diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-cpu-model-host.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-cpu-model-host.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72e652607d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-cpu-model-host.args
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-aarch64 -S -M virt -cpu host -m 1024 -smp 1 -nographic \
+-nodefconfig -nodefaults -monitor unix:/tmp/test-monitor,server,nowait \
+-boot c -usb -drive file=/aarch64.raw,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0 \
+-device virtio-blk-device,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,id=virtio-disk0
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-cpu-model-host.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-cpu-model-host.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..53d528f29a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-cpu-model-host.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+
+ aarch64test
+ 496d7ea8-9739-544b-4ebd-ef08be936e8b
+ 1048576
+ 1048576
+ 1
+
+ hvm
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ destroy
+ restart
+ restart
+
+ /usr/bin/qemu-system-aarch64
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-cpu-passthrough.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-cpu-passthrough.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72e652607d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-cpu-passthrough.args
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-aarch64 -S -M virt -cpu host -m 1024 -smp 1 -nographic \
+-nodefconfig -nodefaults -monitor unix:/tmp/test-monitor,server,nowait \
+-boot c -usb -drive file=/aarch64.raw,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0 \
+-device virtio-blk-device,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,id=virtio-disk0
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-cpu-passthrough.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-cpu-passthrough.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4cdf387f36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-cpu-passthrough.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+
+ aarch64test
+ 496d7ea8-9739-544b-4ebd-ef08be936e8b
+ 1048576
+ 1048576
+ 1
+
+ hvm
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ destroy
+ restart
+ restart
+
+ /usr/bin/qemu-system-aarch64
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 1fe445a3dc..055ceee48b 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -1525,6 +1525,12 @@ mymain(void)
DO_TEST("aarch64-virt-default-nic",
QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE, QEMU_CAPS_NODEFCONFIG,
QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_MMIO);
+ DO_TEST("aarch64-cpu-passthrough", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE, QEMU_CAPS_DRIVE,
+ QEMU_CAPS_NODEFCONFIG, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_MMIO,
+ QEMU_CAPS_CPU_HOST, QEMU_CAPS_KVM);
+ DO_TEST("aarch64-cpu-model-host", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE, QEMU_CAPS_DRIVE,
+ QEMU_CAPS_NODEFCONFIG, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_MMIO,
+ QEMU_CAPS_CPU_HOST, QEMU_CAPS_KVM);
DO_TEST("kvm-pit-device", QEMU_CAPS_KVM_PIT_TICK_POLICY);
DO_TEST("kvm-pit-delay", QEMU_CAPS_NO_KVM_PIT);
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-cpu-passthrough.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-cpu-passthrough.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4cdf387f36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-cpu-passthrough.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+
+ aarch64test
+ 496d7ea8-9739-544b-4ebd-ef08be936e8b
+ 1048576
+ 1048576
+ 1
+
+ hvm
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ destroy
+ restart
+ restart
+
+ /usr/bin/qemu-system-aarch64
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
index bce04b24c4..45464cc6a1 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
@@ -612,6 +612,8 @@ mymain(void)
DO_TEST("memory-hotplug-nonuma");
DO_TEST("memory-hotplug-dimm");
+ DO_TEST("aarch64-cpu-model-host");
+
virObjectUnref(driver.caps);
virObjectUnref(driver.xmlopt);