diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-none-tcg.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-none-tcg.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..975a014814
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-none-tcg.args
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/home/test \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-aarch64 \
+-name guest \
+-S \
+-machine virt,accel=tcg,gic-version=3 \
+-cpu cortex-a57 \
+-m 1024 \
+-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-uuid 6ba410c5-1e5c-4d57-bee7-2228e7ffa32f \
+-nographic \
+-nodefaults \
+-monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-no-acpi \
+-boot c
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-none-tcg.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-none-tcg.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0aa33dbec9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-none-tcg.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+
+ guest
+ 6ba410c5-1e5c-4d57-bee7-2228e7ffa32f
+ 1048576
+ 1
+
+ hvm
+
+
+
+ cortex-a57
+
+
+ /usr/bin/qemu-system-aarch64
+
+
+
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index e308ffdbd6..4269598573 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -2251,6 +2251,9 @@ mymain(void)
DO_TEST_GIC("aarch64-gic-none-both", GIC_BOTH,
QEMU_CAPS_KVM, QEMU_CAPS_MACHINE_OPT,
QEMU_CAPS_MACH_VIRT_GIC_VERSION);
+ DO_TEST_GIC("aarch64-gic-none-tcg", GIC_BOTH,
+ QEMU_CAPS_MACHINE_OPT,
+ QEMU_CAPS_MACH_VIRT_GIC_VERSION);
DO_TEST_GIC("aarch64-gic-default", GIC_NONE,
QEMU_CAPS_KVM, QEMU_CAPS_MACHINE_OPT);
DO_TEST_GIC("aarch64-gic-default", GIC_NONE,
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-aarch64-gic-none-tcg.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-aarch64-gic-none-tcg.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..69510e2813
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-aarch64-gic-none-tcg.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+
+ guest
+ 6ba410c5-1e5c-4d57-bee7-2228e7ffa32f
+ 1048576
+ 1048576
+ 1
+
+ hvm
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ cortex-a57
+
+
+ destroy
+ restart
+ destroy
+
+ /usr/bin/qemu-system-aarch64
+
+
+
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
index f8a607ffc4..fed74d0751 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
@@ -1072,6 +1072,7 @@ mymain(void)
DO_TEST_FULL("aarch64-gic-none-v2", WHEN_BOTH, GIC_V2, NONE);
DO_TEST_FULL("aarch64-gic-none-v3", WHEN_BOTH, GIC_V3, NONE);
DO_TEST_FULL("aarch64-gic-none-both", WHEN_BOTH, GIC_BOTH, NONE);
+ DO_TEST_FULL("aarch64-gic-none-tcg", WHEN_BOTH, GIC_BOTH, NONE);
DO_TEST_FULL("aarch64-gic-default", WHEN_BOTH, GIC_NONE, NONE);
DO_TEST_FULL("aarch64-gic-default", WHEN_BOTH, GIC_V2, NONE);
DO_TEST_FULL("aarch64-gic-default", WHEN_BOTH, GIC_V3, NONE);