diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index e17709e7e118927e82dd878c1e03d3109aeb42ed..d031b9b08cc5e6a46a1ca320105900743cf2d178 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -806,13 +806,22 @@ mymain(void)
 # define DO_TEST_CAPS_VER(name, ver) \
     DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_VER(name, "x86_64", ver)
 
-# define DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST(name, arch) \
-    DO_TEST_CAPS_INTERNAL(name, arch "-latest", NULL, 0, 0, arch, \
+# define DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST_FULL(name, arch, flags, parseFlags) \
+    DO_TEST_CAPS_INTERNAL(name, arch "-latest", NULL, flags, parseFlags, arch, \
                           virHashLookup(capslatest, arch), true)
 
+# define DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST(name, arch) \
+    DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST_FULL(name, arch, 0, 0)
+
 # define DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST(name) \
     DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST(name, "x86_64")
 
+# define DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST_FAILURE(name) \
+    DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST_FULL(name, "x86_64", FLAG_EXPECT_FAILURE, 0)
+
+# define DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST_PARSE_ERROR(name) \
+    DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST_FULL(name, "x86_64", FLAG_EXPECT_PARSE_ERROR, 0)
+
 /**
  * The following test macros should be used only in cases when the tests require
  * testing of some non-standard combination of capability flags