diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/bios-nvram-template.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/bios-nvram-template.x86_64-latest.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7dc0d604a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/bios-nvram-template.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/qemu/nvram/test-bios_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-template.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/bios-nvram-template.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1bbe4314b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/bios-nvram-template.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>test-bios</name>
+  <uuid>362d1fc1-df7d-193e-5c18-49a71bd1da66</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>1048576</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>1048576</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
+    <loader readonly='yes' type='pflash'>/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd</loader>
+    <nvram template="/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_VARS.fd"/>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+    <bootmenu enable='yes'/>
+  </os>
+  <features>
+    <acpi/>
+  </features>
+  <clock offset='utc'/>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 43d22016d6..9378125da1 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -1197,6 +1197,7 @@ mymain(void)
             QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_IOH3420,
             QEMU_CAPS_ICH9_AHCI,
             QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_SCSI);
+    DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("bios-nvram-template");
 
     /* Make sure all combinations of ACPI and UEFI behave as expected */
     DO_TEST_NOCAPS("q35-acpi-uefi");