diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pseries-cpu-le.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pseries-cpu-le.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f4f8d5e0bf0e2d7d5cb664e34cab347f42d600a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pseries-cpu-le.args
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test \
+QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none /usr/bin/qemu-system-ppc64 -S -M pseries \
+-m 512 -smp 1 -nographic -nodefconfig -nodefaults \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/test-monitor,server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=readline -no-acpi -boot c -usb \
+-chardev pty,id=charserial0 \
+-device spapr-vty,chardev=charserial0,reg=0x30000000
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pseries-cpu-le.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pseries-cpu-le.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b791a73d85f22cfebcabe2815544173b486eff8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-pseries-cpu-le.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<domain type='kvm'>
+  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
+  <uuid>1ccfd97d-5eb4-478a-bbe6-88d254c16db7</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>524288</memory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='ppc64le' machine='pseries'>hvm</type>
+  </os>
+  <clock offset='utc'/>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-ppc64</emulator>
+    <console type='pty'>
+      <address type="spapr-vio"/>
+    </console>
+    <memballoon model="none"/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 582671ed475c25d7bbee2b8e4377acda8c8cb5b9..681f8fe64c4e6dc57a597158cd7f53868983109d 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -1335,6 +1335,8 @@ mymain(void)
             QEMU_CAPS_NODEFCONFIG);
     DO_TEST("pseries-cpu-compat", QEMU_CAPS_KVM, QEMU_CAPS_CPU_HOST,
             QEMU_CAPS_CHARDEV, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE, QEMU_CAPS_NODEFCONFIG);
+    DO_TEST("pseries-cpu-le",  QEMU_CAPS_KVM, QEMU_CAPS_CPU_HOST,
+            QEMU_CAPS_CHARDEV, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE, QEMU_CAPS_NODEFCONFIG);
     DO_TEST("disk-ide-drive-split",
             QEMU_CAPS_DRIVE, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE, QEMU_CAPS_NODEFCONFIG,
             QEMU_CAPS_IDE_CD);
diff --git a/tests/testutilsqemu.c b/tests/testutilsqemu.c
index e3d4503079f12adf5bd1a39b963b299aa7384998..d72e7d8479802f6c70a5390e88330052842313c5 100644
--- a/tests/testutilsqemu.c
+++ b/tests/testutilsqemu.c
@@ -86,6 +86,33 @@ static int testQemuAddPPC64Guest(virCapsPtr caps)
     return -1;
 }
 
+static int testQemuAddPPC64LEGuest(virCapsPtr caps)
+{
+    static const char *machine[] = { "pseries" };
+    virCapsGuestMachinePtr *machines = NULL;
+    virCapsGuestPtr guest;
+
+    machines = virCapabilitiesAllocMachines(machine, 1);
+    if (!machines)
+        goto error;
+
+    guest = virCapabilitiesAddGuest(caps, "hvm", VIR_ARCH_PPC64LE,
+                                    "/usr/bin/qemu-system-ppc64", NULL,
+                                     1, machines);
+    if (!guest)
+        goto error;
+
+    if (!virCapabilitiesAddGuestDomain(guest, "qemu", NULL, NULL, 0, NULL))
+        goto error;
+
+    return 0;
+
+ error:
+    /* No way to free a guest? */
+    virCapabilitiesFreeMachines(machines, 1);
+    return -1;
+}
+
 static int testQemuAddPPCGuest(virCapsPtr caps)
 {
     static const char *machine[] = { "g3beige",
@@ -328,6 +355,9 @@ virCapsPtr testQemuCapsInit(void)
     if (testQemuAddPPC64Guest(caps))
         goto cleanup;
 
+    if (testQemuAddPPC64LEGuest(caps))
+        goto cleanup;
+
     if (testQemuAddPPCGuest(caps))
         goto cleanup;