diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-no-kvm-pit-device.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-no-kvm-pit-device.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1d69797dd5483f480bee26ca0b05e79dffde7f86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-no-kvm-pit-device.args
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/home/test \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu \
+-name QEMUGuest1 \
+-S \
+-M pc \
+-m 214 \
+-smp 2,sockets=2,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
+-nographic \
+-nodefaults \
+-monitor unix:/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,server,nowait \
+-no-kvm-pit-reinjection \
+-no-acpi \
+-boot c \
+-usb \
+-drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0 \
+-device ide-drive,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0 \
+-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-no-kvm-pit-device.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-no-kvm-pit-device.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d8ddcbaf4ca4c7662da9639039040dbcfec80d56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-no-kvm-pit-device.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
+  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>219136</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>219136</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>2</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='i686' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <clock offset='utc'>
+    <timer name='pit' tickpolicy='discard'/>
+  </clock>
+  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
+  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
+  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu</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'/>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index ba5e3b87b69dfd9eea541c29e39037ea93f2e6be..c3c3c0e00d43457d6b6797d201794103cfb4da24 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -2276,6 +2276,7 @@ mymain(void)
 
     DO_TEST("kvm-pit-delay", QEMU_CAPS_KVM_PIT_TICK_POLICY);
     DO_TEST("kvm-pit-discard", QEMU_CAPS_KVM_PIT_TICK_POLICY);
+    DO_TEST("no-kvm-pit-device", QEMU_CAPS_NO_KVM_PIT);
 
     DO_TEST("panic", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PANIC,
             QEMU_CAPS_NODEFCONFIG);