diff --git a/tests/qemublocktest.c b/tests/qemublocktest.c
index 30662f6f79..1300e0cbe9 100644
--- a/tests/qemublocktest.c
+++ b/tests/qemublocktest.c
@@ -1263,6 +1263,10 @@ mymain(void)
 
     TEST_BACKUP_BITMAP_CALCULATE("empty", bitmapSourceChain, "a", "empty");
 
+    TEST_BACKUP_BITMAP_CALCULATE("basic-flat", bitmapSourceChain, "current", "basic");
+    TEST_BACKUP_BITMAP_CALCULATE("basic-intermediate", bitmapSourceChain, "d", "basic");
+    TEST_BACKUP_BITMAP_CALCULATE("basic-deep", bitmapSourceChain, "a", "basic");
+
 #define TEST_CHECKPOINT_DELETE(testname, delbmp, named) \
     do { \
         checkpointdeletedata.name = testname; \
diff --git a/tests/qemublocktestdata/backupmerge/basic-deep-out.json b/tests/qemublocktestdata/backupmerge/basic-deep-out.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff77af789b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemublocktestdata/backupmerge/basic-deep-out.json
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+[
+  {
+    "type": "block-dirty-bitmap-add",
+    "data": {
+      "node": "target_node",
+      "name": "target-bitmap-name",
+      "persistent": false,
+      "disabled": true,
+      "granularity": 65536
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "block-dirty-bitmap-merge",
+    "data": {
+      "node": "target_node",
+      "target": "target-bitmap-name",
+      "bitmaps": [
+        {
+          "node": "libvirt-1-format",
+          "name": "a"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+]
diff --git a/tests/qemublocktestdata/backupmerge/basic-flat-out.json b/tests/qemublocktestdata/backupmerge/basic-flat-out.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4637bbc377
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemublocktestdata/backupmerge/basic-flat-out.json
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+[
+  {
+    "type": "block-dirty-bitmap-add",
+    "data": {
+      "node": "target_node",
+      "name": "target-bitmap-name",
+      "persistent": false,
+      "disabled": true,
+      "granularity": 65536
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "block-dirty-bitmap-merge",
+    "data": {
+      "node": "target_node",
+      "target": "target-bitmap-name",
+      "bitmaps": [
+        {
+          "node": "libvirt-1-format",
+          "name": "current"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+]
diff --git a/tests/qemublocktestdata/backupmerge/basic-intermediate-out.json b/tests/qemublocktestdata/backupmerge/basic-intermediate-out.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f2f3b3f568
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemublocktestdata/backupmerge/basic-intermediate-out.json
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+[
+  {
+    "type": "block-dirty-bitmap-add",
+    "data": {
+      "node": "target_node",
+      "name": "target-bitmap-name",
+      "persistent": false,
+      "disabled": true,
+      "granularity": 65536
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "block-dirty-bitmap-merge",
+    "data": {
+      "node": "target_node",
+      "target": "target-bitmap-name",
+      "bitmaps": [
+        {
+          "node": "libvirt-1-format",
+          "name": "d"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+]