diff --git a/tests/virt-aa-helper-test b/tests/virt-aa-helper-test
index 6e674bfe5c..6a6703ecf5 100755
--- a/tests/virt-aa-helper-test
+++ b/tests/virt-aa-helper-test
@@ -384,6 +384,21 @@ testme "0" "dri egl" "-r -u $valid_uuid" "$test_xml" "/dev/dri/testegl1.*rw,$"
sed -e "s,###UUID###,$uuid,g" -e "s,###DISK###,$disk1,g" -e "s,,,g" "$template_xml" > "$test_xml"
testme "0" "dri spice" "-r -u $valid_uuid" "$test_xml" "/dev/dri/testegl2.*rw,$"
+sed -e "s,###UUID###,$uuid,g" -e "s,###DISK###,$disk1,g" -e "s,,4,g" "$template_xml" > "$test_xml"
+testme "0" "shmem" "-r -u $valid_uuid" "$test_xml" "\"/var/lib/libvirt/shmem-my_shmem0-sock\"\s*rw,$"
+
+sed -e "s,###UUID###,$uuid,g" -e "s,###DISK###,$disk1,g" -e "s,,4,g" "$template_xml" > "$test_xml"
+testme "0" "shmem serverpath" "-r -u $valid_uuid" "$test_xml" "\"/var/lib/libvirt/ivshmem_socket\"\s*rw,$"
+
+sed -e "s,###UUID###,$uuid,g" -e "s,###DISK###,$disk1,g" -e "s,,4,g" "$template_xml" > "$test_xml"
+testme "0" "shmem plain" "-r -u $valid_uuid" "$test_xml" "\"/dev/shm/my_shmem0\"\s*rw,$"
+
+sed -e "s,###UUID###,$uuid,g" -e "s,###DISK###,$disk1,g" -e "s,,,g" "$template_xml" > "$test_xml"
+testme "0" "shmem doorbell" "-r -u $valid_uuid" "$test_xml" "\"/var/lib/libvirt/shmem-shmem_server-sock\"\s*rw,$"
+
+sed -e "s,###UUID###,$uuid,g" -e "s,###DISK###,$disk1,g" -e "s,,,g" "$template_xml" > "$test_xml"
+testme "0" "shmem doorbell serverpath" "-r -u $valid_uuid" "$test_xml" "\"/var/lib/libvirt/ivshmem_socket\"\s*rw,$"
+
testme "0" "help" "-h"
echo "" >$output