diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/cpu-no-removed-features.args b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/cpu-no-removed-features.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1e4af63dc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/cpu-no-removed-features.args
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+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-x86_64 \
+-name QEMUGuest1 \
+-S \
+-machine pc,accel=kvm,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off \
+-cpu core2duo \
+-m 214 \
+-realtime mlock=off \
+-smp 6,sockets=6,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-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 \
+-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/cpu-no-removed-features.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/cpu-no-removed-features.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dc5a681901
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/cpu-no-removed-features.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<domain type='kvm'>
+  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
+  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>219100</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>219100</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>6</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='network'/>
+  </os>
+  <cpu match='exact'>
+    <model>core2duo</model>
+    <feature name='osxsave' policy='optional'/>
+    <feature name='ospke' policy='optional'/>
+  </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-x86_64</emulator>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index d5c6dc4c0c..edc19ace6f 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -1649,6 +1649,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("cpu-fallback", QEMU_CAPS_KVM);
     DO_TEST_FAILURE("cpu-nofallback", QEMU_CAPS_KVM);
     DO_TEST("cpu-strict1", QEMU_CAPS_KVM);
+    DO_TEST("cpu-no-removed-features", QEMU_CAPS_KVM);
     DO_TEST("cpu-numa1", NONE);
     DO_TEST("cpu-numa2", NONE);
     DO_TEST("cpu-numa-no-memory-element", NONE);