diff --git a/tests/qemuhotplugtest.c b/tests/qemuhotplugtest.c
index 8d77c0056a..bdde7e45f3 100644
--- a/tests/qemuhotplugtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuhotplugtest.c
@@ -828,6 +828,12 @@ mymain(void)
DO_TEST_DETACH("base-live", "watchdog-full", false, false,
"device_del", QMP_OK);
+ DO_TEST_ATTACH("base-live", "watchdog-user-alias", false, true,
+ "watchdog-set-action", QMP_OK,
+ "device_add", QMP_OK);
+ DO_TEST_DETACH("base-live", "watchdog-user-alias-full", false, false,
+ "device_del", QMP_OK);
+
#define DO_TEST_CPU_GROUP(prefix, vcpus, modernhp, expectfail) \
do { \
cpudata.test = prefix; \
diff --git a/tests/qemuhotplugtestdevices/qemuhotplug-watchdog-user-alias-full.xml b/tests/qemuhotplugtestdevices/qemuhotplug-watchdog-user-alias-full.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d34f245546
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuhotplugtestdevices/qemuhotplug-watchdog-user-alias-full.xml
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diff --git a/tests/qemuhotplugtestdevices/qemuhotplug-watchdog-user-alias.xml b/tests/qemuhotplugtestdevices/qemuhotplug-watchdog-user-alias.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0caff99e44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuhotplugtestdevices/qemuhotplug-watchdog-user-alias.xml
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diff --git a/tests/qemuhotplugtestdomains/qemuhotplug-base-live+watchdog-user-alias.xml b/tests/qemuhotplugtestdomains/qemuhotplug-base-live+watchdog-user-alias.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..27aff2b6f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuhotplugtestdomains/qemuhotplug-base-live+watchdog-user-alias.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
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+ hotplug
+ d091ea82-29e6-2e34-3005-f02617b36e87
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