diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-virt-headless-mmio.aarch64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-virt-headless-mmio.aarch64-latest.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f546cf33c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-virt-headless-mmio.aarch64-latest.args
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-guest \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+XDG_DATA_HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-guest/.local/share \
+XDG_CACHE_HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-guest/.cache \
+XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-guest/.config \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-aarch64 \
+-name guest=guest,debug-threads=on \
+-S \
+-object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-guest/master-key.aes"}' \
+-blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/usr/share/edk2/aarch64/QEMU_EFI-silent-pflash.raw","node-name":"libvirt-pflash0-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
+-blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash0-format","read-only":true,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash0-storage"}' \
+-blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/path/to/guest_VARS.raw","node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
+-blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-format","read-only":false,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash1-storage"}' \
+-machine virt-4.0,usb=off,gic-version=2,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=mach-virt.ram,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-format,acpi=on \
+-accel tcg \
+-cpu cortex-a15 \
+-m size=4194304k \
+-object '{"qom-type":"memory-backend-ram","id":"mach-virt.ram","size":4294967296}' \
+-overcommit mem-lock=off \
+-smp 4,sockets=4,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-uuid 1ccfd97d-5eb4-478a-bbe6-88d254c16db7 \
+-display none \
+-no-user-config \
+-nodefaults \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,fd=1729,server=on,wait=off \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
+-rtc base=utc \
+-no-shutdown \
+-boot strict=on \
+-device '{"driver":"virtio-serial-device","id":"virtio-serial0"}' \
+-blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/var/lib/libvirt/images/guest.qcow2","node-name":"libvirt-1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
+-blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-1-format","read-only":false,"driver":"qcow2","file":"libvirt-1-storage"}' \
+-device '{"driver":"virtio-blk-device","drive":"libvirt-1-format","id":"virtio-disk0","bootindex":1}' \
+-netdev '{"type":"user","id":"hostnet0"}' \
+-device '{"driver":"virtio-net-device","netdev":"hostnet0","id":"net0","mac":"52:54:00:09:a4:37"}' \
+-chardev pty,id=charserial0 \
+-serial chardev:charserial0 \
+-chardev socket,id=charchannel0,fd=1729,server=on,wait=off \
+-device '{"driver":"virtserialport","bus":"virtio-serial0.0","nr":1,"chardev":"charchannel0","id":"channel0","name":"org.qemu.guest_agent.0"}' \
+-audiodev '{"id":"audio1","driver":"none"}' \
+-device '{"driver":"virtio-balloon-device","id":"balloon0"}' \
+-object '{"qom-type":"rng-random","id":"objrng0","filename":"/dev/urandom"}' \
+-device '{"driver":"virtio-rng-device","rng":"objrng0","id":"rng0"}' \
+-sandbox on,obsolete=deny,elevateprivileges=deny,spawn=deny,resourcecontrol=deny \
+-msg timestamp=on
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-virt-headless-mmio.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-virt-headless-mmio.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4f2519bb1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/aarch64-virt-headless-mmio.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>guest</name>
+  <uuid>1ccfd97d-5eb4-478a-bbe6-88d254c16db7</uuid>
+  <metadata>
+    <libosinfo:libosinfo xmlns:libosinfo='http://libosinfo.org/xmlns/libvirt/domain/1.0'>
+      <libosinfo:os id='http://fedoraproject.org/fedora/29'/>
+    </libosinfo:libosinfo>
+  </metadata>
+  <memory>4194304</memory>
+  <currentMemory>4194304</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu>4</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='aarch64' machine='virt-4.0'>hvm</type>
+    <loader readonly='yes' type='pflash'>/usr/share/edk2/aarch64/QEMU_EFI-silent-pflash.raw</loader>
+    <nvram>/path/to/guest_VARS.raw</nvram>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <features>
+    <acpi/>
+  </features>
+  <clock offset='utc'/>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-aarch64</emulator>
+    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
+      <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/guest.qcow2'/>
+      <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
+      <address type='virtio-mmio'/>
+    </disk>
+    <interface type='user'>
+      <mac address='52:54:00:09:a4:37'/>
+      <model type='virtio'/>
+      <address type='virtio-mmio'/>
+    </interface>
+    <console type='pty'/>
+    <channel type='unix'>
+      <source mode='bind'/>
+      <target type='virtio' name='org.qemu.guest_agent.0'/>
+    </channel>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'>
+      <address type='virtio-mmio'/>
+    </memballoon>
+    <rng model='virtio'>
+      <backend model='random'>/dev/urandom</backend>
+      <address type='virtio-mmio'/>
+    </rng>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/riscv64-virt-headless-mmio.riscv64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/riscv64-virt-headless-mmio.riscv64-latest.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bf7ce2cf9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/riscv64-virt-headless-mmio.riscv64-latest.args
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-guest \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+XDG_DATA_HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-guest/.local/share \
+XDG_CACHE_HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-guest/.cache \
+XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-guest/.config \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-riscv64 \
+-name guest=guest,debug-threads=on \
+-S \
+-object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-guest/master-key.aes"}' \
+-machine virt,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=riscv_virt_board.ram \
+-accel tcg \
+-m size=4194304k \
+-object '{"qom-type":"memory-backend-ram","id":"riscv_virt_board.ram","size":4294967296}' \
+-overcommit mem-lock=off \
+-smp 4,sockets=4,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-uuid 1ccfd97d-5eb4-478a-bbe6-88d254c16db7 \
+-display none \
+-no-user-config \
+-nodefaults \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,fd=1729,server=on,wait=off \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
+-rtc base=utc \
+-no-shutdown \
+-boot strict=on \
+-device '{"driver":"virtio-serial-device","id":"virtio-serial0"}' \
+-blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/var/lib/libvirt/images/guest.qcow2","node-name":"libvirt-1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
+-blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-1-format","read-only":false,"driver":"qcow2","file":"libvirt-1-storage"}' \
+-device '{"driver":"virtio-blk-device","drive":"libvirt-1-format","id":"virtio-disk0","bootindex":1}' \
+-netdev '{"type":"user","id":"hostnet0"}' \
+-device '{"driver":"virtio-net-device","netdev":"hostnet0","id":"net0","mac":"52:54:00:09:a4:37"}' \
+-chardev pty,id=charserial0 \
+-serial chardev:charserial0 \
+-chardev socket,id=charchannel0,fd=1729,server=on,wait=off \
+-device '{"driver":"virtserialport","bus":"virtio-serial0.0","nr":1,"chardev":"charchannel0","id":"channel0","name":"org.qemu.guest_agent.0"}' \
+-audiodev '{"id":"audio1","driver":"none"}' \
+-device '{"driver":"virtio-balloon-device","id":"balloon0"}' \
+-object '{"qom-type":"rng-random","id":"objrng0","filename":"/dev/urandom"}' \
+-device '{"driver":"virtio-rng-device","rng":"objrng0","id":"rng0"}' \
+-sandbox on,obsolete=deny,elevateprivileges=deny,spawn=deny,resourcecontrol=deny \
+-msg timestamp=on
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/riscv64-virt-headless-mmio.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/riscv64-virt-headless-mmio.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bcba73e9f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/riscv64-virt-headless-mmio.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>guest</name>
+  <uuid>1ccfd97d-5eb4-478a-bbe6-88d254c16db7</uuid>
+  <metadata>
+    <libosinfo:libosinfo xmlns:libosinfo='http://libosinfo.org/xmlns/libvirt/domain/1.0'>
+      <libosinfo:os id='http://fedoraproject.org/fedora/29'/>
+    </libosinfo:libosinfo>
+  </metadata>
+  <memory>4194304</memory>
+  <currentMemory>4194304</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu>4</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='riscv64' machine='virt'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <clock offset='utc'/>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-riscv64</emulator>
+    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
+      <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/guest.qcow2'/>
+      <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
+      <address type='virtio-mmio'/>
+    </disk>
+    <interface type='user'>
+      <mac address='52:54:00:09:a4:37'/>
+      <model type='virtio'/>
+      <address type='virtio-mmio'/>
+    </interface>
+    <console type='pty'/>
+    <channel type='unix'>
+      <source mode='bind'/>
+      <target type='virtio' name='org.qemu.guest_agent.0'/>
+    </channel>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'>
+      <address type='virtio-mmio'/>
+    </memballoon>
+    <rng model='virtio'>
+      <backend model='random'>/dev/urandom</backend>
+      <address type='virtio-mmio'/>
+    </rng>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/aarch64-virt-headless-mmio.aarch64-latest.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/aarch64-virt-headless-mmio.aarch64-latest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b2d6e70bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/aarch64-virt-headless-mmio.aarch64-latest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>guest</name>
+  <uuid>1ccfd97d-5eb4-478a-bbe6-88d254c16db7</uuid>
+  <metadata>
+    <libosinfo:libosinfo xmlns:libosinfo="http://libosinfo.org/xmlns/libvirt/domain/1.0">
+      <libosinfo:os id="http://fedoraproject.org/fedora/29"/>
+    </libosinfo:libosinfo>
+  </metadata>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>4194304</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>4194304</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>4</vcpu>
+  <os firmware='efi'>
+    <type arch='aarch64' machine='virt-4.0'>hvm</type>
+    <firmware>
+      <feature enabled='no' name='enrolled-keys'/>
+      <feature enabled='no' name='secure-boot'/>
+    </firmware>
+    <loader readonly='yes' type='pflash'>/usr/share/edk2/aarch64/QEMU_EFI-silent-pflash.raw</loader>
+    <nvram template='/usr/share/edk2/aarch64/vars-template-pflash.raw'>/path/to/guest_VARS.raw</nvram>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <features>
+    <acpi/>
+    <gic version='2'/>
+  </features>
+  <cpu mode='custom' match='exact' check='none'>
+    <model fallback='forbid'>cortex-a15</model>
+  </cpu>
+  <clock offset='utc'/>
+  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
+  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
+  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-aarch64</emulator>
+    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
+      <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/guest.qcow2'/>
+      <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
+      <address type='virtio-mmio'/>
+    </disk>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pcie-root'/>
+    <controller type='virtio-serial' index='0'>
+      <address type='virtio-mmio'/>
+    </controller>
+    <interface type='user'>
+      <mac address='52:54:00:09:a4:37'/>
+      <model type='virtio'/>
+      <address type='virtio-mmio'/>
+    </interface>
+    <serial type='pty'>
+      <target type='system-serial' port='0'>
+        <model name='pl011'/>
+      </target>
+    </serial>
+    <console type='pty'>
+      <target type='serial' port='0'/>
+    </console>
+    <channel type='unix'>
+      <target type='virtio' name='org.qemu.guest_agent.0'/>
+      <address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='1'/>
+    </channel>
+    <audio id='1' type='none'/>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'>
+      <address type='virtio-mmio'/>
+    </memballoon>
+    <rng model='virtio'>
+      <backend model='random'>/dev/urandom</backend>
+      <address type='virtio-mmio'/>
+    </rng>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/riscv64-virt-headless-mmio.riscv64-latest.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/riscv64-virt-headless-mmio.riscv64-latest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..445029e82b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/riscv64-virt-headless-mmio.riscv64-latest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>guest</name>
+  <uuid>1ccfd97d-5eb4-478a-bbe6-88d254c16db7</uuid>
+  <metadata>
+    <libosinfo:libosinfo xmlns:libosinfo="http://libosinfo.org/xmlns/libvirt/domain/1.0">
+      <libosinfo:os id="http://fedoraproject.org/fedora/29"/>
+    </libosinfo:libosinfo>
+  </metadata>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>4194304</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>4194304</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>4</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='riscv64' machine='virt'>hvm</type>
+    <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-riscv64</emulator>
+    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/>
+      <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/guest.qcow2'/>
+      <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
+      <address type='virtio-mmio'/>
+    </disk>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pcie-root'/>
+    <controller type='virtio-serial' index='0'>
+      <address type='virtio-mmio'/>
+    </controller>
+    <interface type='user'>
+      <mac address='52:54:00:09:a4:37'/>
+      <model type='virtio'/>
+      <address type='virtio-mmio'/>
+    </interface>
+    <serial type='pty'>
+      <target type='system-serial' port='0'>
+        <model name='16550a'/>
+      </target>
+    </serial>
+    <console type='pty'>
+      <target type='serial' port='0'/>
+    </console>
+    <channel type='unix'>
+      <target type='virtio' name='org.qemu.guest_agent.0'/>
+      <address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='1'/>
+    </channel>
+    <audio id='1' type='none'/>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'>
+      <address type='virtio-mmio'/>
+    </memballoon>
+    <rng model='virtio'>
+      <backend model='random'>/dev/urandom</backend>
+      <address type='virtio-mmio'/>
+    </rng>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconftest.c b/tests/qemuxmlconftest.c
index 7d032e7b41..30d692efb4 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxmlconftest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxmlconftest.c
@@ -2688,8 +2688,10 @@ mymain(void)
 
     /* Simple headless guests for various architectures */
     DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("aarch64-virt-headless", "aarch64");
+    DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("aarch64-virt-headless-mmio", "aarch64");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("ppc64-pseries-headless", "ppc64");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("riscv64-virt-headless", "riscv64");
+    DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("riscv64-virt-headless-mmio", "riscv64");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("s390x-ccw-headless", "s390x");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("x86_64-pc-headless", "x86_64");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_ARCH_LATEST("x86_64-q35-headless", "x86_64");