diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index a233c0c420..74efe8c8a1 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -5007,7 +5007,8 @@ virDomainDeviceInfoFormat(virBufferPtr buf,
 
     case VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_ADDRESS_TYPE_DIMM:
         virBufferAsprintf(buf, " slot='%u'", info->addr.dimm.slot);
-        virBufferAsprintf(buf, " base='0x%llx'", info->addr.dimm.base);
+        if (info->addr.dimm.base)
+            virBufferAsprintf(buf, " base='0x%llx'", info->addr.dimm.base);
 
         break;
 
@@ -5408,14 +5409,15 @@ virDomainDeviceDimmAddressParseXML(xmlNodePtr node,
     }
     VIR_FREE(tmp);
 
-    if (!(tmp = virXMLPropString(node, "base")) ||
-        virStrToLong_ullp(tmp, NULL, 16, &addr->base) < 0) {
-        virReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_ERROR,
-                       _("invalid or missing dimm base address '%s'"),
-                       NULLSTR(tmp));
-        goto cleanup;
+    if ((tmp = virXMLPropString(node, "base"))) {
+        if (virStrToLong_ullp(tmp, NULL, 16, &addr->base) < 0) {
+            virReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_ERROR,
+                           _("invalid dimm base address '%s'"), tmp);
+            goto cleanup;
+        }
+
+        VIR_FREE(tmp);
     }
-    VIR_FREE(tmp);
 
     ret = 0;
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index d3f99d34c6..4a5fce3e10 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -3497,7 +3497,8 @@ qemuBuildMemoryDeviceStr(virDomainMemoryDefPtr mem)
 
         if (mem->info.type == VIR_DOMAIN_DEVICE_ADDRESS_TYPE_DIMM) {
             virBufferAsprintf(&buf, ",slot=%d", mem->info.addr.dimm.slot);
-            virBufferAsprintf(&buf, ",addr=%llu", mem->info.addr.dimm.base);
+            if (mem->info.addr.dimm.base)
+                virBufferAsprintf(&buf, ",addr=%llu", mem->info.addr.dimm.base);
         }
 
         break;
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug-dimm-addr.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug-dimm-addr.args
index 1c881c6541..23403df5eb 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug-dimm-addr.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug-dimm-addr.args
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 mem-path=/dev/hugepages2M/libvirt/qemu,size=536870912,host-nodes=1-3,\
 policy=bind \
 -device pc-dimm,node=0,memdev=memdimm0,id=dimm0,slot=0,addr=4294967296 \
+-object memory-backend-ram,id=memdimm1,size=536870912 \
+-device pc-dimm,node=0,memdev=memdimm1,id=dimm1,slot=2 \
 -uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
 -nographic \
 -nodefaults \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug-dimm-addr.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug-dimm-addr.xml
index 49f2f107f1..fc21dc43c2 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug-dimm-addr.xml
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-memory-hotplug-dimm-addr.xml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
   <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
   <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
   <maxMemory slots='16' unit='KiB'>1099511627776</maxMemory>
-  <memory unit='KiB'>743423</memory>
-  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>743423</currentMemory>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>7434230</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>7434230</currentMemory>
   <vcpu placement='static' cpuset='0-1'>2</vcpu>
   <os>
     <type arch='i686' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
@@ -41,5 +41,12 @@
       </target>
       <address type='dimm' slot='0' base='0x100000000'/>
     </memory>
+    <memory model='dimm'>
+      <target>
+        <size unit='KiB'>524287</size>
+        <node>0</node>
+      </target>
+      <address type='dimm' slot='2'/>
+    </memory>
   </devices>
 </domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 22a12e67a7..1ee84025ea 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -2096,7 +2096,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("memory-hotplug-dimm", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PC_DIMM, QEMU_CAPS_NUMA,
             QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_RAM, QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE);
     DO_TEST("memory-hotplug-dimm-addr", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PC_DIMM, QEMU_CAPS_NUMA,
-            QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE);
+            QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_RAM, QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE);
     DO_TEST("memory-hotplug-ppc64-nonuma", QEMU_CAPS_KVM, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PC_DIMM, QEMU_CAPS_NUMA,
             QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_RAM, QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE);