diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-backing-chains-index.x86_64-2.12.0.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-backing-chains-index.x86_64-2.12.0.args
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3f4cd9040dc721ef0a0328c34f750d793834986b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-backing-chains-index.x86_64-2.12.0.args
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+disk-backing-chains-noindex.x86_64-2.12.0.args
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diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-backing-chains-index.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-backing-chains-index.x86_64-latest.args
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..549eb65512bcb263bbfbb7c7bc629badec67f276
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-backing-chains-index.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+disk-backing-chains-noindex.x86_64-latest.args
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diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-backing-chains-index.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-backing-chains-index.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..95b8a64cf8aff71471b5807e9728d8ada82cec15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-backing-chains-index.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+
+ QEMUGuest1
+ c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809
+ 219136
+ 219136
+ 1
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+ hvm
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+ /usr/bin/qemu-system-i686
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diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-backing-chains-noindex.x86_64-2.12.0.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-backing-chains-noindex.x86_64-2.12.0.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..dea109b13aa7c77aa8e1cd8d261751696f054071
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-backing-chains-noindex.x86_64-2.12.0.args
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/home/test \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-i686 \
+-name guest=QEMUGuest1,debug-threads=on \
+-S \
+-object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,\
+file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/master-key.aes \
+-machine pc-i440fx-2.12,accel=tcg,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off \
+-m 214 \
+-realtime mlock=off \
+-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
+-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 \
+-device piix3-usb-uhci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2 \
+-drive 'file=gluster+unix:///Volume2/Image?socket=/path/to/sock,file.debug=4,\
+format=qcow2,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0' \
+-device virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,\
+id=virtio-disk0,bootindex=1 \
+-drive file=nbd:unix:/var/run/nbdsock:exportname=bar,format=qcow2,if=none,\
+id=drive-virtio-disk1 \
+-device virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3,drive=drive-virtio-disk1,\
+id=virtio-disk1 \
+-drive file=gluster://example.org:6000/Volume1/Image,file.debug=4,format=raw,\
+if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk2 \
+-device virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4,drive=drive-virtio-disk2,\
+id=virtio-disk2 \
+-object secret,id=virtio-disk3-secret0,\
+data=9eao5F8qtkGt+seB1HYivWIxbtwUu6MQtg1zpj/oDtUsPr1q8wBYM91uEHCn6j/1,\
+keyid=masterKey0,iv=AAECAwQFBgcICQoLDA0ODw==,format=base64 \
+-drive 'file=rbd:pool/image:id=myname:auth_supported=cephx\;none:\
+mon_host=mon1.example.org\:6321\;mon2.example.org\:6322\;mon3.example.org\:\
+6322,file.password-secret=virtio-disk3-secret0,format=qcow2,if=none,\
+id=drive-virtio-disk3' \
+-device virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5,drive=drive-virtio-disk3,\
+id=virtio-disk3 \
+-drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest11,format=qcow2,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk4 \
+-device virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,bus=pci.0,addr=0x6,drive=drive-virtio-disk4,\
+id=virtio-disk4 \
+-drive file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/rhel7.1484071880,format=qcow2,if=none,\
+id=drive-virtio-disk5 \
+-device virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,bus=pci.0,addr=0x7,drive=drive-virtio-disk5,\
+id=virtio-disk5 \
+-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x8 \
+-sandbox on,obsolete=deny,elevateprivileges=deny,spawn=deny,\
+resourcecontrol=deny \
+-msg timestamp=on
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-backing-chains-noindex.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-backing-chains-noindex.x86_64-latest.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..afe078adcc1bb67c76431eb264a3c1d01af6efb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-backing-chains-noindex.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/home/test \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-i686 \
+-name guest=QEMUGuest1,debug-threads=on \
+-S \
+-object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,\
+file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/master-key.aes \
+-machine pc,accel=tcg,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off \
+-m 214 \
+-realtime mlock=off \
+-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
+-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 \
+-device piix3-usb-uhci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2 \
+-drive 'file=gluster+unix:///Volume2/Image?socket=/path/to/sock,file.debug=4,\
+format=qcow2,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0' \
+-device virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,\
+id=virtio-disk0,bootindex=1 \
+-drive file=nbd:unix:/var/run/nbdsock:exportname=bar,format=qcow2,if=none,\
+id=drive-virtio-disk1 \
+-device virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3,drive=drive-virtio-disk1,\
+id=virtio-disk1 \
+-drive file=gluster://example.org:6000/Volume1/Image,file.debug=4,format=raw,\
+if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk2 \
+-device virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4,drive=drive-virtio-disk2,\
+id=virtio-disk2 \
+-object secret,id=virtio-disk3-secret0,\
+data=9eao5F8qtkGt+seB1HYivWIxbtwUu6MQtg1zpj/oDtUsPr1q8wBYM91uEHCn6j/1,\
+keyid=masterKey0,iv=AAECAwQFBgcICQoLDA0ODw==,format=base64 \
+-drive 'file=rbd:pool/image:id=myname:auth_supported=cephx\;none:\
+mon_host=mon1.example.org\:6321\;mon2.example.org\:6322\;mon3.example.org\:\
+6322,file.password-secret=virtio-disk3-secret0,format=qcow2,if=none,\
+id=drive-virtio-disk3' \
+-device virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5,drive=drive-virtio-disk3,\
+id=virtio-disk3 \
+-drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest11,format=qcow2,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk4 \
+-device virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,bus=pci.0,addr=0x6,drive=drive-virtio-disk4,\
+id=virtio-disk4 \
+-drive file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/rhel7.1484071880,format=qcow2,if=none,\
+id=drive-virtio-disk5 \
+-device virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,bus=pci.0,addr=0x7,drive=drive-virtio-disk5,\
+id=virtio-disk5 \
+-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x8 \
+-sandbox on,obsolete=deny,elevateprivileges=deny,spawn=deny,\
+resourcecontrol=deny \
+-msg timestamp=on
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-backing-chains-noindex.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-backing-chains-noindex.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1336d0fdd6e2d974a5eb4aec9eba3300cb48a2bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-backing-chains-noindex.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+
+ QEMUGuest1
+ c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809
+ 219136
+ 219136
+ 1
+
+ hvm
+
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+ destroy
+ restart
+ destroy
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+ /usr/bin/qemu-system-i686
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diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 9c5f6fcb41867f060d314f1d0e3afe9b10911a75..5f760ef056cd8714edaa5f6cba9303a6062e8a50 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -1218,6 +1218,10 @@ mymain(void)
QEMU_CAPS_ICH9_AHCI);
DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("disk-scsi-incompatible-address",
QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_SCSI);
+ DO_TEST_CAPS_VER("disk-backing-chains-index", "2.12.0");
+ DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("disk-backing-chains-index");
+ DO_TEST_CAPS_VER("disk-backing-chains-noindex", "2.12.0");
+ DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("disk-backing-chains-noindex");
DO_TEST("graphics-egl-headless",
QEMU_CAPS_EGL_HEADLESS,
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/disk-backing-chains-index-active.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/disk-backing-chains-index-active.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..db70ae2b53f869dfc1f0fee90ca592971f0112e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/disk-backing-chains-index-active.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+
+ QEMUGuest1
+ c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809
+ 219136
+ 219136
+ 1
+
+ hvm
+
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+ destroy
+ restart
+ destroy
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diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/disk-backing-chains-index-inactive.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/disk-backing-chains-index-inactive.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..db70ae2b53f869dfc1f0fee90ca592971f0112e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/disk-backing-chains-index-inactive.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+
+ QEMUGuest1
+ c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809
+ 219136
+ 219136
+ 1
+
+ hvm
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+ destroy
+ restart
+ destroy
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diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/disk-backing-chains-noindex-active.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/disk-backing-chains-noindex-active.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..db70ae2b53f869dfc1f0fee90ca592971f0112e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/disk-backing-chains-noindex-active.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+
+ QEMUGuest1
+ c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809
+ 219136
+ 219136
+ 1
+
+ hvm
+
+
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+ destroy
+ restart
+ destroy
+
+ /usr/bin/qemu-system-i686
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diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/disk-backing-chains-noindex-inactive.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/disk-backing-chains-noindex-inactive.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..db70ae2b53f869dfc1f0fee90ca592971f0112e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/disk-backing-chains-noindex-inactive.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+
+ QEMUGuest1
+ c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809
+ 219136
+ 219136
+ 1
+
+ hvm
+
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+ restart
+ destroy
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+ /usr/bin/qemu-system-i686
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diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
index 8e58c7b8449d936284dd9f69a674fd96d3758fde..9ed39c70b66192272d8c2877fd335a9c5c780c23 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
@@ -990,6 +990,8 @@ mymain(void)
DO_TEST("panic-no-address", NONE);
DO_TEST("disk-backing-chains", NONE);
+ DO_TEST("disk-backing-chains-index", NONE);
+ DO_TEST("disk-backing-chains-noindex", NONE);
DO_TEST("chardev-label", NONE);