diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/clock-timer-armvtimer.aarch64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/clock-timer-armvtimer.aarch64-latest.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a1faa97b9f4a345bc2edf633f9f161d999e40a9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/clock-timer-armvtimer.aarch64-latest.args
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+XDG_DATA_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/.local/share \
+XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/.cache \
+XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/.config \
+QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-aarch64 \
+-name guest=guest,debug-threads=on \
+-S \
+-object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,\
+file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-guest/master-key.aes \
+-machine virt,accel=kvm,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,gic-version=3 \
+-cpu host,kvm-no-adjvtime=on \
+-m 4096 \
+-overcommit mem-lock=off \
+-smp 4,sockets=4,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-uuid 1ccfd97d-5eb4-478a-bbe6-88d254c16db7 \
+-display none \
+-no-user-config \
+-nodefaults \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,fd=1729,server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
+-rtc base=utc \
+-no-shutdown \
+-no-acpi \
+-boot strict=on \
+-sandbox on,obsolete=deny,elevateprivileges=deny,spawn=deny,\
+resourcecontrol=deny \
+-msg timestamp=on
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/clock-timer-armvtimer.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/clock-timer-armvtimer.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..295ab64d7562233c79c1eff5f95575d0057e1335
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/clock-timer-armvtimer.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<domain type='kvm'>
+  <name>guest</name>
+  <uuid>1ccfd97d-5eb4-478a-bbe6-88d254c16db7</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>4194304</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>4194304</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>4</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='aarch64' machine='virt'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <features>
+    <gic version='3'/>
+  </features>
+  <cpu mode='host-passthrough' check='none'/>
+  <clock offset='utc'>
+    <timer name='armvtimer' tickpolicy='discard'/>
+  </clock>
+  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
+  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
+  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-aarch64</emulator>
+    <controller type='usb' index='0' model='none'/>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pcie-root'/>
+    <memballoon model='none'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 028364a06c5db84352674dd5e3b8bc6c9053dce3..efa0ec94770da39402dc7afe8055dee49df34dd2 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -2729,6 +2729,8 @@ mymain(void)
     /* SVE aarch64 CPU features work on modern QEMU */
     DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("aarch64-features-sve", "aarch64");
 
+    DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("clock-timer-armvtimer", "aarch64");
+
     qemuTestSetHostArch(&driver, VIR_ARCH_NONE);
 
     DO_TEST("kvm-pit-delay", QEMU_CAPS_KVM_PIT_TICK_POLICY);
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/clock-timer-armvtimer.aarch64-latest.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/clock-timer-armvtimer.aarch64-latest.xml
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4bfddd6573d2fdda9684195857a55e82259283e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/clock-timer-armvtimer.aarch64-latest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../qemuxml2argvdata/clock-timer-armvtimer.xml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
index ecd12c3d30ebe27ad8086c92b335ee046d7b65c4..4b1699db7e00b249f6366744afb0ff2249bba3c8 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("clock-catchup", QEMU_CAPS_KVM_PIT_TICK_POLICY);
     DO_TEST("kvmclock", NONE);
     DO_TEST("clock-timer-hyperv-rtc", NONE);
+    DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("clock-timer-armvtimer", "aarch64");
 
     DO_TEST("cpu-eoi-disabled", NONE);
     DO_TEST("cpu-eoi-enabled", NONE);