diff --git a/tests/Makefile.include b/tests/Makefile.include
index 3741f8f6dd..b62d82beb4 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/Makefile.include
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ check-qtest-i386-$(CONFIG_ISA_IPMI_KCS) += tests/ipmi-kcs-test$(EXESUF)
 # check-qtest-i386-$(CONFIG_ISA_IPMI_BT) += tests/ipmi-bt-test$(EXESUF)
 check-qtest-i386-y += tests/i440fx-test$(EXESUF)
 check-qtest-i386-y += tests/fw_cfg-test$(EXESUF)
+check-qtest-i386-y += tests/device-plug-test$(EXESUF)
 check-qtest-i386-y += tests/drive_del-test$(EXESUF)
 check-qtest-i386-$(CONFIG_WDT_IB700) += tests/wdt_ib700-test$(EXESUF)
 check-qtest-i386-y += tests/tco-test$(EXESUF)
@@ -256,6 +257,7 @@ check-qtest-ppc-$(CONFIG_M48T59) += tests/m48t59-test$(EXESUF)
 
 check-qtest-ppc64-y += $(check-qtest-ppc-y)
 check-qtest-ppc64-$(CONFIG_PSERIES) += tests/spapr-phb-test$(EXESUF)
+check-qtest-ppc64-$(CONFIG_PSERIES) += tests/device-plug-test$(EXESUF)
 check-qtest-ppc64-$(CONFIG_POWERNV) += tests/pnv-xscom-test$(EXESUF)
 check-qtest-ppc64-y += tests/migration-test$(EXESUF)
 check-qtest-ppc64-$(CONFIG_PSERIES) += tests/rtas-test$(EXESUF)
@@ -310,6 +312,7 @@ check-qtest-s390x-$(CONFIG_SLIRP) += tests/test-netfilter$(EXESUF)
 check-qtest-s390x-$(CONFIG_POSIX) += tests/test-filter-mirror$(EXESUF)
 check-qtest-s390x-$(CONFIG_POSIX) += tests/test-filter-redirector$(EXESUF)
 check-qtest-s390x-y += tests/drive_del-test$(EXESUF)
+check-qtest-s390x-y += tests/device-plug-test$(EXESUF)
 check-qtest-s390x-y += tests/virtio-ccw-test$(EXESUF)
 check-qtest-s390x-y += tests/cpu-plug-test$(EXESUF)
 check-qtest-s390x-y += tests/migration-test$(EXESUF)
@@ -750,6 +753,7 @@ tests/ipoctal232-test$(EXESUF): tests/ipoctal232-test.o
 tests/qom-test$(EXESUF): tests/qom-test.o
 tests/test-hmp$(EXESUF): tests/test-hmp.o
 tests/machine-none-test$(EXESUF): tests/machine-none-test.o
+tests/device-plug-test$(EXESUF): tests/device-plug-test.o
 tests/drive_del-test$(EXESUF): tests/drive_del-test.o $(libqos-virtio-obj-y)
 tests/nvme-test$(EXESUF): tests/nvme-test.o $(libqos-pc-obj-y)
 tests/pvpanic-test$(EXESUF): tests/pvpanic-test.o
diff --git a/tests/device-plug-test.c b/tests/device-plug-test.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cd9ada539d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/device-plug-test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU device plug/unplug handling
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Red Hat Inc.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "libqtest.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qdict.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qstring.h"
+
+static void device_del_request(QTestState *qtest, const char *id)
+{
+    QDict *resp;
+
+    resp = qtest_qmp(qtest,
+                     "{'execute': 'device_del', 'arguments': { 'id': %s } }",
+                     id);
+    g_assert(qdict_haskey(resp, "return"));
+    qobject_unref(resp);
+}
+
+static void system_reset(QTestState *qtest)
+{
+    QDict *resp;
+
+    resp = qtest_qmp(qtest, "{'execute': 'system_reset'}");
+    g_assert(qdict_haskey(resp, "return"));
+    qobject_unref(resp);
+}
+
+static void wait_device_deleted_event(QTestState *qtest, const char *id)
+{
+    QDict *resp, *data;
+    QString *qstr;
+
+    /*
+     * Other devices might get removed along with the removed device. Skip
+     * these. The device of interest will be the last one.
+     */
+    for (;;) {
+        resp = qtest_qmp_eventwait_ref(qtest, "DEVICE_DELETED");
+        data = qdict_get_qdict(resp, "data");
+        if (!data || !qdict_get(data, "device")) {
+            qobject_unref(resp);
+            continue;
+        }
+        qstr = qobject_to(QString, qdict_get(data, "device"));
+        g_assert(qstr);
+        if (!strcmp(qstring_get_str(qstr), id)) {
+            qobject_unref(resp);
+            break;
+        }
+        qobject_unref(resp);
+    }
+}
+
+static void test_pci_unplug_request(void)
+{
+    QTestState *qtest = qtest_initf("-device virtio-mouse-pci,id=dev0");
+
+    /*
+     * Request device removal. As the guest is not running, the request won't
+     * be processed. However during system reset, the removal will be
+     * handled, removing the device.
+     */
+    device_del_request(qtest, "dev0");
+    system_reset(qtest);
+    wait_device_deleted_event(qtest, "dev0");
+
+    qtest_quit(qtest);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    g_test_init(&argc, &argv, NULL);
+
+    /*
+     * We need a system that will process unplug requests during system resets
+     * and does not do PCI surprise removal. This holds for x86 ACPI,
+     * s390x and spapr.
+     */
+    qtest_add_func("/device-plug/pci-unplug-request",
+                   test_pci_unplug_request);
+
+    return g_test_run();
+}