diff --git a/tests/acceptance/boot_linux_console.py b/tests/acceptance/boot_linux_console.py
index 9c6aa2040a284bf09c7257532e46afec1c66a997..4643f60e37601371769f40c886590fbef9ef2646 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/boot_linux_console.py
+++ b/tests/acceptance/boot_linux_console.py
@@ -400,6 +400,47 @@ class BootLinuxConsole(Test):
         self.wait_for_console_pattern('Boot successful.')
         # TODO user command, for now the uart is stuck
 
+    def test_arm_cubieboard_initrd(self):
+        """
+        :avocado: tags=arch:arm
+        :avocado: tags=machine:cubieboard
+        """
+        deb_url = ('https://apt.armbian.com/pool/main/l/'
+                   'linux-4.20.7-sunxi/linux-image-dev-sunxi_5.75_armhf.deb')
+        deb_hash = '1334c29c44d984ffa05ed10de8c3361f33d78315'
+        deb_path = self.fetch_asset(deb_url, asset_hash=deb_hash)
+        kernel_path = self.extract_from_deb(deb_path,
+                                            '/boot/vmlinuz-4.20.7-sunxi')
+        dtb_path = '/usr/lib/linux-image-dev-sunxi/sun4i-a10-cubieboard.dtb'
+        dtb_path = self.extract_from_deb(deb_path, dtb_path)
+        initrd_url = ('https://github.com/groeck/linux-build-test/raw/'
+                      '2eb0a73b5d5a28df3170c546ddaaa9757e1e0848/rootfs/'
+                      'arm/rootfs-armv5.cpio.gz')
+        initrd_hash = '2b50f1873e113523967806f4da2afe385462ff9b'
+        initrd_path_gz = self.fetch_asset(initrd_url, asset_hash=initrd_hash)
+        initrd_path = os.path.join(self.workdir, 'rootfs.cpio')
+        archive.gzip_uncompress(initrd_path_gz, initrd_path)
+
+        self.vm.set_console()
+        kernel_command_line = (self.KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE +
+                               'console=ttyS0,115200 '
+                               'usbcore.nousb '
+                               'panic=-1 noreboot')
+        self.vm.add_args('-kernel', kernel_path,
+                         '-dtb', dtb_path,
+                         '-initrd', initrd_path,
+                         '-append', kernel_command_line,
+                         '-no-reboot')
+        self.vm.launch()
+        self.wait_for_console_pattern('Boot successful.')
+
+        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'cat /proc/cpuinfo',
+                                                'Allwinner sun4i/sun5i')
+        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'cat /proc/iomem',
+                                                'system-control@1c00000')
+        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'reboot',
+                                                'reboot: Restarting system')
+
     def test_s390x_s390_ccw_virtio(self):
         """
         :avocado: tags=arch:s390x