diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/ppc64-default-cpu-kvm-pseries-2.7.ppc64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/ppc64-default-cpu-kvm-pseries-2.7.ppc64-latest.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d264659d49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/ppc64-default-cpu-kvm-pseries-2.7.ppc64-latest.args
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+XDG_DATA_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/.local/share \
+XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/.cache \
+XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/.config \
+QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-ppc64 \
+-name guest=guest,debug-threads=on \
+-S \
+-object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,\
+file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/master-key.aes \
+-machine pseries-2.7,accel=kvm,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off \
+-m 4096 \
+-overcommit mem-lock=off \
+-smp 4,sockets=4,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-uuid 1ccfd97d-5eb4-478a-bbe6-88d254c16db7 \
+-display none \
+-no-user-config \
+-nodefaults \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,fd=1729,server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
+-rtc base=utc \
+-no-shutdown \
+-boot strict=on \
+-device pci-ohci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1 \
+-drive file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/guest.qcow2,format=qcow2,if=none,\
+id=drive-virtio-disk0 \
+-device virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,\
+id=virtio-disk0,bootindex=1 \
+-chardev pty,id=charserial0 \
+-device spapr-vty,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0,reg=0x30000000 \
+-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
+-sandbox on,obsolete=deny,elevateprivileges=deny,spawn=deny,\
+resourcecontrol=deny \
+-msg timestamp=on
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/ppc64-default-cpu-kvm-pseries-2.7.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/ppc64-default-cpu-kvm-pseries-2.7.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9aac1815c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/ppc64-default-cpu-kvm-pseries-2.7.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<domain type='kvm'>
+  <name>guest</name>
+  <uuid>1ccfd97d-5eb4-478a-bbe6-88d254c16db7</uuid>
+  <memory>4194304</memory>
+  <currentMemory>4194304</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu>4</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='ppc64' machine='pseries-2.7'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <clock offset='utc'/>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-ppc64</emulator>
+    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
+      <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/guest.qcow2'/>
+      <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
+    </disk>
+    <console type='pty'/>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/ppc64-default-cpu-kvm-pseries-3.1.ppc64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/ppc64-default-cpu-kvm-pseries-3.1.ppc64-latest.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..88f3b4ba26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/ppc64-default-cpu-kvm-pseries-3.1.ppc64-latest.args
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+XDG_DATA_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/.local/share \
+XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/.cache \
+XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/.config \
+QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-ppc64 \
+-name guest=guest,debug-threads=on \
+-S \
+-object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,\
+file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/master-key.aes \
+-machine pseries-3.1,accel=kvm,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off \
+-m 4096 \
+-overcommit mem-lock=off \
+-smp 4,sockets=4,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-uuid 1ccfd97d-5eb4-478a-bbe6-88d254c16db7 \
+-display none \
+-no-user-config \
+-nodefaults \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,fd=1729,server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
+-rtc base=utc \
+-no-shutdown \
+-boot strict=on \
+-device pci-ohci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1 \
+-drive file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/guest.qcow2,format=qcow2,if=none,\
+id=drive-virtio-disk0 \
+-device virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,\
+id=virtio-disk0,bootindex=1 \
+-chardev pty,id=charserial0 \
+-device spapr-vty,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0,reg=0x30000000 \
+-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
+-sandbox on,obsolete=deny,elevateprivileges=deny,spawn=deny,\
+resourcecontrol=deny \
+-msg timestamp=on
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/ppc64-default-cpu-kvm-pseries-3.1.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/ppc64-default-cpu-kvm-pseries-3.1.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..820b5bdf1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/ppc64-default-cpu-kvm-pseries-3.1.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<domain type='kvm'>
+  <name>guest</name>
+  <uuid>1ccfd97d-5eb4-478a-bbe6-88d254c16db7</uuid>
+  <memory>4194304</memory>
+  <currentMemory>4194304</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu>4</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='ppc64' machine='pseries-3.1'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <clock offset='utc'/>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-ppc64</emulator>
+    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
+      <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/guest.qcow2'/>
+      <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
+    </disk>
+    <console type='pty'/>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/ppc64-default-cpu-kvm-pseries-4.2.ppc64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/ppc64-default-cpu-kvm-pseries-4.2.ppc64-latest.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ea27f424cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/ppc64-default-cpu-kvm-pseries-4.2.ppc64-latest.args
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+XDG_DATA_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/.local/share \
+XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/.cache \
+XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/.config \
+QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-ppc64 \
+-name guest=guest,debug-threads=on \
+-S \
+-object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,\
+file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/master-key.aes \
+-machine pseries-4.2,accel=kvm,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off \
+-m 4096 \
+-overcommit mem-lock=off \
+-smp 4,sockets=4,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-uuid 1ccfd97d-5eb4-478a-bbe6-88d254c16db7 \
+-display none \
+-no-user-config \
+-nodefaults \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,fd=1729,server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
+-rtc base=utc \
+-no-shutdown \
+-boot strict=on \
+-device pci-ohci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1 \
+-drive file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/guest.qcow2,format=qcow2,if=none,\
+id=drive-virtio-disk0 \
+-device virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,\
+id=virtio-disk0,bootindex=1 \
+-chardev pty,id=charserial0 \
+-device spapr-vty,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0,reg=0x30000000 \
+-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
+-sandbox on,obsolete=deny,elevateprivileges=deny,spawn=deny,\
+resourcecontrol=deny \
+-msg timestamp=on
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/ppc64-default-cpu-kvm-pseries-4.2.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/ppc64-default-cpu-kvm-pseries-4.2.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..df89d1c1be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/ppc64-default-cpu-kvm-pseries-4.2.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<domain type='kvm'>
+  <name>guest</name>
+  <uuid>1ccfd97d-5eb4-478a-bbe6-88d254c16db7</uuid>
+  <memory>4194304</memory>
+  <currentMemory>4194304</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu>4</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='ppc64' machine='pseries-4.2'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <clock offset='utc'/>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-ppc64</emulator>
+    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
+      <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/guest.qcow2'/>
+      <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
+    </disk>
+    <console type='pty'/>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/ppc64-default-cpu-tcg-pseries-2.7.ppc64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/ppc64-default-cpu-tcg-pseries-2.7.ppc64-latest.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c97fa531ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/ppc64-default-cpu-tcg-pseries-2.7.ppc64-latest.args
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+XDG_DATA_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/.local/share \
+XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/.cache \
+XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/.config \
+QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-ppc64 \
+-name guest=guest,debug-threads=on \
+-S \
+-object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,\
+file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/master-key.aes \
+-machine pseries-2.7,accel=tcg,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off \
+-m 4096 \
+-overcommit mem-lock=off \
+-smp 4,sockets=4,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-uuid 1ccfd97d-5eb4-478a-bbe6-88d254c16db7 \
+-display none \
+-no-user-config \
+-nodefaults \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,fd=1729,server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
+-rtc base=utc \
+-no-shutdown \
+-boot strict=on \
+-device pci-ohci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1 \
+-drive file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/guest.qcow2,format=qcow2,if=none,\
+id=drive-virtio-disk0 \
+-device virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,\
+id=virtio-disk0,bootindex=1 \
+-chardev pty,id=charserial0 \
+-device spapr-vty,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0,reg=0x30000000 \
+-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
+-sandbox on,obsolete=deny,elevateprivileges=deny,spawn=deny,\
+resourcecontrol=deny \
+-msg timestamp=on
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/ppc64-default-cpu-tcg-pseries-2.7.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/ppc64-default-cpu-tcg-pseries-2.7.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3e873becc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/ppc64-default-cpu-tcg-pseries-2.7.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>guest</name>
+  <uuid>1ccfd97d-5eb4-478a-bbe6-88d254c16db7</uuid>
+  <memory>4194304</memory>
+  <currentMemory>4194304</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu>4</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='ppc64' machine='pseries-2.7'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <clock offset='utc'/>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-ppc64</emulator>
+    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
+      <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/guest.qcow2'/>
+      <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
+    </disk>
+    <console type='pty'/>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/ppc64-default-cpu-tcg-pseries-3.1.ppc64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/ppc64-default-cpu-tcg-pseries-3.1.ppc64-latest.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fbad53b0fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/ppc64-default-cpu-tcg-pseries-3.1.ppc64-latest.args
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+XDG_DATA_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/.local/share \
+XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/.cache \
+XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/.config \
+QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-ppc64 \
+-name guest=guest,debug-threads=on \
+-S \
+-object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,\
+file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/master-key.aes \
+-machine pseries-3.1,accel=tcg,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off \
+-m 4096 \
+-overcommit mem-lock=off \
+-smp 4,sockets=4,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-uuid 1ccfd97d-5eb4-478a-bbe6-88d254c16db7 \
+-display none \
+-no-user-config \
+-nodefaults \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,fd=1729,server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
+-rtc base=utc \
+-no-shutdown \
+-boot strict=on \
+-device pci-ohci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1 \
+-drive file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/guest.qcow2,format=qcow2,if=none,\
+id=drive-virtio-disk0 \
+-device virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,\
+id=virtio-disk0,bootindex=1 \
+-chardev pty,id=charserial0 \
+-device spapr-vty,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0,reg=0x30000000 \
+-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
+-sandbox on,obsolete=deny,elevateprivileges=deny,spawn=deny,\
+resourcecontrol=deny \
+-msg timestamp=on
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/ppc64-default-cpu-tcg-pseries-3.1.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/ppc64-default-cpu-tcg-pseries-3.1.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..747de38584
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/ppc64-default-cpu-tcg-pseries-3.1.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>guest</name>
+  <uuid>1ccfd97d-5eb4-478a-bbe6-88d254c16db7</uuid>
+  <memory>4194304</memory>
+  <currentMemory>4194304</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu>4</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='ppc64' machine='pseries-3.1'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <clock offset='utc'/>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-ppc64</emulator>
+    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
+      <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/guest.qcow2'/>
+      <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
+    </disk>
+    <console type='pty'/>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/ppc64-default-cpu-tcg-pseries-4.2.ppc64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/ppc64-default-cpu-tcg-pseries-4.2.ppc64-latest.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4222d4d4aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/ppc64-default-cpu-tcg-pseries-4.2.ppc64-latest.args
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+XDG_DATA_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/.local/share \
+XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/.cache \
+XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/.config \
+QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-ppc64 \
+-name guest=guest,debug-threads=on \
+-S \
+-object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,\
+file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/master-key.aes \
+-machine pseries-4.2,accel=tcg,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off \
+-m 4096 \
+-overcommit mem-lock=off \
+-smp 4,sockets=4,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-uuid 1ccfd97d-5eb4-478a-bbe6-88d254c16db7 \
+-display none \
+-no-user-config \
+-nodefaults \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,fd=1729,server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
+-rtc base=utc \
+-no-shutdown \
+-boot strict=on \
+-device pci-ohci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1 \
+-drive file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/guest.qcow2,format=qcow2,if=none,\
+id=drive-virtio-disk0 \
+-device virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,\
+id=virtio-disk0,bootindex=1 \
+-chardev pty,id=charserial0 \
+-device spapr-vty,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0,reg=0x30000000 \
+-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
+-sandbox on,obsolete=deny,elevateprivileges=deny,spawn=deny,\
+resourcecontrol=deny \
+-msg timestamp=on
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/ppc64-default-cpu-tcg-pseries-4.2.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/ppc64-default-cpu-tcg-pseries-4.2.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1e2fef3313
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/ppc64-default-cpu-tcg-pseries-4.2.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>guest</name>
+  <uuid>1ccfd97d-5eb4-478a-bbe6-88d254c16db7</uuid>
+  <memory>4194304</memory>
+  <currentMemory>4194304</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu>4</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='ppc64' machine='pseries-4.2'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <clock offset='utc'/>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-ppc64</emulator>
+    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
+      <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/guest.qcow2'/>
+      <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
+    </disk>
+    <console type='pty'/>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index bf58c7cad4..04029acf7a 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -3020,6 +3020,12 @@ mymain(void)
 
     DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("aarch64-default-cpu-kvm-virt-4.2", "aarch64");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("aarch64-default-cpu-tcg-virt-4.2", "aarch64");
+    DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("ppc64-default-cpu-kvm-pseries-2.7", "ppc64");
+    DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("ppc64-default-cpu-tcg-pseries-2.7", "ppc64");
+    DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("ppc64-default-cpu-kvm-pseries-3.1", "ppc64");
+    DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("ppc64-default-cpu-tcg-pseries-3.1", "ppc64");
+    DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("ppc64-default-cpu-kvm-pseries-4.2", "ppc64");
+    DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("ppc64-default-cpu-tcg-pseries-4.2", "ppc64");
 
     if (getenv("LIBVIRT_SKIP_CLEANUP") == NULL)
         virFileDeleteTree(fakerootdir);
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/ppc64-default-cpu-kvm-pseries-2.7.ppc64-latest.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/ppc64-default-cpu-kvm-pseries-2.7.ppc64-latest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d0bff449c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/ppc64-default-cpu-kvm-pseries-2.7.ppc64-latest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<domain type='kvm'>
+  <name>guest</name>
+  <uuid>1ccfd97d-5eb4-478a-bbe6-88d254c16db7</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>4194304</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>4194304</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>4</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='ppc64' machine='pseries-2.7'>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-system-ppc64</emulator>
+    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
+      <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/guest.qcow2'/>
+      <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
+    </disk>
+    <controller type='usb' index='0' model='pci-ohci'>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x0'/>
+    </controller>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'>
+      <model name='spapr-pci-host-bridge'/>
+      <target index='0'/>
+    </controller>
+    <serial type='pty'>
+      <target type='spapr-vio-serial' port='0'>
+        <model name='spapr-vty'/>
+      </target>
+      <address type='spapr-vio' reg='0x30000000'/>
+    </serial>
+    <console type='pty'>
+      <target type='serial' port='0'/>
+      <address type='spapr-vio' reg='0x30000000'/>
+    </console>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
+    </memballoon>
+    <panic model='pseries'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/ppc64-default-cpu-kvm-pseries-3.1.ppc64-latest.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/ppc64-default-cpu-kvm-pseries-3.1.ppc64-latest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..add48334e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/ppc64-default-cpu-kvm-pseries-3.1.ppc64-latest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<domain type='kvm'>
+  <name>guest</name>
+  <uuid>1ccfd97d-5eb4-478a-bbe6-88d254c16db7</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>4194304</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>4194304</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>4</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='ppc64' machine='pseries-3.1'>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-system-ppc64</emulator>
+    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
+      <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/guest.qcow2'/>
+      <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
+    </disk>
+    <controller type='usb' index='0' model='pci-ohci'>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x0'/>
+    </controller>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'>
+      <model name='spapr-pci-host-bridge'/>
+      <target index='0'/>
+    </controller>
+    <serial type='pty'>
+      <target type='spapr-vio-serial' port='0'>
+        <model name='spapr-vty'/>
+      </target>
+      <address type='spapr-vio' reg='0x30000000'/>
+    </serial>
+    <console type='pty'>
+      <target type='serial' port='0'/>
+      <address type='spapr-vio' reg='0x30000000'/>
+    </console>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
+    </memballoon>
+    <panic model='pseries'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/ppc64-default-cpu-kvm-pseries-4.2.ppc64-latest.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/ppc64-default-cpu-kvm-pseries-4.2.ppc64-latest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c02766b71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/ppc64-default-cpu-kvm-pseries-4.2.ppc64-latest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<domain type='kvm'>
+  <name>guest</name>
+  <uuid>1ccfd97d-5eb4-478a-bbe6-88d254c16db7</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>4194304</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>4194304</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>4</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='ppc64' machine='pseries-4.2'>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-system-ppc64</emulator>
+    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
+      <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/guest.qcow2'/>
+      <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
+    </disk>
+    <controller type='usb' index='0' model='pci-ohci'>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x0'/>
+    </controller>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'>
+      <model name='spapr-pci-host-bridge'/>
+      <target index='0'/>
+    </controller>
+    <serial type='pty'>
+      <target type='spapr-vio-serial' port='0'>
+        <model name='spapr-vty'/>
+      </target>
+      <address type='spapr-vio' reg='0x30000000'/>
+    </serial>
+    <console type='pty'>
+      <target type='serial' port='0'/>
+      <address type='spapr-vio' reg='0x30000000'/>
+    </console>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
+    </memballoon>
+    <panic model='pseries'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/ppc64-default-cpu-tcg-pseries-2.7.ppc64-latest.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/ppc64-default-cpu-tcg-pseries-2.7.ppc64-latest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fc1714a17e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/ppc64-default-cpu-tcg-pseries-2.7.ppc64-latest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>guest</name>
+  <uuid>1ccfd97d-5eb4-478a-bbe6-88d254c16db7</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>4194304</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>4194304</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>4</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='ppc64' machine='pseries-2.7'>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-system-ppc64</emulator>
+    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
+      <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/guest.qcow2'/>
+      <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
+    </disk>
+    <controller type='usb' index='0' model='pci-ohci'>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x0'/>
+    </controller>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'>
+      <model name='spapr-pci-host-bridge'/>
+      <target index='0'/>
+    </controller>
+    <serial type='pty'>
+      <target type='spapr-vio-serial' port='0'>
+        <model name='spapr-vty'/>
+      </target>
+      <address type='spapr-vio' reg='0x30000000'/>
+    </serial>
+    <console type='pty'>
+      <target type='serial' port='0'/>
+      <address type='spapr-vio' reg='0x30000000'/>
+    </console>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
+    </memballoon>
+    <panic model='pseries'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/ppc64-default-cpu-tcg-pseries-3.1.ppc64-latest.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/ppc64-default-cpu-tcg-pseries-3.1.ppc64-latest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f40f3be155
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/ppc64-default-cpu-tcg-pseries-3.1.ppc64-latest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>guest</name>
+  <uuid>1ccfd97d-5eb4-478a-bbe6-88d254c16db7</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>4194304</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>4194304</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>4</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='ppc64' machine='pseries-3.1'>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-system-ppc64</emulator>
+    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
+      <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/guest.qcow2'/>
+      <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
+    </disk>
+    <controller type='usb' index='0' model='pci-ohci'>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x0'/>
+    </controller>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'>
+      <model name='spapr-pci-host-bridge'/>
+      <target index='0'/>
+    </controller>
+    <serial type='pty'>
+      <target type='spapr-vio-serial' port='0'>
+        <model name='spapr-vty'/>
+      </target>
+      <address type='spapr-vio' reg='0x30000000'/>
+    </serial>
+    <console type='pty'>
+      <target type='serial' port='0'/>
+      <address type='spapr-vio' reg='0x30000000'/>
+    </console>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
+    </memballoon>
+    <panic model='pseries'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/ppc64-default-cpu-tcg-pseries-4.2.ppc64-latest.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/ppc64-default-cpu-tcg-pseries-4.2.ppc64-latest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9582223550
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/ppc64-default-cpu-tcg-pseries-4.2.ppc64-latest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>guest</name>
+  <uuid>1ccfd97d-5eb4-478a-bbe6-88d254c16db7</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>4194304</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>4194304</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>4</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='ppc64' machine='pseries-4.2'>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-system-ppc64</emulator>
+    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
+      <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/guest.qcow2'/>
+      <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
+    </disk>
+    <controller type='usb' index='0' model='pci-ohci'>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x0'/>
+    </controller>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'>
+      <model name='spapr-pci-host-bridge'/>
+      <target index='0'/>
+    </controller>
+    <serial type='pty'>
+      <target type='spapr-vio-serial' port='0'>
+        <model name='spapr-vty'/>
+      </target>
+      <address type='spapr-vio' reg='0x30000000'/>
+    </serial>
+    <console type='pty'>
+      <target type='serial' port='0'/>
+      <address type='spapr-vio' reg='0x30000000'/>
+    </console>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
+    </memballoon>
+    <panic model='pseries'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
index 2d0e21050b..b7a3d66042 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
@@ -1343,6 +1343,12 @@ mymain(void)
 
     DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("aarch64-default-cpu-kvm-virt-4.2", "aarch64");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("aarch64-default-cpu-tcg-virt-4.2", "aarch64");
+    DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("ppc64-default-cpu-kvm-pseries-2.7", "ppc64");
+    DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("ppc64-default-cpu-tcg-pseries-2.7", "ppc64");
+    DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("ppc64-default-cpu-kvm-pseries-3.1", "ppc64");
+    DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("ppc64-default-cpu-tcg-pseries-3.1", "ppc64");
+    DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("ppc64-default-cpu-kvm-pseries-4.2", "ppc64");
+    DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("ppc64-default-cpu-tcg-pseries-4.2", "ppc64");
 
     if (getenv("LIBVIRT_SKIP_CLEANUP") == NULL)
         virFileDeleteTree(fakerootdir);