diff --git a/tests/cputest.c b/tests/cputest.c
index c0a816b60384d1d5a64ba0a723e75c4fc1384e9f..8c16fb95c29587381d4b3d788c5877e9e84798e7 100644
--- a/tests/cputest.c
+++ b/tests/cputest.c
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@
 #if WITH_QEMU && WITH_YAJL
 # include "testutilsqemu.h"
 # include "qemumonitortestutils.h"
-# include "qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h"
+# define __QEMU_CAPSRIV_H_ALLOW__
+# include "qemu/qemu_capspriv.h"
+# undef __QEMU_CAPSRIV_H_ALLOW__
 #endif
 
 #define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_CPU
@@ -517,14 +519,15 @@ static int
 cpuTestJSONCPUID(const void *arg)
 {
     const struct data *data = arg;
-    virCPUDataPtr cpuData = NULL;
+    qemuMonitorCPUModelInfoPtr model = NULL;
+    virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps = NULL;
     virCPUDefPtr cpu = NULL;
     qemuMonitorTestPtr testMon = NULL;
     char *json = NULL;
     char *result = NULL;
     int ret = -1;
 
-    if (virAsprintf(&json, "%s/cputestdata/%s-cpuid-%s.json",
+    if (virAsprintf(&json, "%s/cputestdata/%s-cpuid-%s.json.new",
                     abs_srcdir, virArchToString(data->arch), data->host) < 0 ||
         virAsprintf(&result, "cpuid-%s-json", data->host) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
@@ -532,26 +535,35 @@ cpuTestJSONCPUID(const void *arg)
     if (!(testMon = qemuMonitorTestNewFromFile(json, driver.xmlopt, true)))
         goto cleanup;
 
-    if (qemuMonitorJSONGetCPUx86Data(qemuMonitorTestGetMonitor(testMon),
-                                     "feature-words", &cpuData) < 0)
+    if (qemuMonitorGetCPUModelExpansion(qemuMonitorTestGetMonitor(testMon),
+                                        QEMU_MONITOR_CPU_MODEL_EXPANSION_STATIC,
+                                        "host", &model) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
+    if (!(qemuCaps = virQEMUCapsNew()))
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    virQEMUCapsSetArch(qemuCaps, data->arch);
+    virQEMUCapsSetCPUModelInfo(qemuCaps, VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_KVM, model);
+    model = NULL;
+
     if (VIR_ALLOC(cpu) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
-    cpu->arch = cpuData->arch;
+    cpu->arch = data->arch;
     cpu->type = VIR_CPU_TYPE_GUEST;
     cpu->match = VIR_CPU_MATCH_EXACT;
     cpu->fallback = VIR_CPU_FALLBACK_FORBID;
 
-    if (cpuDecode(cpu, cpuData, NULL, 0, NULL) < 0)
+    if (virQEMUCapsInitCPUModel(qemuCaps, VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_KVM, cpu) != 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
     ret = cpuTestCompareXML(data->arch, cpu, result, false);
 
  cleanup:
+    qemuMonitorCPUModelInfoFree(model);
+    virObjectUnref(qemuCaps);
     qemuMonitorTestFree(testMon);
-    virCPUDataFree(cpuData);
     virCPUDefFree(cpu);
     VIR_FREE(result);
     VIR_FREE(json);
diff --git a/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-A10-5800K-json.xml b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-A10-5800K-json.xml
index 7a38f0fd4a36414fcf93727ae2e678807dbc5382..c021fcddf037ca5db0d63bebe26bf1ec58eef1ed 100644
--- a/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-A10-5800K-json.xml
+++ b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-A10-5800K-json.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <cpu mode='custom' match='exact'>
   <arch>x86_64</arch>
   <model fallback='forbid'>Opteron_G5</model>
+  <vendor>AMD</vendor>
   <feature policy='require' name='vme'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='x2apic'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='hypervisor'/>
diff --git a/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Core-i5-2500-json.xml b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Core-i5-2500-json.xml
index 980cf74a0ae61a80de5128976001c8931c07bbe4..2e2430e781d1e6f505a4a594cc12f1263b081889 100644
--- a/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Core-i5-2500-json.xml
+++ b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Core-i5-2500-json.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <cpu mode='custom' match='exact'>
   <arch>x86_64</arch>
   <model fallback='forbid'>SandyBridge</model>
+  <vendor>Intel</vendor>
   <feature policy='require' name='vme'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='ss'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='pcid'/>
diff --git a/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Core-i5-2540M-json.xml b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Core-i5-2540M-json.xml
index 980cf74a0ae61a80de5128976001c8931c07bbe4..2e2430e781d1e6f505a4a594cc12f1263b081889 100644
--- a/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Core-i5-2540M-json.xml
+++ b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Core-i5-2540M-json.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <cpu mode='custom' match='exact'>
   <arch>x86_64</arch>
   <model fallback='forbid'>SandyBridge</model>
+  <vendor>Intel</vendor>
   <feature policy='require' name='vme'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='ss'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='pcid'/>
diff --git a/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Core-i5-4670T-json.xml b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Core-i5-4670T-json.xml
index c93688b894c4632671951cad0568c01141199797..cf23f59d783693469390cab1f07e4c8716460d0b 100644
--- a/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Core-i5-4670T-json.xml
+++ b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Core-i5-4670T-json.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <cpu mode='custom' match='exact'>
   <arch>x86_64</arch>
   <model fallback='forbid'>Haswell</model>
+  <vendor>Intel</vendor>
   <feature policy='require' name='vme'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='ss'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='vmx'/>
diff --git a/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Core-i5-6600-json.xml b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Core-i5-6600-json.xml
index 171b482c3402487b74bec24a7fc7115b78516b77..e768aa674fca8fa248afad588777656e812122f8 100644
--- a/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Core-i5-6600-json.xml
+++ b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Core-i5-6600-json.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <cpu mode='custom' match='exact'>
   <arch>x86_64</arch>
   <model fallback='forbid'>Skylake-Client</model>
+  <vendor>Intel</vendor>
   <feature policy='require' name='ss'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='hypervisor'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='tsc_adjust'/>
diff --git a/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Core-i7-2600-json.xml b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Core-i7-2600-json.xml
index 27d9f3580553f64ce20fcea0a8c0e014f25674e1..4e721aba4959a7f5a07b3a08099aec6f86f0819e 100644
--- a/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Core-i7-2600-json.xml
+++ b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Core-i7-2600-json.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <cpu mode='custom' match='exact'>
   <arch>x86_64</arch>
   <model fallback='forbid'>SandyBridge</model>
+  <vendor>Intel</vendor>
   <feature policy='require' name='vme'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='ss'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='pcid'/>
diff --git a/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Core-i7-3740QM-json.xml b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Core-i7-3740QM-json.xml
index 9adeecc80739aa60ac242292f2db91537b967f24..03c22de4b943d9702e7455909fcf3397bc04f184 100644
--- a/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Core-i7-3740QM-json.xml
+++ b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Core-i7-3740QM-json.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <cpu mode='custom' match='exact'>
   <arch>x86_64</arch>
   <model fallback='forbid'>IvyBridge</model>
+  <vendor>Intel</vendor>
   <feature policy='require' name='ss'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='vmx'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='pcid'/>
diff --git a/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Core-i7-3770-json.xml b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Core-i7-3770-json.xml
index a70ae4866e7f1b09aa0a075635cd6cb0cfe29414..c1544afd37a1e00ef094788fa716c17946b8b892 100644
--- a/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Core-i7-3770-json.xml
+++ b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Core-i7-3770-json.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <cpu mode='custom' match='exact'>
   <arch>x86_64</arch>
   <model fallback='forbid'>IvyBridge</model>
+  <vendor>Intel</vendor>
   <feature policy='require' name='ss'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='pcid'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='hypervisor'/>
diff --git a/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Core-i7-4600U-json.xml b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Core-i7-4600U-json.xml
index 5fa3146a7d4ddc373d36889492a50289e526807b..8e4e9d96a4b46b7b41548bcfe1a97eadf25bc570 100644
--- a/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Core-i7-4600U-json.xml
+++ b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Core-i7-4600U-json.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <cpu mode='custom' match='exact'>
   <arch>x86_64</arch>
   <model fallback='forbid'>Haswell-noTSX</model>
+  <vendor>Intel</vendor>
   <feature policy='require' name='vme'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='ss'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='vmx'/>
diff --git a/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Core-i7-5600U-json.xml b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Core-i7-5600U-json.xml
index 15979717810bae3914b8fbc60245461787453703..be11fa06162ebdcae5fd71323f0ca2ff9b10e369 100644
--- a/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Core-i7-5600U-json.xml
+++ b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Core-i7-5600U-json.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 <cpu mode='custom' match='exact'>
   <arch>x86_64</arch>
-  <model fallback='forbid'>Skylake-Client</model>
+  <model fallback='forbid'>Broadwell</model>
+  <vendor>Intel</vendor>
+  <feature policy='require' name='vme'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='ss'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='vmx'/>
+  <feature policy='require' name='f16c'/>
+  <feature policy='require' name='rdrand'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='hypervisor'/>
+  <feature policy='require' name='arat'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='tsc_adjust'/>
+  <feature policy='require' name='xsaveopt'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='pdpe1gb'/>
-  <feature policy='disable' name='mpx'/>
-  <feature policy='disable' name='xsavec'/>
-  <feature policy='disable' name='xgetbv1'/>
+  <feature policy='require' name='abm'/>
 </cpu>
diff --git a/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Core2-E6850-json.xml b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Core2-E6850-json.xml
index ddd730735d1ff33b5ea723fbe3027e42f2ec1a58..8950119a11baa72cd91cda9d77096f3d552d7d0b 100644
--- a/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Core2-E6850-json.xml
+++ b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Core2-E6850-json.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 <cpu mode='custom' match='exact'>
   <arch>x86_64</arch>
-  <model fallback='forbid'>Penryn</model>
+  <model fallback='forbid'>Conroe</model>
+  <vendor>Intel</vendor>
   <feature policy='require' name='vme'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='ss'/>
+  <feature policy='require' name='cx16'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='x2apic'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='tsc-deadline'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='hypervisor'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='tsc_adjust'/>
-  <feature policy='disable' name='sse4.1'/>
 </cpu>
diff --git a/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Opteron-2350-json.xml b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Opteron-2350-json.xml
index be4cf5c74d1c949866df47bc6ef425e186fc6fb5..302d6562c8c1659f15bc5b41b09de01146509307 100644
--- a/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Opteron-2350-json.xml
+++ b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Opteron-2350-json.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <cpu mode='custom' match='exact'>
   <arch>x86_64</arch>
   <model fallback='forbid'>Opteron_G3</model>
+  <vendor>AMD</vendor>
   <feature policy='require' name='vme'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='x2apic'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='tsc-deadline'/>
diff --git a/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Opteron-6234-json.xml b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Opteron-6234-json.xml
index 2e28342fd94227c4025ab60e60da227bcb4c77bc..cc89186611fcd78debec07dbb957015583770cf7 100644
--- a/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Opteron-6234-json.xml
+++ b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Opteron-6234-json.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <cpu mode='custom' match='exact'>
   <arch>x86_64</arch>
   <model fallback='forbid'>Opteron_G4</model>
+  <vendor>AMD</vendor>
   <feature policy='require' name='vme'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='x2apic'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='tsc-deadline'/>
diff --git a/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Phenom-B95-json.xml b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Phenom-B95-json.xml
index c1070de745ff4422bd5457b2b3d99a6d9381b4c0..d4605263b858119ae0dd74926f1d368e7b369a94 100644
--- a/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Phenom-B95-json.xml
+++ b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Phenom-B95-json.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <cpu mode='custom' match='exact'>
   <arch>x86_64</arch>
   <model fallback='forbid'>Opteron_G3</model>
+  <vendor>AMD</vendor>
   <feature policy='require' name='vme'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='x2apic'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='hypervisor'/>
diff --git a/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Xeon-E3-1245-json.xml b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Xeon-E3-1245-json.xml
index 7a8246e5c97f8ce0d1291c5f542dab67b3383991..e0e060691d971655ed82867842da9be758259929 100644
--- a/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Xeon-E3-1245-json.xml
+++ b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Xeon-E3-1245-json.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <cpu mode='custom' match='exact'>
   <arch>x86_64</arch>
   <model fallback='forbid'>Skylake-Client</model>
+  <vendor>Intel</vendor>
   <feature policy='require' name='ss'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='vmx'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='hypervisor'/>
diff --git a/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Xeon-E5-2630-json.xml b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Xeon-E5-2630-json.xml
index 6b4edc3899619ff46361c4b3bedd2aee79a62b64..ec5f56205c609c7e3c1d155410908515f3dde71c 100644
--- a/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Xeon-E5-2630-json.xml
+++ b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Xeon-E5-2630-json.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <cpu mode='custom' match='exact'>
   <arch>x86_64</arch>
   <model fallback='forbid'>Haswell-noTSX</model>
+  <vendor>Intel</vendor>
   <feature policy='require' name='vme'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='ss'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='f16c'/>
diff --git a/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Xeon-E5-2650-json.xml b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Xeon-E5-2650-json.xml
index 36b7bf20fa63d9731e550e931eca53ad388c92a1..6e4aff07ad096ebd78212d0a1a0ad4f9711bb94a 100644
--- a/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Xeon-E5-2650-json.xml
+++ b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Xeon-E5-2650-json.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <cpu mode='custom' match='exact'>
   <arch>x86_64</arch>
   <model fallback='forbid'>Haswell-noTSX</model>
+  <vendor>Intel</vendor>
   <feature policy='require' name='vme'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='ss'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='vmx'/>
diff --git a/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Xeon-E7-4820-json.xml b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Xeon-E7-4820-json.xml
index ff6ab65d913a2392291c5ce36e3a9a9f5ccdcee2..cb69ff56f34a97147ccbf22a366b8b43b867401a 100644
--- a/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Xeon-E7-4820-json.xml
+++ b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Xeon-E7-4820-json.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <cpu mode='custom' match='exact'>
   <arch>x86_64</arch>
   <model fallback='forbid'>SandyBridge</model>
+  <vendor>Intel</vendor>
   <feature policy='require' name='vme'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='ss'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='pcid'/>
diff --git a/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Xeon-W3520-json.xml b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Xeon-W3520-json.xml
index 1aadbf3d27ebce99197e4150a3da201b5311b4b9..348bef8293c8be329f69a466ccc90e5d6aec7fd2 100644
--- a/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Xeon-W3520-json.xml
+++ b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Xeon-W3520-json.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <cpu mode='custom' match='exact'>
   <arch>x86_64</arch>
   <model fallback='forbid'>Nehalem</model>
+  <vendor>Intel</vendor>
   <feature policy='require' name='vme'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='ss'/>
   <feature policy='require' name='x2apic'/>