diff --git a/tests/qemublocktest.c b/tests/qemublocktest.c
index 1300e0cbe9..fd6dff82f9 100644
--- a/tests/qemublocktest.c
+++ b/tests/qemublocktest.c
@@ -1267,6 +1267,10 @@ mymain(void)
     TEST_BACKUP_BITMAP_CALCULATE("basic-intermediate", bitmapSourceChain, "d", "basic");
     TEST_BACKUP_BITMAP_CALCULATE("basic-deep", bitmapSourceChain, "a", "basic");
 
+    TEST_BACKUP_BITMAP_CALCULATE("snapshots-flat", bitmapSourceChain, "current", "snapshots");
+    TEST_BACKUP_BITMAP_CALCULATE("snapshots-intermediate", bitmapSourceChain, "d", "snapshots");
+    TEST_BACKUP_BITMAP_CALCULATE("snapshots-deep", bitmapSourceChain, "a", "snapshots");
+
 #define TEST_CHECKPOINT_DELETE(testname, delbmp, named) \
     do { \
         checkpointdeletedata.name = testname; \
diff --git a/tests/qemublocktestdata/backupmerge/snapshots-deep-out.json b/tests/qemublocktestdata/backupmerge/snapshots-deep-out.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d678507b85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemublocktestdata/backupmerge/snapshots-deep-out.json
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+[
+  {
+    "type": "block-dirty-bitmap-add",
+    "data": {
+      "node": "target_node",
+      "name": "target-bitmap-name",
+      "persistent": false,
+      "disabled": true,
+      "granularity": 65536
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "block-dirty-bitmap-merge",
+    "data": {
+      "node": "target_node",
+      "target": "target-bitmap-name",
+      "bitmaps": [
+        {
+          "node": "libvirt-1-format",
+          "name": "a"
+        },
+        {
+          "node": "libvirt-2-format",
+          "name": "a"
+        },
+        {
+          "node": "libvirt-3-format",
+          "name": "a"
+        },
+        {
+          "node": "libvirt-4-format",
+          "name": "a"
+        },
+        {
+          "node": "libvirt-5-format",
+          "name": "a"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+]
diff --git a/tests/qemublocktestdata/backupmerge/snapshots-flat-out.json b/tests/qemublocktestdata/backupmerge/snapshots-flat-out.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4637bbc377
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemublocktestdata/backupmerge/snapshots-flat-out.json
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+[
+  {
+    "type": "block-dirty-bitmap-add",
+    "data": {
+      "node": "target_node",
+      "name": "target-bitmap-name",
+      "persistent": false,
+      "disabled": true,
+      "granularity": 65536
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "block-dirty-bitmap-merge",
+    "data": {
+      "node": "target_node",
+      "target": "target-bitmap-name",
+      "bitmaps": [
+        {
+          "node": "libvirt-1-format",
+          "name": "current"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+]
diff --git a/tests/qemublocktestdata/backupmerge/snapshots-intermediate-out.json b/tests/qemublocktestdata/backupmerge/snapshots-intermediate-out.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30d8bcd8b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemublocktestdata/backupmerge/snapshots-intermediate-out.json
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+[
+  {
+    "type": "block-dirty-bitmap-add",
+    "data": {
+      "node": "target_node",
+      "name": "target-bitmap-name",
+      "persistent": false,
+      "disabled": true,
+      "granularity": 65536
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "block-dirty-bitmap-merge",
+    "data": {
+      "node": "target_node",
+      "target": "target-bitmap-name",
+      "bitmaps": [
+        {
+          "node": "libvirt-1-format",
+          "name": "d"
+        },
+        {
+          "node": "libvirt-2-format",
+          "name": "d"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+]