pauth.aarch64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/aarch64-features-pauth.aarch64-latest.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..41714ae696
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/aarch64-features-pauth.aarch64-latest.args
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-guest \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+XDG_DATA_HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-guest/.local/share \
+XDG_CACHE_HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-guest/.cache \
+XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-guest/.config \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-aarch64 \
+-name guest=guest,debug-threads=on \
+-S \
+-object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-guest/master-key.aes"}' \
+-machine virt,usb=off,gic-version=3,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=mach-virt.ram,acpi=off \
+-accel kvm \
+-cpu host,pauth=off \
+-m size=1048576k \
+-object '{"qom-type":"memory-backend-ram","id":"mach-virt.ram","size":1073741824}' \
+-overcommit mem-lock=off \
+-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-uuid 1ccfd97d-5eb4-478a-bbe6-88d254c16db7 \
+-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 \
+-boot strict=on \
+-audiodev '{"id":"audio1","driver":"none"}' \
+-sandbox on,obsolete=deny,elevateprivileges=deny,spawn=deny,resourcecontrol=deny \
+-msg timestamp=on
diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/aarch64-features-pauth.aarch64-latest.xml b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/aarch64-features-pauth.aarch64-latest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..be7676bba4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/aarch64-features-pauth.aarch64-latest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+
+ guest
+ 1ccfd97d-5eb4-478a-bbe6-88d254c16db7
+ 1048576
+ 1048576
+ 1
+
+ hvm
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ destroy
+ restart
+ destroy
+
+ /usr/bin/qemu-system-aarch64
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/aarch64-features-pauth.xml b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/aarch64-features-pauth.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5dcede8781
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/aarch64-features-pauth.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+
+ guest
+ 1ccfd97d-5eb4-478a-bbe6-88d254c16db7
+ 1048576
+ 1
+
+ hvm
+
+
+
+
+
+ /usr/bin/qemu-system-aarch64
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconftest.c b/tests/qemuxmlconftest.c
index 389d31800b..392bb6c0ff 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxmlconftest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxmlconftest.c
@@ -2601,6 +2601,7 @@ mymain(void)
DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("aarch64-features-sve", "aarch64");
DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("aarch64-features-ras", "aarch64");
+ DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("aarch64-features-pauth", "aarch64");
DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("clock-timer-armvtimer", "aarch64");