diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-default.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-default.args
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..323403903d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-default.args
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-v2.args
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-default.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-default.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b219972b38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-default.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<domain type='kvm'>
+  <name>aarch64test</name>
+  <uuid>6ba410c5-1e5c-4d57-bee7-2228e7ffa32f</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>1048576</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>1048576</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='aarch64' machine='virt'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <features>
+    <gic/>
+  </features>
+  <cpu mode='host-passthrough'/>
+  <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>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-host.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-host.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..56adc72b05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-host.args
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/home/test \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-aarch64 \
+-name aarch64test \
+-S \
+-machine virt,accel=kvm,gic-version=host \
+-cpu host \
+-m 1024 \
+-smp 1 \
+-uuid 6ba410c5-1e5c-4d57-bee7-2228e7ffa32f \
+-nographic \
+-nodefaults \
+-monitor unix:/tmp/test-monitor,server,nowait \
+-no-acpi \
+-boot c \
+-usb
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-host.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-host.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..445b35857a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-host.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<domain type='kvm'>
+  <name>aarch64test</name>
+  <uuid>6ba410c5-1e5c-4d57-bee7-2228e7ffa32f</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>1048576</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>1048576</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='aarch64' machine='virt'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <features>
+    <gic version='host'/>
+  </features>
+  <cpu mode='host-passthrough'/>
+  <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>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-invalid.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-invalid.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1cf9ea88db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-invalid.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<domain type='kvm'>
+  <name>aarch64test</name>
+  <uuid>6ba410c5-1e5c-4d57-bee7-2228e7ffa32f</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>1048576</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>1048576</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='aarch64' machine='virt'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <features>
+    <gic version='none'/>
+  </features>
+  <cpu mode='host-passthrough'/>
+  <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>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-none.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-none.args
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..323403903d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-none.args
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-v2.args
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-none.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-none.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..272d0c8575
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-none.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<domain type='kvm'>
+  <name>aarch64test</name>
+  <uuid>6ba410c5-1e5c-4d57-bee7-2228e7ffa32f</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>1048576</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>1048576</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='aarch64' machine='virt'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <cpu mode='host-passthrough'/>
+  <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>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-not-arm.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-not-arm.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3b907bc411
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-not-arm.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<domain type='kvm'>
+  <name>aarch64test</name>
+  <uuid>6ba410c5-1e5c-4d57-bee7-2228e7ffa32f</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>1048576</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>1048576</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='ppc64' machine='pseries'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <features>
+    <gic/>
+  </features>
+  <cpu mode='host-passthrough'/>
+  <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>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-not-virt.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-not-virt.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..256664ed84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-not-virt.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<domain type='kvm'>
+  <name>aarch64test</name>
+  <uuid>6ba410c5-1e5c-4d57-bee7-2228e7ffa32f</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>1048576</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>1048576</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='aarch64' machine='not-virt'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <features>
+    <gic/>
+  </features>
+  <cpu mode='host-passthrough'/>
+  <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>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 360ba25c79..32697e7293 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -1679,14 +1679,40 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("aarch64-cpu-passthrough",
             QEMU_CAPS_NODEFCONFIG, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_MMIO,
             QEMU_CAPS_CPU_HOST, QEMU_CAPS_KVM);
+    DO_TEST("aarch64-gic-none",
+            QEMU_CAPS_KVM, QEMU_CAPS_MACHINE_OPT, QEMU_CAPS_CPU_HOST,
+            QEMU_CAPS_MACH_VIRT_GIC_VERSION);
+    DO_TEST("aarch64-gic-none",
+            QEMU_CAPS_KVM, QEMU_CAPS_MACHINE_OPT, QEMU_CAPS_CPU_HOST);
+    DO_TEST("aarch64-gic-default",
+            QEMU_CAPS_KVM, QEMU_CAPS_MACHINE_OPT, QEMU_CAPS_CPU_HOST,
+            QEMU_CAPS_MACH_VIRT_GIC_VERSION);
+    DO_TEST("aarch64-gic-default",
+            QEMU_CAPS_KVM, QEMU_CAPS_MACHINE_OPT, QEMU_CAPS_CPU_HOST);
     DO_TEST("aarch64-gic-v2",
             QEMU_CAPS_KVM, QEMU_CAPS_MACHINE_OPT, QEMU_CAPS_CPU_HOST,
             QEMU_CAPS_MACH_VIRT_GIC_VERSION);
+    DO_TEST("aarch64-gic-v2",
+            QEMU_CAPS_KVM, QEMU_CAPS_MACHINE_OPT, QEMU_CAPS_CPU_HOST);
     DO_TEST("aarch64-gic-v3",
             QEMU_CAPS_KVM, QEMU_CAPS_MACHINE_OPT, QEMU_CAPS_CPU_HOST,
             QEMU_CAPS_MACH_VIRT_GIC_VERSION);
     DO_TEST_FAILURE("aarch64-gic-v3",
             QEMU_CAPS_KVM, QEMU_CAPS_MACHINE_OPT, QEMU_CAPS_CPU_HOST);
+    DO_TEST("aarch64-gic-host", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE,
+            QEMU_CAPS_KVM, QEMU_CAPS_MACHINE_OPT, QEMU_CAPS_CPU_HOST,
+            QEMU_CAPS_MACH_VIRT_GIC_VERSION);
+    DO_TEST_FAILURE("aarch64-gic-host", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE,
+            QEMU_CAPS_KVM, QEMU_CAPS_MACHINE_OPT, QEMU_CAPS_CPU_HOST);
+    DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("aarch64-gic-invalid", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE,
+            QEMU_CAPS_KVM, QEMU_CAPS_MACHINE_OPT, QEMU_CAPS_CPU_HOST,
+            QEMU_CAPS_MACH_VIRT_GIC_VERSION);
+    DO_TEST_FAILURE("aarch64-gic-not-virt", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE,
+            QEMU_CAPS_KVM, QEMU_CAPS_MACHINE_OPT, QEMU_CAPS_CPU_HOST,
+            QEMU_CAPS_MACH_VIRT_GIC_VERSION);
+    DO_TEST_FAILURE("aarch64-gic-not-arm", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE,
+            QEMU_CAPS_KVM, QEMU_CAPS_MACHINE_OPT, QEMU_CAPS_CPU_HOST,
+            QEMU_CAPS_MACH_VIRT_GIC_VERSION);
 
     driver.caps->host.cpu->arch = VIR_ARCH_AARCH64;
     DO_TEST("aarch64-kvm-32-on-64",
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-aarch64-gic-default.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-aarch64-gic-default.xml
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..80a01c2185
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-aarch64-gic-default.xml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-v2.xml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-aarch64-gic-host.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-aarch64-gic-host.xml
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..da3e79b365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-aarch64-gic-host.xml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-host.xml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-aarch64-gic-none.xml b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-aarch64-gic-none.xml
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..80a01c2185
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/qemuxml2xmlout-aarch64-gic-none.xml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-aarch64-gic-v2.xml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
index b13e2bd95d..56dc82197f 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
@@ -737,8 +737,12 @@ mymain(void)
             QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VIRTIO_RNG, QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_RNG_RANDOM,
             QEMU_CAPS_OBJECT_GPEX, QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_PCI_BRIDGE,
             QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_DMI_TO_PCI_BRIDGE, QEMU_CAPS_VIRTIO_SCSI);
+
+    DO_TEST("aarch64-gic-none");
+    DO_TEST("aarch64-gic-default");
     DO_TEST("aarch64-gic-v2");
     DO_TEST("aarch64-gic-v3");
+    DO_TEST("aarch64-gic-host");
 
     DO_TEST("memory-hotplug");
     DO_TEST("memory-hotplug-nonuma");