diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index 289ef35bdd..f2f5caed4f 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	qemuhotplugtestdomains \
 	qemumonitorjsondata \
 	qemuxml2argvdata \
+	qemuxml2startupxmloutdata \
 	qemuxml2xmloutdata \
 	qemustatusxml2xmldata \
 	qemuqapischema.json \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 896d104593..d79913dd0a 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ struct testInfo {
     unsigned int flags;
     unsigned int parseFlags;
     bool skipLegacyCPUs;
+    virDomainObjPtr vm;
 };
 
 
@@ -402,9 +403,39 @@ testUpdateQEMUCaps(const struct testInfo *info,
 
 
 static int
-testCompareXMLToArgv(const void *data)
+testCompareXMLToStartupXML(const void *data)
 {
     const struct testInfo *info = data;
+    unsigned int format_flags = VIR_DOMAIN_DEF_FORMAT_SECURE;
+    char *xml = NULL;
+    char *actual = NULL;
+    int ret = -1;
+
+    if (virAsprintf(&xml, "%s/qemuxml2startupxmloutdata/%s.xml",
+                    abs_srcdir, info->name) < 0)
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    if (!virFileExists(xml)) {
+        ret = EXIT_AM_SKIP;
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+    if (!(actual = virDomainDefFormat(info->vm->def, NULL, format_flags)))
+        goto cleanup;
+
+    ret = virTestCompareToFile(actual, xml);
+
+ cleanup:
+    VIR_FREE(xml);
+    VIR_FREE(actual);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+
+static int
+testCompareXMLToArgv(const void *data)
+{
+    struct testInfo *info = (void *) data;
     char *xml = NULL;
     char *args = NULL;
     char *migrateURI = NULL;
@@ -532,6 +563,9 @@ testCompareXMLToArgv(const void *data)
         ret = 0;
     }
 
+    if (!(flags & FLAG_EXPECT_FAILURE) && ret == 0)
+        VIR_STEAL_PTR(info->vm, vm);
+
  cleanup:
     VIR_FREE(log);
     VIR_FREE(actualargv);
@@ -625,7 +659,7 @@ mymain(void)
     do { \
         static struct testInfo info = { \
             name, NULL, migrateFrom, migrateFd, (flags), parseFlags, \
-            false \
+            false, NULL \
         }; \
         info.skipLegacyCPUs = skipLegacyCPUs; \
         if (testInitQEMUCaps(&info, gic) < 0) \
@@ -634,7 +668,11 @@ mymain(void)
         if (virTestRun("QEMU XML-2-ARGV " name, \
                        testCompareXMLToArgv, &info) < 0) \
             ret = -1; \
+        if (info.vm && virTestRun("QEMU XML-2-startup-XML " name, \
+                                  testCompareXMLToStartupXML, &info) < 0) \
+            ret = -1; \
         virObjectUnref(info.qemuCaps); \
+        virObjectUnref(info.vm); \
     } while (0)
 
 # define DO_TEST(name, ...) \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2startupxmloutdata/disk-drive-shared.xml b/tests/qemuxml2startupxmloutdata/disk-drive-shared.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f4d2871ae7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2startupxmloutdata/disk-drive-shared.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
+  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>219136</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>219136</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='i686' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <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'/>
+      <shareable/>
+      <serial>XYZXYZXYZYXXYZYZYXYZY</serial>
+      <alias name='ide0-0-0'/>
+      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
+    </disk>
+    <disk type='block' device='cdrom'>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
+      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest2'/>
+      <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
+      <readonly/>
+      <alias name='ide0-1-0'/>
+      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' target='0' unit='0'/>
+    </disk>
+    <controller type='usb' index='0'>
+      <alias name='usb'/>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/>
+    </controller>
+    <controller type='ide' index='0'>
+      <alias name='ide'/>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/>
+    </controller>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'>
+      <alias name='pci.0'/>
+    </controller>
+    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'>
+      <alias name='input0'/>
+    </input>
+    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'>
+      <alias name='input1'/>
+    </input>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'>
+      <alias name='balloon0'/>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
+    </memballoon>
+  </devices>
+</domain>