diff --git a/tests/genericxml2xmlindata/generic-chardev-udp-missing-connect-service.xml b/tests/genericxml2xmlindata/generic-chardev-udp-missing-connect-service.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c7ed52b457
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/genericxml2xmlindata/generic-chardev-udp-missing-connect-service.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <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='i686' machine='pc'>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-i686</emulator>
+    <controller type='virtio-serial' index='0'/>
+    <channel type='udp'>
+      <source mode='connect' host='localhost'/>
+      <target type='virtio' name='test1'/>
+    </channel>
+    <memballoon model='none'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/genericxml2xmlindata/generic-chardev-udp.xml b/tests/genericxml2xmlindata/generic-chardev-udp.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..34441ae68e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/genericxml2xmlindata/generic-chardev-udp.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <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='i686' machine='pc'>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-i686</emulator>
+    <controller type='virtio-serial' index='0'/>
+    <channel type='udp'>
+      <source service='5678'/>
+      <target type='virtio' name='test1'/>
+    </channel>
+    <channel type='udp'>
+      <source mode='connect' service='5678'/>
+      <target type='virtio' name='test2'/>
+    </channel>
+    <channel type='udp'>
+      <source mode='connect' service='5678'/>
+      <source mode='bind' service='4567'/>
+      <target type='virtio' name='test3'/>
+    </channel>
+    <channel type='udp'>
+      <source mode='connect' service='5678'/>
+      <source mode='bind' host='localhost'/>
+      <target type='virtio' name='test4'/>
+    </channel>
+    <channel type='udp'>
+      <source mode='connect' host='localhost' service='5678'/>
+      <target type='virtio' name='test5'/>
+    </channel>
+    <channel type='udp'>
+      <source mode='connect' host='localhost' service='5678'/>
+      <source mode='bind' host='localhost' service='4567'/>
+      <target type='virtio' name='test6'/>
+    </channel>
+    <memballoon model='none'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/genericxml2xmloutdata/generic-chardev-udp.xml b/tests/genericxml2xmloutdata/generic-chardev-udp.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c4a719f2f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/genericxml2xmloutdata/generic-chardev-udp.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <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='i686' machine='pc'>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-i686</emulator>
+    <controller type='virtio-serial' index='0'/>
+    <channel type='udp'>
+      <source mode='connect' service='5678'/>
+      <target type='virtio' name='test1'/>
+    </channel>
+    <channel type='udp'>
+      <source mode='connect' service='5678'/>
+      <target type='virtio' name='test2'/>
+    </channel>
+    <channel type='udp'>
+      <source mode='bind' service='4567'/>
+      <source mode='connect' service='5678'/>
+      <target type='virtio' name='test3'/>
+    </channel>
+    <channel type='udp'>
+      <source mode='bind'/>
+      <source mode='connect' service='5678'/>
+      <target type='virtio' name='test4'/>
+    </channel>
+    <channel type='udp'>
+      <source mode='connect' host='localhost' service='5678'/>
+      <target type='virtio' name='test5'/>
+    </channel>
+    <channel type='udp'>
+      <source mode='bind' host='localhost' service='4567'/>
+      <source mode='connect' host='localhost' service='5678'/>
+      <target type='virtio' name='test6'/>
+    </channel>
+    <memballoon model='none'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/genericxml2xmltest.c b/tests/genericxml2xmltest.c
index f5ad001968..c10c3f5c04 100644
--- a/tests/genericxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/genericxml2xmltest.c
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ mymain(void)
                  TEST_COMPARE_DOM_XML2XML_RESULT_FAIL_PARSE);
     DO_TEST_FULL("chardev-tcp-missing-service", 0, false,
                  TEST_COMPARE_DOM_XML2XML_RESULT_FAIL_PARSE);
+    DO_TEST_DIFFERENT("chardev-udp");
+    DO_TEST_FULL("chardev-udp-missing-connect-service", 0, false,
+                 TEST_COMPARE_DOM_XML2XML_RESULT_FAIL_PARSE);
 
     virObjectUnref(caps);
     virObjectUnref(xmlopt);