diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index 30cdd1d70b1bb69c1181dd065e6c90739e6735b4..eb96f3899486d22a78a7d8032b126023f8a98efe 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -325,6 +325,7 @@ test_libraries = libshunload.la \
 		virnetserverclientmock.la \
 		vircgroupmock.la \
 		virpcimock.la \
+		qemuxml2argvmock.la \
 		$(NULL)
 if WITH_QEMU
 test_libraries += libqemumonitortestutils.la
@@ -441,6 +442,12 @@ qemuxml2argvtest_SOURCES = \
 	testutils.c testutils.h
 qemuxml2argvtest_LDADD = $(qemu_LDADDS) $(LIBXML_LIBS)
 
+qemuxml2argvmock_la_SOURCES = \
+	qemuxml2argvmock.c
+qemuxml2argvmock_la_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS)
+qemuxml2argvmock_la_LDFLAGS = -module -avoid-version \
+	-rpath /evil/libtool/hack/to/force/shared/lib/creation
+
 qemuxml2xmltest_SOURCES = \
 	qemuxml2xmltest.c testutilsqemu.c testutilsqemu.h \
 	testutils.c testutils.h
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-localtime-basis-localtime.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-localtime-basis-localtime.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..24fe89ca5faf93b0692e6e7d3621189e83b8fbfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-localtime-basis-localtime.args
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu -S -M pc -m 214 -smp 1 -nographic \
+-monitor unix:/tmp/test-monitor,server,nowait -rtc base=2009-02-14T01:31:30 \
+-no-acpi -boot c -usb -hda /dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1 -net none -serial none \
+-parallel none
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-localtime-basis-localtime.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-localtime-basis-localtime.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..91d57b95434d1c3067181fb0818e877643bf2eea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-localtime-basis-localtime.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
+  <uuid>1c15a1f6-f4f0-4d3c-9002-667ddb458736</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>219100</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>219100</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='i686' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <clock offset='variable' adjustment='3600' basis='localtime'/>
+  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
+  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
+  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu</emulator>
+    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
+      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1'/>
+      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
+      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
+    </disk>
+    <controller type='usb' index='0'/>
+    <controller type='ide' index='0'/>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-variable.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-variable.args
index d67fbf5d29238bc49363b91cde557c6dd8685378..3b7ebdaae7759ff25c516c7a937b41071992c0b9 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-variable.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-clock-variable.args
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 LC_ALL=C PATH=/bin HOME=/home/test USER=test LOGNAME=test QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 /usr/bin/qemu -S -M \
 pc -m 214 -smp 1 -nographic -monitor unix:/tmp/test-monitor,server,nowait -rtc \
-base=2010-2-2T18:22:10 -no-acpi -boot c -usb -hda /dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1 -net none \
--serial none -parallel none
+base=2009-02-15T09:49:06 -no-acpi -boot c -usb -hda /dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1 \
+-net none -serial none -parallel none
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvmock.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvmock.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ed9fb13e22328e875acba79932c86a4fa5229fdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvmock.c
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library.  If not, see
+ * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * Author: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
+ */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+#ifdef __linux__
+# include "internal.h"
+# include <time.h>
+
+time_t time(time_t *t)
+{
+    const time_t ret = 1234567890;
+    if (t)
+        *t = ret;
+    return ret;
+}
+
+#else
+/* Nothing to override on non-__linux__ platforms */
+#endif
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index a25264e8e0c64ea90d8222b3a5e6f5f60d533196..c8b385722489abb731320ad184847eff2033e102 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -618,10 +618,8 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("bios", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE, QEMU_CAPS_SGA);
     DO_TEST("clock-utc", NONE);
     DO_TEST("clock-localtime", NONE);
-    /*
-     * Can't be enabled since the absolute timestamp changes every time
+    DO_TEST("clock-localtime-basis-localtime", QEMU_CAPS_RTC);
     DO_TEST("clock-variable", QEMU_CAPS_RTC);
-    */
     DO_TEST("clock-france", QEMU_CAPS_RTC);
     DO_TEST("clock-hpet-off", QEMU_CAPS_RTC, QEMU_CAPS_NO_HPET,
             QEMU_CAPS_NO_KVM_PIT);
@@ -1335,7 +1333,7 @@ mymain(void)
     return ret==0 ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE;
 }
 
-VIRT_TEST_MAIN(mymain)
+VIRT_TEST_MAIN_PRELOAD(mymain, abs_builddir "/.libs/qemuxml2argvmock.so")
 
 #else