diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/098 b/tests/qemu-iotests/098
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e2230ad60cfa797e293bbaebc4c8bc896cb68b63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/098
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Test qcow2's bdrv_make_empty for images without internal snapshots
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2014 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program 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 General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# creator
+owner=mreitz@redhat.com
+
+seq="$(basename $0)"
+echo "QA output created by $seq"
+
+here="$PWD"
+tmp=/tmp/$$
+status=1	# failure is the default!
+
+_cleanup()
+{
+    _cleanup_test_img
+    rm -f "$TEST_DIR/blkdebug.conf"
+}
+trap "_cleanup; exit \$status" 0 1 2 3 15
+
+# get standard environment, filters and checks
+. ./common.rc
+. ./common.filter
+. ./common.pattern
+
+_supported_fmt qcow2
+_supported_proto file
+_supported_os Linux
+
+IMGOPTS="compat=1.1"
+
+for event in l1_update empty_image_prepare reftable_update refblock_alloc; do
+
+echo
+echo "=== $event ==="
+echo
+
+TEST_IMG="$TEST_IMG.base" _make_test_img 64M
+_make_test_img -b "$TEST_IMG.base" 64M
+
+# Some data that can be leaked when emptying the top image
+$QEMU_IO -c 'write 0 64k' "$TEST_IMG" | _filter_qemu_io
+
+cat > "$TEST_DIR/blkdebug.conf" <<EOF
+[inject-error]
+event = "$event"
+EOF
+
+$QEMU_IMG commit "blkdebug:$TEST_DIR/blkdebug.conf:$TEST_IMG" 2>&1 \
+    | _filter_testdir | _filter_imgfmt
+
+# There may be errors, but they should be fixed by opening the image
+$QEMU_IO -c close "$TEST_IMG"
+
+_check_test_img
+
+done
+
+
+rm -f "$TEST_DIR/blkdebug.conf"
+
+# success, all done
+echo "*** done"
+rm -f $seq.full
+status=0
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/098.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/098.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..586dfc809fd25f0db75a102d8f287013c15648e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/098.out
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+QA output created by 098
+
+=== l1_update ===
+
+Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base', fmt=IMGFMT size=67108864 
+Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=67108864 backing_file='TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base' 
+wrote 65536/65536 bytes at offset 0
+64 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+qemu-img: Could not empty blkdebug:TEST_DIR/blkdebug.conf:TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT: Input/output error
+No errors were found on the image.
+
+=== empty_image_prepare ===
+
+Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base', fmt=IMGFMT size=67108864 
+Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=67108864 backing_file='TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base' 
+wrote 65536/65536 bytes at offset 0
+64 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+qemu-img: Could not empty blkdebug:TEST_DIR/blkdebug.conf:TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT: Input/output error
+Leaked cluster 4 refcount=1 reference=0
+Leaked cluster 5 refcount=1 reference=0
+Repairing cluster 4 refcount=1 reference=0
+Repairing cluster 5 refcount=1 reference=0
+No errors were found on the image.
+
+=== reftable_update ===
+
+Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base', fmt=IMGFMT size=67108864 
+Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=67108864 backing_file='TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base' 
+wrote 65536/65536 bytes at offset 0
+64 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+qemu-img: Could not empty blkdebug:TEST_DIR/blkdebug.conf:TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT: Input/output error
+ERROR cluster 0 refcount=0 reference=1
+ERROR cluster 1 refcount=0 reference=1
+ERROR cluster 3 refcount=0 reference=1
+Rebuilding refcount structure
+Repairing cluster 1 refcount=1 reference=0
+No errors were found on the image.
+
+=== refblock_alloc ===
+
+Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base', fmt=IMGFMT size=67108864 
+Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT', fmt=IMGFMT size=67108864 backing_file='TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base' 
+wrote 65536/65536 bytes at offset 0
+64 KiB, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+qemu-img: Could not empty blkdebug:TEST_DIR/blkdebug.conf:TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT: Input/output error
+ERROR cluster 0 refcount=0 reference=1
+ERROR cluster 1 refcount=0 reference=1
+ERROR cluster 3 refcount=0 reference=1
+Rebuilding refcount structure
+Repairing cluster 1 refcount=1 reference=0
+No errors were found on the image.
+*** done
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/group b/tests/qemu-iotests/group
index f1c2d87b2723e660588388e22e753622650229d6..281c88992193ce1d23e96f2d6376f8e3cbf66531 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/group
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/group
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@
 092 rw auto quick
 095 rw auto quick
 097 rw auto backing
+098 rw auto backing quick
 099 rw auto quick
 100 rw auto quick
 101 rw auto quick