diff --git a/tests/Makefile.include b/tests/Makefile.include
index 92f89b07d6361b9e236471cab51c70fcd2da767f..3f9b1d6afb74c112e28d242db598884d58d40043 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/Makefile.include
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ check-qtest-ppc64-y += $(check-qtest-virtio-y)
 check-qtest-ppc64-y += tests/test-netfilter$(EXESUF)
 check-qtest-ppc64-y += tests/test-filter-mirror$(EXESUF)
 check-qtest-ppc64-y += tests/test-filter-redirector$(EXESUF)
+check-qtest-ppc64-y += tests/display-vga-test$(EXESUF)
 
 check-qtest-sh4-y = tests/endianness-test$(EXESUF)
 
diff --git a/tests/display-vga-test.c b/tests/display-vga-test.c
index 91460215ccf192866e5b668a565490ee75897919..2d7d24eee0ff6bad1a41ce443d1dd5702a7a1ac6 100644
--- a/tests/display-vga-test.c
+++ b/tests/display-vga-test.c
@@ -50,9 +50,14 @@ static void pci_virtio_vga(void)
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
+    const char *arch = qtest_get_arch();
+
     g_test_init(&argc, &argv, NULL);
 
-    qtest_add_func("/display/pci/cirrus", pci_cirrus);
+    if (strcmp(arch, "alpha") == 0 || strcmp(arch, "i386") == 0 ||
+        strcmp(arch, "mips") == 0 || strcmp(arch, "x86_64") == 0) {
+        qtest_add_func("/display/pci/cirrus", pci_cirrus);
+    }
     qtest_add_func("/display/pci/stdvga", pci_stdvga);
     qtest_add_func("/display/pci/secondary", pci_secondary);
     qtest_add_func("/display/pci/multihead", pci_multihead);