diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/081 b/tests/qemu-iotests/081
index be345443c6be934e5e9dd071ab6c1dc3377f86ad..f053f11942d2cd7547ef416c90bb43afdcd1501a 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/081
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/081
@@ -44,6 +44,18 @@ _supported_fmt raw
 _supported_proto generic
 _supported_os Linux
 
+function do_run_qemu()
+{
+    echo Testing: "$@" | _filter_imgfmt
+    $QEMU -nographic -qmp stdio -serial none "$@"
+    echo
+}
+
+function run_qemu()
+{
+    do_run_qemu "$@" 2>&1 | _filter_testdir | _filter_qmp | _filter_qemu_io
+}
+
 quorum="file.driver=quorum,file.children.0.file.filename=$TEST_DIR/1.raw"
 quorum="$quorum,file.children.1.file.filename=$TEST_DIR/2.raw"
 quorum="$quorum,file.children.2.file.filename=$TEST_DIR/3.raw,file.vote-threshold=2"
@@ -79,6 +91,45 @@ echo "== checking quorum correction =="
 
 $QEMU_IO -c "open -o $quorum" -c "read -P 0x32 0 $size" | _filter_qemu_io
 
+echo
+echo "== checking mixed reference/option specification =="
+
+run_qemu -drive "file=$TEST_DIR/2.raw,format=$IMGFMT,if=none,id=drive2" <<EOF
+{ "execute": "qmp_capabilities" }
+{ "execute": "blockdev-add",
+    "arguments": {
+        "options": {
+            "driver": "quorum",
+            "id": "drive0-quorum",
+            "vote-threshold": 2,
+            "children": [
+                {
+                    "driver": "raw",
+                    "file": {
+                        "driver": "file",
+                        "filename": "$TEST_DIR/1.raw"
+                    }
+                },
+                "drive2",
+                {
+                    "driver": "raw",
+                    "file": {
+                        "driver": "file",
+                        "filename": "$TEST_DIR/3.raw"
+                    }
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+    }
+}
+{ "execute": "human-monitor-command",
+    "arguments": {
+        "command-line": 'qemu-io drive0-quorum "read -P 0x32 0 $size"'
+    }
+}
+{ "execute": "quit" }
+EOF
+
 echo
 echo "== breaking quorum =="
 
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/081.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/081.out
index b5b55abc7b63e3ddad8c797ad9c54c01e0166871..4fe2f95f63a7c6870c7739e4c0b6005f32c4490c 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/081.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/081.out
@@ -25,6 +25,21 @@ wrote 10485760/10485760 bytes at offset 0
 read 10485760/10485760 bytes at offset 0
 10 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
 
+== checking mixed reference/option specification ==
+Testing: -drive file=TEST_DIR/2.IMGFMT,format=IMGFMT,if=none,id=drive2
+QMP_VERSION
+{"return": {}}
+{"return": {}}
+{"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "QUORUM_REPORT_BAD", "data": {"node-name": "", "ret": 0, "sectors-count": 20480, "sector-num": 0}}
+read 10485760/10485760 bytes at offset 0
+10 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+{"return": ""}
+{"return": {}}
+{"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "SHUTDOWN"}
+{"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "DEVICE_TRAY_MOVED", "data": {"device": "ide1-cd0", "tray-open": true}}
+{"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "DEVICE_TRAY_MOVED", "data": {"device": "floppy0", "tray-open": true}}
+
+
 == breaking quorum ==
 wrote 10485760/10485760 bytes at offset 0
 10 MiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)