diff --git a/scripts/qtest b/scripts/qtest
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5cff3d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/qtest
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+export QTEST_QEMU_BINARY=$1
+shift
+eval "$@"
diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index 4fd09f2..9d7cfb3 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ test-qmp-commands$(EXESUF): test-qmp-commands.o $(qobject-obj-y) $(qapi-obj-y) $
 
 $(SRC_PATH)/tests/qemu-iotests-quick.sh: qemu-img qemu-io
 
+tests/rtc-test: tests/rtc-test.o tests/libqtest.o
 
 .PHONY: check check-block
 
diff --git a/tests/libqtest.c b/tests/libqtest.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd07b07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/libqtest.c
@@ -0,0 +1,334 @@
+/*
+ * QTest
+ *
+ * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2012
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Anthony Liguori   <aliguori@us.ibm.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 "libqtest.h"
+
+#include <glib.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <sys/un.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#define MAX_IRQ 256
+
+QTestState *global_qtest;
+
+struct QTestState
+{
+    int fd;
+    bool irq_level[MAX_IRQ];
+    GString *rx;
+    gchar *pid_file;
+};
+
+#define g_assert_no_errno(ret) do { \
+    g_assert_cmpint(ret, !=, -1); \
+} while (0)
+
+QTestState *qtest_init(const char *extra_args)
+{
+    QTestState *s;
+    struct sockaddr_un addr;
+    int sock, ret, i;
+    gchar *socket_path;
+    gchar *pid_file;
+    gchar *command;
+    const char *qemu_binary;
+    pid_t pid;
+
+    qemu_binary = getenv("QTEST_QEMU_BINARY");
+    g_assert(qemu_binary != NULL);
+
+    socket_path = g_strdup_printf("/tmp/qtest-%d.sock", getpid());
+    pid_file = g_strdup_printf("/tmp/qtest-%d.pid", getpid());
+
+    s = g_malloc(sizeof(*s));
+
+    sock = socket(PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+    g_assert_no_errno(sock);
+
+    addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
+    snprintf(addr.sun_path, sizeof(addr.sun_path), "%s", socket_path);
+
+    pid = fork();
+    if (pid == 0) {
+        command = g_strdup_printf("%s "
+                                  "-qtest unix:%s,server,nowait "
+                                  "-qtest-log /dev/null "
+                                  "-pidfile %s "
+                                  "-machine accel=qtest "
+                                  "%s", qemu_binary, socket_path,
+                                  pid_file,
+                                  extra_args ?: "");
+
+        ret = system(command);
+        exit(ret);
+        g_free(command);
+    }
+
+    do {
+        sleep(1);
+        ret = connect(sock, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(addr));
+    } while (ret == -1);
+    g_assert_no_errno(ret);
+
+    s->fd = sock;
+    s->rx = g_string_new("");
+    s->pid_file = pid_file;
+    for (i = 0; i < MAX_IRQ; i++) {
+        s->irq_level[i] = false;
+    }
+
+    g_free(socket_path);
+
+    return s;
+}
+
+void qtest_quit(QTestState *s)
+{
+    FILE *f;
+    char buffer[1024];
+
+    f = fopen(s->pid_file, "r");
+    if (f) {
+        if (fgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), f)) {
+            pid_t pid = atoi(buffer);
+            int status = 0;
+
+            kill(pid, SIGTERM);
+            waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
+        }
+
+        fclose(f);
+    }
+}
+
+static void qtest_sendf(QTestState *s, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+    va_list ap;
+    gchar *str;
+    size_t size, offset;
+
+    va_start(ap, fmt);
+    str = g_strdup_vprintf(fmt, ap);
+    va_end(ap);
+    size = strlen(str);
+
+    offset = 0;
+    while (offset < size) {
+        ssize_t len;
+
+        len = write(s->fd, str + offset, size - offset);
+        if (len == -1 && errno == EINTR) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        g_assert_no_errno(len);
+        g_assert_cmpint(len, >, 0);
+
+        offset += len;
+    }
+}
+
+static GString *qtest_recv_line(QTestState *s)
+{
+    GString *line;
+    size_t offset;
+    char *eol;
+
+    while ((eol = strchr(s->rx->str, '\n')) == NULL) {
+        ssize_t len;
+        char buffer[1024];
+
+        len = read(s->fd, buffer, sizeof(buffer));
+        if (len == -1 && errno == EINTR) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (len == -1 || len == 0) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "Broken pipe\n");
+            exit(1);
+        }
+
+        g_string_append_len(s->rx, buffer, len);
+    }
+
+    offset = eol - s->rx->str;
+    line = g_string_new_len(s->rx->str, offset);
+    g_string_erase(s->rx, 0, offset + 1);
+
+    return line;
+}
+
+static gchar **qtest_rsp(QTestState *s, int expected_args)
+{
+    GString *line;
+    gchar **words;
+    int i;
+
+redo:
+    line = qtest_recv_line(s);
+    words = g_strsplit(line->str, " ", 0);
+    g_string_free(line, TRUE);
+
+    if (strcmp(words[0], "IRQ") == 0) {
+        int irq;
+
+        g_assert(words[1] != NULL);
+        g_assert(words[2] != NULL);
+
+        irq = strtoul(words[2], NULL, 0);
+        g_assert_cmpint(irq, >=, 0);
+        g_assert_cmpint(irq, <, MAX_IRQ);
+
+        if (strcmp(words[1], "raise") == 0) {
+            s->irq_level[irq] = true;
+        } else {
+            s->irq_level[irq] = false;
+        }
+
+        g_strfreev(words);
+        goto redo;
+    }
+
+    g_assert(words[0] != NULL);
+    g_assert_cmpstr(words[0], ==, "OK");
+
+    if (expected_args) {
+        for (i = 0; i < expected_args; i++) {
+            g_assert(words[i] != NULL);
+        }
+    } else {
+        g_strfreev(words);
+    }
+    
+    return words;
+}
+
+const char *qtest_get_arch(void)
+{
+    const char *qemu = getenv("QTEST_QEMU_BINARY");
+    const char *end = strrchr(qemu, '/');
+
+    return end + strlen("/qemu-system-");
+}
+
+bool qtest_get_irq(QTestState *s, int num)
+{
+    /* dummy operation in order to make sure irq is up to date */
+    qtest_inb(s, 0);
+
+    return s->irq_level[num];
+}
+
+static void qtest_out(QTestState *s, const char *cmd, uint16_t addr, uint32_t value)
+{
+    qtest_sendf(s, "%s 0x%x 0x%x\n", cmd, addr, value);
+    qtest_rsp(s, 0);
+}
+
+void qtest_outb(QTestState *s, uint16_t addr, uint8_t value)
+{
+    qtest_out(s, "outb", addr, value);
+}
+
+void qtest_outw(QTestState *s, uint16_t addr, uint16_t value)
+{
+    qtest_out(s, "outw", addr, value);
+}
+
+void qtest_outl(QTestState *s, uint16_t addr, uint32_t value)
+{
+    qtest_out(s, "outl", addr, value);
+}
+
+static uint32_t qtest_in(QTestState *s, const char *cmd, uint16_t addr)
+{
+    gchar **args;
+    uint32_t value;
+
+    qtest_sendf(s, "%s 0x%x\n", cmd, addr);
+    args = qtest_rsp(s, 2);
+    value = strtoul(args[1], NULL, 0);
+    g_strfreev(args);
+
+    return value;
+}
+
+uint8_t qtest_inb(QTestState *s, uint16_t addr)
+{
+    return qtest_in(s, "inb", addr);
+}
+
+uint16_t qtest_inw(QTestState *s, uint16_t addr)
+{
+    return qtest_in(s, "inw", addr);
+}
+
+uint32_t qtest_inl(QTestState *s, uint16_t addr)
+{
+    return qtest_in(s, "inl", addr);
+}
+
+static int hex2nib(char ch)
+{
+    if (ch >= '0' && ch <= '9') {
+        return ch - '0';
+    } else if (ch >= 'a' && ch <= 'f') {
+        return 10 + (ch - 'a');
+    } else if (ch >= 'A' && ch <= 'F') {
+        return 10 + (ch - 'a');
+    } else {
+        return -1;
+    }
+}
+
+void qtest_memread(QTestState *s, uint64_t addr, void *data, size_t size)
+{
+    uint8_t *ptr = data;
+    gchar **args;
+    size_t i;
+
+    qtest_sendf(s, "read 0x%x 0x%x\n", addr, size);
+    args = qtest_rsp(s, 2);
+
+    for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+        ptr[i] = hex2nib(args[1][2 + (i * 2)]) << 4;
+        ptr[i] |= hex2nib(args[1][2 + (i * 2) + 1]);
+    }
+
+    g_strfreev(args);
+}
+
+void qtest_add_func(const char *str, void (*fn))
+{
+    gchar *path = g_strdup_printf("/%s/%s", qtest_get_arch(), str);
+    g_test_add_func(path, fn);
+}
+
+void qtest_memwrite(QTestState *s, uint64_t addr, const void *data, size_t size)
+{
+    const uint8_t *ptr = data;
+    size_t i;
+
+    qtest_sendf(s, "write 0x%x 0x%x 0x", addr, size);
+    for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+        qtest_sendf(s, "%02x", ptr[i]);
+    }
+    qtest_sendf(s, "\n");
+    qtest_rsp(s, 0);
+}
diff --git a/tests/libqtest.h b/tests/libqtest.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd82926
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/libqtest.h
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+ * QTest
+ *
+ * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2012
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Anthony Liguori   <aliguori@us.ibm.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.
+ *
+ */
+#ifndef LIBQTEST_H
+#define LIBQTEST_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+typedef struct QTestState QTestState;
+
+extern QTestState *global_qtest;
+
+QTestState *qtest_init(const char *extra_args);
+void qtest_quit(QTestState *s);
+
+bool qtest_get_irq(QTestState *s, int num);
+
+void qtest_outb(QTestState *s, uint16_t addr, uint8_t value);
+
+void qtest_outw(QTestState *s, uint16_t addr, uint16_t value);
+
+void qtest_outl(QTestState *s, uint16_t addr, uint32_t value);
+
+uint8_t qtest_inb(QTestState *s, uint16_t addr);
+
+uint16_t qtest_inw(QTestState *s, uint16_t addr);
+
+uint32_t qtest_inl(QTestState *s, uint16_t addr);
+
+void qtest_memread(QTestState *s, uint64_t addr, void *data, size_t size);
+
+void qtest_memwrite(QTestState *s, uint64_t addr, const void *data, size_t size);
+
+const char *qtest_get_arch(void);
+
+void qtest_add_func(const char *str, void (*fn));
+
+#define qtest_start(args) (            \
+    global_qtest = qtest_init((args)) \
+        )
+
+#define get_irq(num) qtest_get_irq(global_qtest, (num))
+#define outb(addr, val) qtest_outb(global_qtest, (addr), (val))
+#define outw(addr, val) qtest_outw(global_qtest, (addr), (val))
+#define outl(addr, val) qtest_outl(global_qtest, (addr), (val))
+#define inb(addr) qtest_inb(global_qtest, (addr))
+#define inw(addr) qtest_inw(global_qtest, (addr))
+#define inl(addr) qtest_inl(global_qtest, (addr))
+#define memread(addr, data, size) qtest_memread(global_qtest, (addr), (data), (size))
+#define memwrite(addr, data, size) qtest_memwrite(global_qtest, (addr), (data), (size))
+
+#endif
