diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index b8d445e955bc159672218612e91dc4e06f8ca385..597ca9070336620ea05d41876dd03ffced71eaa7 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ check-qapi-schema-y := $(addprefix tests/qapi-schema/, \
 	missing-colon.json missing-comma-list.json missing-comma-object.json \
 	nested-struct-data.json non-objects.json \
 	qapi-schema-test.json quoted-structural-chars.json \
+	leading-comma-list.json leading-comma-object.json \
 	trailing-comma-list.json trailing-comma-object.json \
 	unclosed-list.json unclosed-object.json unclosed-string.json \
 	duplicate-key.json union-invalid-base.json union-bad-branch.json \
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/leading-comma-list.err b/tests/qapi-schema/leading-comma-list.err
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f5c870bb9c4a069521b4403944917012df251e56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/leading-comma-list.err
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+tests/qapi-schema/leading-comma-list.json:2:13: Expected "{", "[", "]", string, boolean or "null"
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/leading-comma-list.exit b/tests/qapi-schema/leading-comma-list.exit
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d00491fd7e5bb6fa28c517a0bb32b8b506539d4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/leading-comma-list.exit
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/leading-comma-list.json b/tests/qapi-schema/leading-comma-list.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c5ba50159027bafd027aa66e7e3e97255c8ea612
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/leading-comma-list.json
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+{ 'enum': 'Status',
+  'data': [ , 'good', 'bad', 'ugly' ] }
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/leading-comma-list.out b/tests/qapi-schema/leading-comma-list.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/leading-comma-object.err b/tests/qapi-schema/leading-comma-object.err
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f767b95544ef0e8921e073fddcfda72484808fb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/leading-comma-object.err
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+tests/qapi-schema/leading-comma-object.json:1:3: Expected string or "}"
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/leading-comma-object.exit b/tests/qapi-schema/leading-comma-object.exit
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d00491fd7e5bb6fa28c517a0bb32b8b506539d4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/leading-comma-object.exit
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/leading-comma-object.json b/tests/qapi-schema/leading-comma-object.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c89023ff3b78f00b58605653216e884831fa8744
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/leading-comma-object.json
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+{ , 'enum': 'Status',
+  'data': [ 'good', 'bad', 'ugly' ] }
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/leading-comma-object.out b/tests/qapi-schema/leading-comma-object.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391