diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/s390-usb-model.s390x-latest.err b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/s390-usb-model.s390x-latest.err
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aec91f7559
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/s390-usb-model.s390x-latest.err
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+unsupported configuration: USB controller model 'qemu-xhci' not supported in this QEMU binary
diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/s390-usb-model.s390x-latest.xml b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/s390-usb-model.s390x-latest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..52c6c4359d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/s390-usb-model.s390x-latest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>test</name>
+  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>219100</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>219100</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='s390x' machine='s390-ccw-virtio'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <cpu mode='custom' match='exact' check='none'>
+    <model fallback='forbid'>qemu</model>
+  </cpu>
+  <clock offset='utc'/>
+  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
+  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
+  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-s390x</emulator>
+    <controller type='usb' index='0' model='qemu-xhci'>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x0'>
+        <zpci uid='0x0001' fid='0x00000000'/>
+      </address>
+    </controller>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
+    <audio id='1' type='none'/>
+    <memballoon model='none'/>
+    <panic model='s390'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/s390-usb-model.xml b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/s390-usb-model.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d1019a0143
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/s390-usb-model.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>test</name>
+  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
+  <memory>219100</memory>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='s390x' machine='s390-ccw-virtio'>hvm</type>
+  </os>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-s390x</emulator>
+    <controller type='usb' index='0' model='qemu-xhci'/>
+    <memballoon model='none'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconftest.c b/tests/qemuxmlconftest.c
index 4034d7f938..cdb0d2d701 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxmlconftest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxmlconftest.c
@@ -2321,6 +2321,7 @@ mymain(void)
 
     DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("s390-usb-none", "s390x");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("s390-usb-address", "s390x");
+    DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST_FAILURE("s390-usb-model", "s390x");
 
     DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("s390-panic-no-address", "s390x");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST_PARSE_ERROR("s390-panic-address", "s390x");