diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-virtio-rng-multiple.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-virtio-rng-multiple.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1082ede6a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-virtio-rng-multiple.args
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu -S \
+-M pc -m 214 -smp 1 -nographic -nodefaults \
+-monitor unix:/tmp/test-monitor,server,nowait -no-acpi -boot c -usb \
+-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
+-object rng-random,id=rng0 -device virtio-rng-pci,rng=rng0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x7 \
+-chardev socket,id=charrng1,host=1.2.3.4,port=1234 \
+-object rng-egd,chardev=charrng1,id=rng1 \
+-device virtio-rng-pci,rng=rng1,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-virtio-rng-multiple.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-virtio-rng-multiple.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..31269d0a8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-virtio-rng-multiple.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
+  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>219100</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>219100</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static' cpuset='1-4,8-20,525'>1</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='i686' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <clock offset='utc'/>
+  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
+  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
+  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu</emulator>
+    <controller type='usb' index='0'/>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'/>
+    <rng model='virtio'>
+      <backend model='random'/>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x0'/>
+    </rng>
+    <rng model='virtio'>
+      <backend model='egd' type='tcp'>
+        <source mode='connect' host='1.2.3.4' service='1234'/>
+        <protocol type='raw'/>
+      </backend>
+    </rng>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 28436f2e5d..115cd37681 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -1283,6 +1283,8 @@ mymain(void)
             QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_RNG_RANDOM);
     DO_TEST("virtio-rng-egd", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_RNG,
             QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_RNG_EGD);
+    DO_TEST("virtio-rng-multiple", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_RNG,
+            QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_RNG_EGD, QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_RNG_RANDOM);
     DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("virtio-rng-egd-crash", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE,
             QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_RNG, QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_RNG_EGD);
     DO_TEST("virtio-rng-ccw",