diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-scsi-virtio-scsi.x86_64-2.8.0.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-scsi-virtio-scsi.x86_64-2.8.0.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..810d02a408a76cc54fad574f73c96e5eeba804e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/hostdev-scsi-virtio-scsi.x86_64-2.8.0.args
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest2 \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+XDG_DATA_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest2/.local/share \
+XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest2/.cache \
+XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest2/.config \
+QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-i386 \
+-name guest=QEMUGuest2,debug-threads=on \
+-S \
+-object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,\
+file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest2/master-key.aes \
+-machine pc-i440fx-2.8,accel=tcg,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off \
+-m 214 \
+-realtime mlock=off \
+-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9466-926a-d65c16db1809 \
+-display none \
+-no-user-config \
+-nodefaults \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest2/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
+-rtc base=utc \
+-no-shutdown \
+-no-acpi \
+-boot strict=on \
+-device piix3-usb-uhci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2 \
+-device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2 \
+-drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0 \
+-device ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0,bootindex=1 \
+-drive file=/dev/sg0,if=none,format=raw,id=drive-hostdev0 \
+-device scsi-generic,bus=scsi0.0,channel=0,scsi-id=4,lun=8,\
+drive=drive-hostdev0,id=hostdev0 \
+-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
+-msg timestamp=on
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 1f3e836698ae32f016fda65fcab2007b6056a1c7..d9544a511b74f44bb3da514858bece9bfe3469fa 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -2659,6 +2659,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST_CAPS_VER("hostdev-scsi-lsi", "2.8.0");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_VER("hostdev-scsi-lsi", "4.1.0");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("hostdev-scsi-lsi");
+    DO_TEST_CAPS_VER("hostdev-scsi-virtio-scsi", "2.8.0");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_VER("hostdev-scsi-virtio-scsi", "4.1.0");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("hostdev-scsi-virtio-scsi");