diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-nvdimm-ppc64.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-nvdimm-ppc64.args
index 92e6c538fb..94bd86ada0 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-nvdimm-ppc64.args
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-nvdimm-ppc64.args
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
 -realtime mlock=off \
 -smp 2,sockets=2,cores=1,threads=1 \
 -numa node,nodeid=0,cpus=0-1,mem=1024 \
--object memory-backend-file,id=memnvdimm0,prealloc=yes,mem-path=/tmp/nvdimm,\
+-object memory-backend-file,id=memnvdimm0,mem-path=/tmp/nvdimm,prealloc=yes,\
 size=537001984 \
 -device nvdimm,node=0,label-size=131072,\
 uuid=49545eb3-75e1-2d0a-acdd-f0294406c99e,memdev=memnvdimm0,id=nvdimm0,slot=0 \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-nvdimm-ppc64.ppc64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-nvdimm-ppc64.ppc64-latest.args
deleted file mode 100644
index e7be7216c1..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-nvdimm-ppc64.ppc64-latest.args
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-LC_ALL=C \
-PATH=/bin \
-HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1 \
-USER=test \
-LOGNAME=test \
-XDG_DATA_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.local/share \
-XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.cache \
-XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.config \
-QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
-/usr/bin/qemu-system-ppc64 \
--name guest=QEMUGuest1,debug-threads=on \
--S \
--object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,\
-file=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/master-key.aes \
--machine pseries,accel=tcg,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,nvdimm=on \
--cpu POWER9 \
--m size=1048576k,slots=16,maxmem=1099511627776k \
--overcommit mem-lock=off \
--smp 2,sockets=2,dies=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
--numa node,nodeid=0,cpus=0-1,mem=1024 \
--object memory-backend-file,id=memnvdimm0,mem-path=/tmp/nvdimm,prealloc=yes,\
-size=537001984 \
--device nvdimm,node=0,label-size=131072,\
-uuid=49545eb3-75e1-2d0a-acdd-f0294406c99e,memdev=memnvdimm0,id=nvdimm0,slot=0 \
--uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
--display none \
--no-user-config \
--nodefaults \
--chardev socket,id=charmonitor,fd=1729,server,nowait \
--mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
--rtc base=utc \
--no-shutdown \
--boot strict=on \
--device pci-ohci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1 \
--device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2 \
--sandbox on,obsolete=deny,elevateprivileges=deny,spawn=deny,\
-resourcecontrol=deny \
--msg timestamp=on
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 409680c84e..8c8426e699 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -3011,7 +3011,9 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("memory-hotplug-nvdimm-align");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("memory-hotplug-nvdimm-pmem");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("memory-hotplug-nvdimm-readonly");
-    DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("memory-hotplug-nvdimm-ppc64", "ppc64");
+    DO_TEST("memory-hotplug-nvdimm-ppc64", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_SPAPR_PCI_HOST_BRIDGE,
+                                           QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE,
+                                           QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_NVDIMM);
 
     DO_TEST("machine-aeskeywrap-on-caps",
             QEMU_CAPS_AES_KEY_WRAP,
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/memory-hotplug-ppc64-nonuma.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/memory-hotplug-ppc64-nonuma.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a5905e64b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/memory-hotplug-ppc64-nonuma.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<domain type='kvm'>
+  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
+  <uuid>49545eb3-75e1-2d0a-acdd-f0294406c99e</uuid>
+  <maxMemory slots='16' unit='KiB'>4194304</maxMemory>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>2097152</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>2097152</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='ppc64' machine='pseries'>hvm</type>
+    <kernel>/media/ram/uImage</kernel>
+    <initrd>/media/ram/ramdisk</initrd>
+    <cmdline>root=/dev/ram rw console=ttyS0,115200</cmdline>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <clock offset='utc'/>
+  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
+  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
+  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-ppc64</emulator>
+    <controller type='usb' index='0'>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x0'/>
+    </controller>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'>
+      <model name='spapr-pci-host-bridge'/>
+      <target index='0'/>
+    </controller>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
+    </memballoon>
+    <panic model='pseries'/>
+    <memory model='dimm'>
+      <target>
+        <size unit='KiB'>523264</size>
+      </target>
+      <address type='dimm' slot='0'/>
+    </memory>
+    <memory model='dimm'>
+      <target>
+        <size unit='KiB'>524287</size>
+      </target>
+      <address type='dimm' slot='1'/>
+    </memory>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
index 603ba71686..83e5dd0cbe 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
@@ -1229,6 +1229,9 @@ mymain(void)
     /* SVE aarch64 CPU features work on modern QEMU */
     DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("aarch64-features-sve", "aarch64");
 
+    DO_TEST("memory-hotplug-ppc64-nonuma", QEMU_CAPS_KVM, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PC_DIMM, QEMU_CAPS_NUMA,
+            QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_SPAPR_PCI_HOST_BRIDGE,
+            QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_RAM, QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE);
     DO_TEST("memory-hotplug", NONE);
     DO_TEST("memory-hotplug-dimm", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PC_DIMM);
     DO_TEST("memory-hotplug-nvdimm", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_NVDIMM);
@@ -1239,7 +1242,9 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("memory-hotplug-nvdimm-readonly", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_NVDIMM,
                                               QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_NVDIMM_UNARMED);
     DO_TEST("memory-hotplug-nvdimm-ppc64", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_SPAPR_PCI_HOST_BRIDGE,
+                                           QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE,
                                            QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_NVDIMM);
+
     DO_TEST("net-udp", NONE);
 
     DO_TEST("video-virtio-gpu-device", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_GPU);