diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/bios-nvram-file.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/bios-nvram-file.x86_64-latest.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4b0aec7539
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/bios-nvram-file.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-test-bios \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+XDG_DATA_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-test-bios/.local/share \
+XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-test-bios/.cache \
+XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-test-bios/.config \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 \
+-name guest=test-bios,debug-threads=on \
+-S \
+-object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/tmp/lib/domain--1-test-bios/master-key.aes"}' \
+-blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd","node-name":"libvirt-pflash0-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
+-blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash0-format","read-only":true,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash0-storage"}' \
+-blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/var/lib/libvirt/nvram/guest_VARS.fd","node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
+-blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-format","read-only":false,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash1-storage"}' \
+-machine pc,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-format,memory-backend=pc.ram \
+-accel tcg \
+-cpu qemu64 \
+-m 1024 \
+-object '{"qom-type":"memory-backend-ram","id":"pc.ram","size":1073741824}' \
+-overcommit mem-lock=off \
+-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-uuid 362d1fc1-df7d-193e-5c18-49a71bd1da66 \
+-display none \
+-no-user-config \
+-nodefaults \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,fd=1729,server=on,wait=off \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
+-rtc base=utc \
+-no-shutdown \
+-boot menu=on,strict=on \
+-device '{"driver":"piix3-usb-uhci","id":"usb","bus":"pci.0","addr":"0x1.0x2"}' \
+-audiodev '{"id":"audio1","driver":"none"}' \
+-device '{"driver":"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/bios-nvram-file.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/bios-nvram-file.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8df9412112
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/bios-nvram-file.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+
+ test-bios
+ 362d1fc1-df7d-193e-5c18-49a71bd1da66
+ 1048576
+ 1048576
+ 1
+
+ hvm
+ /usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64
+
+
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/bios-nvram-network-iscsi.x86_64-4.1.0.err b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/bios-nvram-network-iscsi.x86_64-4.1.0.err
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5251bbdbbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/bios-nvram-network-iscsi.x86_64-4.1.0.err
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+unsupported configuration: modern nvram specification is not supported by this qemu
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/bios-nvram-network-iscsi.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/bios-nvram-network-iscsi.x86_64-latest.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b8a323358d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/bios-nvram-network-iscsi.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-test-bios \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+XDG_DATA_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-test-bios/.local/share \
+XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-test-bios/.cache \
+XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-test-bios/.config \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 \
+-name guest=test-bios,debug-threads=on \
+-S \
+-object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/tmp/lib/domain--1-test-bios/master-key.aes"}' \
+-blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd","node-name":"libvirt-pflash0-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
+-blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash0-format","read-only":true,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash0-storage"}' \
+-object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"libvirt-pflash1-storage-auth-secret0","data":"9eao5F8qtkGt+seB1HYivWIxbtwUu6MQtg1zpj/oDtUsPr1q8wBYM91uEHCn6j/1","keyid":"masterKey0","iv":"AAECAwQFBgcICQoLDA0ODw==","format":"base64"}' \
+-blockdev '{"driver":"iscsi","portal":"example.com:6000","target":"iqn.2013-07.com.example:iscsi-nopool","lun":0,"transport":"tcp","user":"myname","password-secret":"libvirt-pflash1-storage-auth-secret0","node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
+-blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-format","read-only":false,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash1-storage"}' \
+-machine pc,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-format,memory-backend=pc.ram \
+-accel tcg \
+-cpu qemu64 \
+-m 1024 \
+-object '{"qom-type":"memory-backend-ram","id":"pc.ram","size":1073741824}' \
+-overcommit mem-lock=off \
+-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-uuid 362d1fc1-df7d-193e-5c18-49a71bd1da66 \
+-display none \
+-no-user-config \
+-nodefaults \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,fd=1729,server=on,wait=off \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
+-rtc base=utc \
+-no-shutdown \
+-boot menu=on,strict=on \
+-device '{"driver":"piix3-usb-uhci","id":"usb","bus":"pci.0","addr":"0x1.0x2"}' \
+-audiodev '{"id":"audio1","driver":"none"}' \
+-device '{"driver":"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/bios-nvram-network-iscsi.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/bios-nvram-network-iscsi.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d8a354126d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/bios-nvram-network-iscsi.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+
+ test-bios
+ 362d1fc1-df7d-193e-5c18-49a71bd1da66
+ 1048576
+ 1048576
+ 1
+
+ hvm
+ /usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ destroy
+ restart
+ restart
+
+ /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64
+
+
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/bios-nvram-network-nbd.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/bios-nvram-network-nbd.x86_64-latest.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..08dbd99335
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/bios-nvram-network-nbd.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-test-bios \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+XDG_DATA_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-test-bios/.local/share \
+XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-test-bios/.cache \
+XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-test-bios/.config \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 \
+-name guest=test-bios,debug-threads=on \
+-S \
+-object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/tmp/lib/domain--1-test-bios/master-key.aes"}' \
+-blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd","node-name":"libvirt-pflash0-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
+-blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash0-format","read-only":true,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash0-storage"}' \
+-blockdev '{"driver":"nbd","server":{"type":"inet","host":"example.org","port":"6000"},"export":"bar","node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
+-blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-format","read-only":false,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash1-storage"}' \
+-machine pc,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-format,memory-backend=pc.ram \
+-accel tcg \
+-cpu qemu64 \
+-m 1024 \
+-object '{"qom-type":"memory-backend-ram","id":"pc.ram","size":1073741824}' \
+-overcommit mem-lock=off \
+-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-uuid 362d1fc1-df7d-193e-5c18-49a71bd1da66 \
+-display none \
+-no-user-config \
+-nodefaults \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,fd=1729,server=on,wait=off \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
+-rtc base=utc \
+-no-shutdown \
+-boot menu=on,strict=on \
+-device '{"driver":"piix3-usb-uhci","id":"usb","bus":"pci.0","addr":"0x1.0x2"}' \
+-audiodev '{"id":"audio1","driver":"none"}' \
+-device '{"driver":"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/bios-nvram-network-nbd.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/bios-nvram-network-nbd.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3350914607
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/bios-nvram-network-nbd.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+
+ test-bios
+ 362d1fc1-df7d-193e-5c18-49a71bd1da66
+ 1048576
+ 1048576
+ 1
+
+ hvm
+ /usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ destroy
+ restart
+ restart
+
+ /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64
+
+
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 22e2661793..9404511f4c 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -1209,6 +1209,10 @@ mymain(void)
QEMU_CAPS_ICH9_AHCI,
QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_SCSI);
DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("bios-nvram-template");
+ DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("bios-nvram-network-iscsi");
+ DO_TEST_CAPS_VER_PARSE_ERROR("bios-nvram-network-iscsi", "4.1.0");
+ DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("bios-nvram-network-nbd");
+ DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("bios-nvram-file");
/* Make sure all combinations of ACPI and UEFI behave as expected */
DO_TEST_NOCAPS("q35-acpi-uefi");
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/bios-nvram-file.x86_64-latest.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/bios-nvram-file.x86_64-latest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..97e029f70b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/bios-nvram-file.x86_64-latest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+
+ test-bios
+ 362d1fc1-df7d-193e-5c18-49a71bd1da66
+ 1048576
+ 1048576
+ 1
+
+ hvm
+ /usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ qemu64
+
+
+ destroy
+ restart
+ destroy
+
+ /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/bios-nvram-network-iscsi.x86_64-latest.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/bios-nvram-network-iscsi.x86_64-latest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..73b7aefe7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/bios-nvram-network-iscsi.x86_64-latest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+
+ test-bios
+ 362d1fc1-df7d-193e-5c18-49a71bd1da66
+ 1048576
+ 1048576
+ 1
+
+ hvm
+ /usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ qemu64
+
+
+ destroy
+ restart
+ restart
+
+ /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/bios-nvram-network-nbd.x86_64-latest.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/bios-nvram-network-nbd.x86_64-latest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bc78be11b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/bios-nvram-network-nbd.x86_64-latest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+
+ test-bios
+ 362d1fc1-df7d-193e-5c18-49a71bd1da66
+ 1048576
+ 1048576
+ 1
+
+ hvm
+ /usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ qemu64
+
+
+ destroy
+ restart
+ restart
+
+ /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
index b85d5fb757..a5cfad8787 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
@@ -1072,6 +1072,9 @@ mymain(void)
DO_TEST_NOCAPS("bios-nvram");
DO_TEST_NOCAPS("bios-nvram-os-interleave");
+ DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("bios-nvram-network-iscsi");
+ DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("bios-nvram-network-nbd");
+ DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("bios-nvram-file");
DO_TEST_NOCAPS("tap-vhost");
DO_TEST_NOCAPS("tap-vhost-incorrect");