diff --git a/tests/virstoragetest.c b/tests/virstoragetest.c
index 513ffdeb41..ec185d8660 100644
--- a/tests/virstoragetest.c
+++ b/tests/virstoragetest.c
@@ -464,6 +464,20 @@ mymain(void)
 
     testCleanupImages();
 
+    /* Test various combinations of qcow2 images with missing 'backing_format' */
+    TEST_CHAIN("qcow2-qcow2_qcow2-qcow2_qcow2-auto",
+               abs_srcdir "/virstoragetestdata/images/qcow2_qcow2-qcow2_qcow2-auto.qcow2",
+               VIR_STORAGE_FILE_QCOW2, EXP_PASS);
+    TEST_CHAIN("qcow2-qcow2_qcow2-qcow2_raw-auto",
+               abs_srcdir "/virstoragetestdata/images/qcow2_qcow2-qcow2_raw-auto.qcow2",
+               VIR_STORAGE_FILE_QCOW2, EXP_PASS);
+    TEST_CHAIN("qcow2-qcow2_qcow2-auto_qcow2-auto",
+               abs_srcdir "/virstoragetestdata/images/qcow2_qcow2-auto_qcow2-auto.qcow2",
+               VIR_STORAGE_FILE_QCOW2, EXP_FAIL);
+    TEST_CHAIN("qcow2-qcow2_qcow2-auto",
+               abs_srcdir "/virstoragetestdata/images/qcow2_qcow2-auto.qcow2",
+               VIR_STORAGE_FILE_QCOW2, EXP_PASS);
+
     /* Qcow2 file with missing backing file but specified type */
     TEST_CHAIN("qcow2-qcow2_missing",
                abs_srcdir "/virstoragetestdata/images/qcow2_qcow2-missing.qcow2",
diff --git a/tests/virstoragetestdata/images/qcow2 b/tests/virstoragetestdata/images/qcow2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..31a144e4b9
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diff --git a/tests/virstoragetestdata/images/qcow2_qcow2-auto.qcow2 b/tests/virstoragetestdata/images/qcow2_qcow2-auto.qcow2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..490482150d
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diff --git a/tests/virstoragetestdata/images/qcow2_qcow2-auto_qcow2-auto.qcow2 b/tests/virstoragetestdata/images/qcow2_qcow2-auto_qcow2-auto.qcow2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3b27b256c2
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diff --git a/tests/virstoragetestdata/images/qcow2_qcow2-qcow2_qcow2-auto.qcow2 b/tests/virstoragetestdata/images/qcow2_qcow2-qcow2_qcow2-auto.qcow2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b9c3cedea
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diff --git a/tests/virstoragetestdata/images/qcow2_qcow2-qcow2_raw-auto.qcow2 b/tests/virstoragetestdata/images/qcow2_qcow2-qcow2_raw-auto.qcow2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..90b0a9a059
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diff --git a/tests/virstoragetestdata/images/qcow2_raw-auto.qcow2 b/tests/virstoragetestdata/images/qcow2_raw-auto.qcow2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c942c3816a
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diff --git a/tests/virstoragetestdata/out/qcow2-qcow2_qcow2-auto b/tests/virstoragetestdata/out/qcow2-qcow2_qcow2-auto
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e23c43f328
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/virstoragetestdata/out/qcow2-qcow2_qcow2-auto
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+path:ABS_SRCDIR/virstoragetestdata/images/qcow2_qcow2-auto.qcow2
+backingStoreRaw: qcow2
+capacity: 1024
+encryption: 0
+relPath:<null>
+type:1
+format:14
+protocol:none
+hostname:<null>
+
+path:ABS_SRCDIR/virstoragetestdata/images/qcow2
+backingStoreRaw: <null>
+capacity: 1024
+encryption: 0
+relPath:qcow2
+type:1
+format:14
+protocol:none
+hostname:<null>
diff --git a/tests/virstoragetestdata/out/qcow2-qcow2_qcow2-qcow2_qcow2-auto b/tests/virstoragetestdata/out/qcow2-qcow2_qcow2-qcow2_qcow2-auto
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..17f53f3ed0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/virstoragetestdata/out/qcow2-qcow2_qcow2-qcow2_qcow2-auto
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+path:ABS_SRCDIR/virstoragetestdata/images/qcow2_qcow2-qcow2_qcow2-auto.qcow2
+backingStoreRaw: qcow2_qcow2-auto.qcow2
+capacity: 1024
+encryption: 0
+relPath:<null>
+type:1
+format:14
+protocol:none
+hostname:<null>
+
+path:ABS_SRCDIR/virstoragetestdata/images/qcow2_qcow2-auto.qcow2
+backingStoreRaw: qcow2
+capacity: 1024
+encryption: 0
+relPath:qcow2_qcow2-auto.qcow2
+type:1
+format:14
+protocol:none
+hostname:<null>
+
+path:ABS_SRCDIR/virstoragetestdata/images/qcow2
+backingStoreRaw: <null>
+capacity: 1024
+encryption: 0
+relPath:qcow2
+type:1
+format:14
+protocol:none
+hostname:<null>
diff --git a/tests/virstoragetestdata/out/qcow2-qcow2_qcow2-qcow2_raw-auto b/tests/virstoragetestdata/out/qcow2-qcow2_qcow2-qcow2_raw-auto
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1be5a82cc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/virstoragetestdata/out/qcow2-qcow2_qcow2-qcow2_raw-auto
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+path:ABS_SRCDIR/virstoragetestdata/images/qcow2_qcow2-qcow2_raw-auto.qcow2
+backingStoreRaw: qcow2_raw-auto.qcow2
+capacity: 1024
+encryption: 0
+relPath:<null>
+type:1
+format:14
+protocol:none
+hostname:<null>
+
+path:ABS_SRCDIR/virstoragetestdata/images/qcow2_raw-auto.qcow2
+backingStoreRaw: raw
+capacity: 1024
+encryption: 0
+relPath:qcow2_raw-auto.qcow2
+type:1
+format:14
+protocol:none
+hostname:<null>
+
+path:ABS_SRCDIR/virstoragetestdata/images/raw
+backingStoreRaw: <null>
+capacity: 0
+encryption: 0
+relPath:raw
+type:1
+format:1
+protocol:none
+hostname:<null>