diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios.args
index 6f4d66de4e1e7389af656b8b4fe6e003d89b08c7..048d4ff96b3fc829377fccbc34f11d973b9c806a 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-bios.args
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ server,nowait \
 -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 \
--serial pty \
+-chardev pty,id=charserial0 \
+-device isa-serial,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0 \
 -device usb-tablet,id=input0,bus=usb.0,port=1 \
 -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-console-compat-auto.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-console-compat-auto.args
index 5b267336794143332e2322072a7c9e45296c2c8e..cab47dbb55428dece445c939932fac1603371910 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-console-compat-auto.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-console-compat-auto.args
@@ -21,5 +21,6 @@ server,nowait \
 -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 \
--serial pty \
+-chardev pty,id=charserial0 \
+-device isa-serial,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0 \
 -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-console-compat.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-console-compat.args
index be3ed2e30a2bfb6df30a327c96e3598dd52730b3..fb96946f1ca4fe46d8ff2b742a32993c65345951 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-console-compat.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-console-compat.args
@@ -21,4 +21,5 @@ server,nowait \
 -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 \
--serial pty
+-chardev pty,id=charserial0 \
+-device isa-serial,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-virt-manager-basic.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-virt-manager-basic.args
index 0d659590c05d937af896738fdbefe96776491e74..96d2ae5924b63c9a99e3d64469bbae2e9fb11031 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-virt-manager-basic.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-q35-virt-manager-basic.args
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ id=virtio-disk0 \
 -netdev user,id=hostnet0 \
 -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:9a:e6:c6,bus=pci.1,\
 addr=0x0 \
--serial pty \
+-chardev pty,id=charserial0 \
+-device isa-serial,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0 \
 -chardev socket,id=charchannel0,\
 path=/tmp/channel/domain--1-virt-manager-basic/org.qemu.guest_agent.0,server,\
 nowait \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index d0b94671d7217881eab0580df06ab6cea19434a3..402601d6a45bb01f1b8f3a9dfada50e2baaa94ae 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -739,7 +739,9 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("reboot-timeout-enabled", QEMU_CAPS_REBOOT_TIMEOUT);
     DO_TEST_FAILURE("reboot-timeout-enabled", NONE);
 
-    DO_TEST("bios", QEMU_CAPS_SGA);
+    DO_TEST("bios",
+            QEMU_CAPS_SGA,
+            QEMU_CAPS_CHARDEV);
     DO_TEST("bios-nvram", NONE);
     DO_TEST("bios-nvram-secure",
             QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_DMI_TO_PCI_BRIDGE,
@@ -1177,8 +1179,10 @@ mymain(void)
             QEMU_CAPS_SPICE, QEMU_CAPS_CHARDEV_SPICEPORT);
     DO_TEST("serial-spiceport-nospice", NONE);
 
-    DO_TEST("console-compat", NONE);
-    DO_TEST("console-compat-auto", NONE);
+    DO_TEST("console-compat",
+            QEMU_CAPS_CHARDEV);
+    DO_TEST("console-compat-auto",
+            QEMU_CAPS_CHARDEV);
 
     DO_TEST("serial-vc-chardev",
             QEMU_CAPS_CHARDEV, QEMU_CAPS_NODEFCONFIG);
@@ -2001,6 +2005,7 @@ mymain(void)
             QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIDEO_PRIMARY);
     DO_TEST("q35-virt-manager-basic",
             QEMU_CAPS_KVM,
+            QEMU_CAPS_CHARDEV,
             QEMU_CAPS_RTC,
             QEMU_CAPS_ICH9_DISABLE_S3,
             QEMU_CAPS_ICH9_DISABLE_S4,