diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-disk-serial.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-disk-serial.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..14625a416435c5688775767cd3fc9f7ab377d879
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-disk-serial.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<domain type='kvm'>
+  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
+  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>219136</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>219136</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='i686' 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-i686</emulator>
+    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
+      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1'/>
+      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
+      <serial>  WD-WMAP9A966149</serial>
+      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='1'/>
+    </disk>
+    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
+      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/AllSerialChars'/>
+      <target dev='hdb' bus='ide'/>
+      <serial>abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789-_ .+</serial>
+      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='2'/>
+    </disk>
+    <controller type='usb' index='0'>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/>
+    </controller>
+    <controller type='ide' index='0'>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/>
+    </controller>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
+    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
+    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
+    </memballoon>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
index 99d831c32abf0ffe019812858a7938e7b7d866b1..d66cf155d4713e4e04f2ab6dd576565706258c66 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
@@ -712,6 +712,8 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("disk-drive-discard", NONE);
     DO_TEST("disk-drive-detect-zeroes", NONE);
 
+    DO_TEST("disk-serial", NONE);
+
     DO_TEST("virtio-rng-random", NONE);
     DO_TEST("virtio-rng-egd", NONE);