diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/smartcard-passthrough-unix.x86_64-2.5.0.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/smartcard-passthrough-unix.x86_64-2.5.0.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..19ec438392
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/smartcard-passthrough-unix.x86_64-2.5.0.args
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/home/test \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 \
+-name guest=QEMUGuest1,debug-threads=on \
+-S \
+-machine pc-i440fx-2.5,accel=kvm,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off \
+-m 214 \
+-realtime mlock=off \
+-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
+-display none \
+-no-user-config \
+-nodefaults \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
+-rtc base=utc \
+-no-shutdown \
+-no-acpi \
+-boot strict=on \
+-device piix3-usb-uhci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2 \
+-device usb-ccid,id=ccid0,bus=usb.0,port=1 \
+-chardev socket,id=charsmartcard0,path=/tmp/smartcard.sock,server,nowait \
+-device ccid-card-passthru,chardev=charsmartcard0,id=smartcard0,bus=ccid0.0 \
+-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2 \
+-msg timestamp=on
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/smartcard-passthrough-unix.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/smartcard-passthrough-unix.x86_64-latest.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eaa3e0b71d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/smartcard-passthrough-unix.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/home/test \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 \
+-name guest=QEMUGuest1,debug-threads=on \
+-S \
+-object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,\
+file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/master-key.aes \
+-machine pc,accel=kvm,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off \
+-m 214 \
+-realtime mlock=off \
+-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
+-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 \
+-no-acpi \
+-boot strict=on \
+-device piix3-usb-uhci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2 \
+-device usb-ccid,id=ccid0,bus=usb.0,port=1 \
+-chardev socket,id=charsmartcard0,fd=1729,server,nowait \
+-device ccid-card-passthru,chardev=charsmartcard0,id=smartcard0,bus=ccid0.0 \
+-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2 \
+-sandbox on,obsolete=deny,elevateprivileges=deny,spawn=deny,\
+resourcecontrol=deny \
+-msg timestamp=on
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/smartcard-passthrough-unix.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/smartcard-passthrough-unix.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..054ae9128e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/smartcard-passthrough-unix.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<domain type='kvm'>
+  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
+  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>219136</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>219136</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator>
+    <smartcard mode='passthrough' type='unix'>
+      <source mode='bind' path='/tmp/smartcard.sock'/>
+      <protocol type='raw'/>
+    </smartcard>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index a7cde3ed7e..13a1092e10 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -1504,6 +1504,8 @@ mymain(void)
             QEMU_CAPS_CCID_PASSTHRU);
     DO_TEST("smartcard-controller",
             QEMU_CAPS_CCID_EMULATED);
+    DO_TEST_CAPS_VER("smartcard-passthrough-unix", "2.5.0");
+    DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("smartcard-passthrough-unix");
 
     DO_TEST("chardev-reconnect",
             QEMU_CAPS_CHARDEV_RECONNECT,