diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemu-ns.x86_64-latest.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemu-ns.x86_64-latest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..53e21edfaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemu-ns.x86_64-latest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<domain type='qemu' xmlns:qemu='http://libvirt.org/schemas/domain/qemu/1.0'>
+  <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>
+  <cpu mode='custom' match='exact' check='none'>
+    <model fallback='forbid'>qemu64</model>
+  </cpu>
+  <clock offset='utc'/>
+  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
+  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
+  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-i386</emulator>
+    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
+      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1'/>
+      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
+      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
+    </disk>
+    <controller type='ide' index='0'>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/>
+    </controller>
+    <controller type='usb' index='0' model='piix3-uhci'>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/>
+    </controller>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
+    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
+    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
+    <audio id='1' type='none'/>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
+    </memballoon>
+  </devices>
+  <qemu:commandline>
+    <qemu:arg value='-unknown'/>
+    <qemu:arg value='parameter'/>
+    <qemu:env name='NS' value='ns'/>
+    <qemu:env name='BAR'/>
+  </qemu:commandline>
+  <qemu:capabilities>
+    <qemu:add capability='vnc-colon'/>
+    <qemu:add capability='blockdev'/>
+    <qemu:del capability='name'/>
+  </qemu:capabilities>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
index 823dd40f50..c92e1dd0cf 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("restore-v2", NONE);
     DO_TEST("migrate", NONE);
     DO_TEST("qemu-ns-no-env", NONE);
+    DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("qemu-ns");
     DO_TEST("disk-aio", NONE);
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("disk-aio-io_uring");
     DO_TEST("disk-cdrom", NONE);