diff --git a/tests/qemumonitortestutils.h b/tests/qemumonitortestutils.h
index 8461c80caa9e000de6951e9cb58f4b216568464a..a2d2d3082001ef0329290cb1c5f03eb5a5e4e585 100644
--- a/tests/qemumonitortestutils.h
+++ b/tests/qemumonitortestutils.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 # include "qemu/qemu_conf.h"
 # include "qemu/qemu_monitor.h"
 # include "qemu/qemu_agent.h"
+# include "virautoclean.h"
 
 typedef struct _qemuMonitorTest qemuMonitorTest;
 typedef qemuMonitorTest *qemuMonitorTestPtr;
@@ -102,4 +103,6 @@ qemuMonitorPtr qemuMonitorTestGetMonitor(qemuMonitorTestPtr test);
 qemuAgentPtr qemuMonitorTestGetAgent(qemuMonitorTestPtr test);
 virDomainObjPtr qemuMonitorTestGetDomainObj(qemuMonitorTestPtr test);
 
+VIR_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_FUNC(qemuMonitorTest, qemuMonitorTestFree);
+
 #endif /* LIBVIRT_QEMUMONITORTESTUTILS_H */