diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/vhost-user-gpu-secondary.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/vhost-user-gpu-secondary.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5d41edad6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/vhost-user-gpu-secondary.args
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1 \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+XDG_DATA_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.local/share \
+XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.cache \
+XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.config \
+QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-i686 \
+-name QEMUGuest1 \
+-S \
+-machine pc,accel=tcg,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off \
+-m 214 \
+-realtime mlock=off \
+-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-object memory-backend-memfd,id=ram-node0,share=yes,size=224395264 \
+-numa node,nodeid=0,cpus=0,memdev=ram-node0 \
+-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
+-display none \
+-no-user-config \
+-nodefaults \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
+-rtc base=utc \
+-no-shutdown \
+-no-acpi \
+-usb \
+-drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0 \
+-device ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0,bootindex=1 \
+-chardev socket,id=chr-vu-video0,fd=0 \
+-chardev socket,id=chr-vu-video1,fd=0 \
+-device vhost-user-vga,id=video0,max_outputs=1,chardev=chr-vu-video0,bus=pci.0,\
+addr=0x2 \
+-device vhost-user-gpu-pci,id=video1,max_outputs=1,chardev=chr-vu-video1,\
+bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 \
+-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/vhost-user-gpu-secondary.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/vhost-user-gpu-secondary.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2142497d6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/vhost-user-gpu-secondary.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
+  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>219136</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>219136</currentMemory>
+  <memoryBacking>
+    <access mode='shared'/>
+    <source type='memfd'/>
+  </memoryBacking>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
+  <cpu>
+      <numa>
+          <cell id='0' cpus='0' memory='219136' unit='KiB'/>
+      </numa>
+  </cpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='i686' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <clock offset='utc'/>
+  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
+  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
+  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-i686</emulator>
+    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
+      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1'/>
+      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
+      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
+    </disk>
+    <controller type='usb' index='0'/>
+    <controller type='ide' index='0'/>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
+    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
+    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'/>
+    <video>
+      <model type='virtio' heads='1' vhostuser='yes'/>
+    </video>
+    <video>
+      <model type='virtio' heads='1' vhostuser='yes'/>
+    </video>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/vhost-user-vga.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/vhost-user-vga.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce690e4f21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/vhost-user-vga.args
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1 \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+XDG_DATA_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.local/share \
+XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.cache \
+XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.config \
+QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-i686 \
+-name QEMUGuest1 \
+-S \
+-machine pc,accel=tcg,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off \
+-m 214 \
+-realtime mlock=off \
+-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-object memory-backend-memfd,id=ram-node0,share=yes,size=224395264 \
+-numa node,nodeid=0,cpus=0,memdev=ram-node0 \
+-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
+-display none \
+-no-user-config \
+-nodefaults \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
+-rtc base=utc \
+-no-shutdown \
+-no-acpi \
+-usb \
+-drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0 \
+-device ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0,bootindex=1 \
+-chardev socket,id=chr-vu-video0,fd=0 \
+-device vhost-user-vga,id=video0,max_outputs=1,chardev=chr-vu-video0,bus=pci.0,\
+addr=0x2 \
+-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/vhost-user-vga.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/vhost-user-vga.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..81b1e7643e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/vhost-user-vga.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
+  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>219136</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>219136</currentMemory>
+  <memoryBacking>
+    <access mode='shared'/>
+    <source type='memfd'/>
+  </memoryBacking>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
+  <cpu>
+    <numa>
+      <cell id='0' cpus='0' memory='219136' unit='KiB'/>
+    </numa>
+  </cpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='i686' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <clock offset='utc'/>
+  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
+  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
+  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-i686</emulator>
+    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
+      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1'/>
+      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
+      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
+    </disk>
+    <controller type='usb' index='0'/>
+    <controller type='ide' index='0'/>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
+    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
+    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'/>
+    <video>
+      <model type='virtio' heads='1' vhostuser='yes'/>
+    </video>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 1799eb3387..b4d705f721 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -674,6 +674,15 @@ mymain(void)
     virFileWrapperAddPrefix("/home/user/.config/qemu/firmware",
                             abs_srcdir "/qemufirmwaredata/home/user/.config/qemu/firmware");
 
+    virFileWrapperAddPrefix(SYSCONFDIR "/qemu/vhost-user",
+                            abs_srcdir "/qemuvhostuserdata/etc/qemu/vhost-user");
+    virFileWrapperAddPrefix(PREFIX "/share/qemu/vhost-user",
+                            abs_srcdir "/qemuvhostuserdata/usr/share/qemu/vhost-user");
+    virFileWrapperAddPrefix("/home/user/.config/qemu/vhost-user",
+                            abs_srcdir "/qemuvhostuserdata/home/user/.config/qemu/vhost-user");
+    virFileWrapperAddPrefix("/usr/libexec/qemu/vhost-user",
+                            abs_srcdir "/qemuvhostuserdata/usr/libexec/qemu/vhost-user");
+
 /**
  * The following set of macros allows testing of XML -> argv conversion with a
  * real set of capabilities gathered from a real qemu copy. It is desired to use
@@ -2981,6 +2990,18 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("os-firmware-efi-secboot");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("aarch64-os-firmware-efi", "aarch64");
 
+    DO_TEST("vhost-user-vga",
+            QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_MEMFD,
+            QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIDEO_PRIMARY,
+            QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VHOST_USER_GPU,
+            QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VHOST_USER_VGA);
+
+    DO_TEST("vhost-user-gpu-secondary",
+            QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_MEMFD,
+            QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIDEO_PRIMARY,
+            QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VHOST_USER_GPU,
+            QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VHOST_USER_VGA);
+
     if (getenv("LIBVIRT_SKIP_CLEANUP") == NULL)
         virFileDeleteTree(fakerootdir);
 
