diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/virtio-rng-egd-unix.x86_64-2.5.0.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/virtio-rng-egd-unix.x86_64-2.5.0.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ce19aa0bdf46953fbb0dd4f069fa57e51fab2e2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/virtio-rng-egd-unix.x86_64-2.5.0.args
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/home/test \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 \
+-name guest=QEMUGuest1,debug-threads=on \
+-S \
+-machine pc-i440fx-2.5,accel=kvm,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,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/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-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2 \
+-chardev socket,id=charrng0,path=/tmp/rng.socket,server,nowait \
+-object rng-egd,id=objrng0,chardev=charrng0 \
+-device virtio-rng-pci,rng=objrng0,id=rng0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
+-msg timestamp=on
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/virtio-rng-egd-unix.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/virtio-rng-egd-unix.x86_64-latest.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2d5575aa53cb29317ce5da9cc2b14b64a71de370
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/virtio-rng-egd-unix.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/home/test \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 \
+-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=kvm,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 \
+-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2 \
+-chardev socket,id=charrng0,fd=1729,server,nowait \
+-object rng-egd,id=objrng0,chardev=charrng0 \
+-device virtio-rng-pci,rng=objrng0,id=rng0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
+-sandbox on,obsolete=deny,elevateprivileges=deny,spawn=deny,\
+resourcecontrol=deny \
+-msg timestamp=on
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/virtio-rng-egd-unix.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/virtio-rng-egd-unix.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ce959cbfe6754a72eb9e551e11520d8639ee4311
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/virtio-rng-egd-unix.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<domain type='kvm'>
+  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
+  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>219100</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>219100</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu>1</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <clock offset='utc'/>
+  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
+  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
+  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator>
+    <controller type='usb' index='0'/>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
+    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
+    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'/>
+    <rng model='virtio'>
+      <backend model='egd' type='unix'>
+        <source mode='bind' path='/tmp/rng.socket'/>
+        <protocol type='raw'/>
+      </backend>
+    </rng>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 69197221886540867ba86df4bbee92c0dfe401f2..3d25e0a4eae6d7bb1e5a60e827aff8c44089b784 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -2095,6 +2095,8 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("virtio-rng-egd",
             QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_RNG,
             QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_RNG_EGD);
+    DO_TEST_CAPS_VER("virtio-rng-egd-unix", "2.5.0");
+    DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("virtio-rng-egd-unix");
     DO_TEST("virtio-rng-multiple",
             QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_RNG,
             QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_RNG_EGD,