diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-nvdimm-persistence.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-nvdimm-persistence.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ff03e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-nvdimm-persistence.args
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/home/test \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-i686 \
+-name QEMUGuest1 \
+-S \
+-machine pc,accel=tcg,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,nvdimm=on,nvdimm-persistence=mem-ctrl \
+-m size=219136k,slots=16,maxmem=1099511627776k \
+-smp 2,sockets=2,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-numa node,nodeid=0,cpus=0-1,mem=214 \
+-object memory-backend-file,id=memnvdimm0,prealloc=yes,mem-path=/tmp/nvdimm,\
+share=no,size=536870912 \
+-device nvdimm,node=0,memdev=memnvdimm0,id=nvdimm0,slot=0 \
+-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
+-display none \
+-no-user-config \
+-nodefaults \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
+-rtc base=utc \
+-no-shutdown \
+-no-acpi \
+-usb \
+-drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0 \
+-device ide-drive,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0,\
+bootindex=1 \
+-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-nvdimm-persistence.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-nvdimm-persistence.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28f2b7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-nvdimm-persistence.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+ <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
+ <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
+ <maxMemory slots='16' unit='KiB'>1099511627776</maxMemory>
+ <memory unit='KiB'>1267710</memory>
+ <currentMemory unit='KiB'>1267710</currentMemory>
+ <vcpu placement='static' cpuset='0-1'>2</vcpu>
+ <os>
+ <type arch='i686' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
+ <boot dev='hd'/>
+ </os>
+ <idmap>
+ <uid start='0' target='1000' count='10'/>
+ <gid start='0' target='1000' count='10'/>
+ </idmap>
+ <cpu>
+ <topology sockets='2' cores='1' threads='1'/>
+ <numa>
+ <cell id='0' cpus='0-1' memory='219136' unit='KiB'/>
+ </numa>
+ </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-i686</emulator>
+ <disk type='block' device='disk'>
+ <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
+ <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1'/>
+ <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
+ <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
+ </disk>
+ <controller type='ide' index='0'>
+ <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/>
+ </controller>
+ <controller type='usb' index='0'>
+ <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/>
+ </controller>
+ <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
+ <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
+ <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
+ <memballoon model='virtio'>
+ <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
+ </memballoon>
+ <memory model='nvdimm' access='private'>
+ <source>
+ <path>/tmp/nvdimm</path>
+ </source>
+ <target>
+ <size unit='KiB'>523264</size>
+ <node>0</node>
+ <persistence>mem-ctrl</persistence>
+ </target>
+ <address type='dimm' slot='0'/>
+ </memory>
+ </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-nvdimm-pmem.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-nvdimm-pmem.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d34ac5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-nvdimm-pmem.args
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/home/test \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-i686 \
+-name QEMUGuest1 \
+-S \
+-machine pc,accel=tcg,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,nvdimm=on \
+-m size=219136k,slots=16,maxmem=1099511627776k \
+-smp 2,sockets=2,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-numa node,nodeid=0,cpus=0-1,mem=214 \
+-object memory-backend-file,id=memnvdimm0,prealloc=yes,mem-path=/tmp/nvdimm,\
+share=no,size=536870912,pmem=on \
+-device nvdimm,node=0,memdev=memnvdimm0,id=nvdimm0,slot=0 \
+-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
+-display none \
+-no-user-config \
+-nodefaults \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
+-rtc base=utc \
+-no-shutdown \
+-no-acpi \
+-usb \
+-drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0 \
+-device ide-drive,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0,\
+bootindex=1 \
+-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-nvdimm-pmem.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-nvdimm-pmem.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b221ddb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-nvdimm-pmem.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+ <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
+ <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
+ <maxMemory slots='16' unit='KiB'>1099511627776</maxMemory>
+ <memory unit='KiB'>1267710</memory>
+ <currentMemory unit='KiB'>1267710</currentMemory>
+ <vcpu placement='static' cpuset='0-1'>2</vcpu>
+ <os>
+ <type arch='i686' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
+ <boot dev='hd'/>
+ </os>
+ <idmap>
+ <uid start='0' target='1000' count='10'/>
+ <gid start='0' target='1000' count='10'/>
+ </idmap>
+ <cpu>
+ <topology sockets='2' cores='1' threads='1'/>
+ <numa>
+ <cell id='0' cpus='0-1' memory='219136' unit='KiB'/>
+ </numa>
+ </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-i686</emulator>
+ <disk type='block' device='disk'>
+ <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
+ <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1'/>
+ <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
+ <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
+ </disk>
+ <controller type='ide' index='0'>
+ <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/>
+ </controller>
+ <controller type='usb' index='0'>
+ <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/>
+ </controller>
+ <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
+ <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
+ <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
+ <memballoon model='virtio'>
+ <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
+ </memballoon>
+ <memory model='nvdimm' access='private'>
+ <source>
+ <path>/tmp/nvdimm</path>
+ <pmem>on</pmem>
+ </source>
+ <target>
+ <size unit='KiB'>523264</size>
+ <node>0</node>
+ </target>
+ <address type='dimm' slot='0'/>
+ </memory>
+ </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-nvdimm-unarmed.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-nvdimm-unarmed.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64dcc5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-nvdimm-unarmed.args
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/home/test \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-i686 \
+-name QEMUGuest1 \
+-S \
+-machine pc,accel=tcg,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,nvdimm=on \
+-m size=219136k,slots=16,maxmem=1099511627776k \
+-smp 2,sockets=2,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-numa node,nodeid=0,cpus=0-1,mem=214 \
+-object memory-backend-file,id=memnvdimm0,prealloc=yes,mem-path=/tmp/nvdimm,\
+share=no,size=536870912 \
+-device nvdimm,node=0,unarmed=on,memdev=memnvdimm0,id=nvdimm0,slot=0 \
+-uuid c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809 \
+-display none \
+-no-user-config \
+-nodefaults \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/tmp/lib/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/monitor.sock,\
+server,nowait \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
+-rtc base=utc \
+-no-shutdown \
+-no-acpi \
+-usb \
+-drive file=/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0 \
+-device ide-drive,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0,\
+bootindex=1 \
+-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-nvdimm-unarmed.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-nvdimm-unarmed.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f60abbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/memory-hotplug-nvdimm-unarmed.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+ <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
+ <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
+ <maxMemory slots='16' unit='KiB'>1099511627776</maxMemory>
+ <memory unit='KiB'>1267710</memory>
+ <currentMemory unit='KiB'>1267710</currentMemory>
+ <vcpu placement='static' cpuset='0-1'>2</vcpu>
+ <os>
+ <type arch='i686' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
+ <boot dev='hd'/>
+ </os>
+ <idmap>
+ <uid start='0' target='1000' count='10'/>
+ <gid start='0' target='1000' count='10'/>
+ </idmap>
+ <cpu>
+ <topology sockets='2' cores='1' threads='1'/>
+ <numa>
+ <cell id='0' cpus='0-1' memory='219136' unit='KiB'/>
+ </numa>
+ </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-i686</emulator>
+ <disk type='block' device='disk'>
+ <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
+ <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1'/>
+ <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
+ <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
+ </disk>
+ <controller type='ide' index='0'>
+ <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/>
+ </controller>
+ <controller type='usb' index='0'>
+ <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/>
+ </controller>
+ <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
+ <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
+ <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
+ <memballoon model='virtio'>
+ <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
+ </memballoon>
+ <memory model='nvdimm' access='private'>
+ <source>
+ <path>/tmp/nvdimm</path>
+ </source>
+ <target>
+ <size unit='KiB'>523264</size>
+ <node>0</node>
+ <unarmed>on</unarmed>
+ </target>
+ <address type='dimm' slot='0'/>
+ </memory>
+ </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index a7cde3e..05ffca5 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -2717,6 +2717,18 @@ mymain(void)
DO_TEST("memory-hotplug-nvdimm-label",
QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_NVDIMM,
QEMU_CAPS_NUMA, QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_RAM, QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE);
+ DO_TEST("memory-hotplug-nvdimm-align",
+ QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_NVDIMM,
+ QEMU_CAPS_NUMA, QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_RAM, QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE);
+ DO_TEST("memory-hotplug-nvdimm-pmem",
+ QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_NVDIMM,
+ QEMU_CAPS_NUMA, QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_RAM, QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE);
+ DO_TEST("memory-hotplug-nvdimm-persistence",
+ QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_NVDIMM,
+ QEMU_CAPS_NUMA, QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_RAM, QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE);
+ DO_TEST("memory-hotplug-nvdimm-unarmed",
+ QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_NVDIMM,
+ QEMU_CAPS_NUMA, QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_RAM, QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_MEMORY_FILE);