diff --git a/docs/devel/testing.rst b/docs/devel/testing.rst
index 4e42392810..19cbf532ae 100644
--- a/docs/devel/testing.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/testing.rst
@@ -922,6 +922,39 @@ The preserved value of the ``qemu_bin`` parameter or the result of the
 dynamic probe for a QEMU binary in the current working directory or
 source tree.
 
+LinuxTest
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+Besides the attributes present on the ``avocado_qemu.Test`` base
+class, the ``avocado_qemu.LinuxTest`` adds the following attributes:
+
+distro
+......
+
+The name of the Linux distribution used as the guest image for the
+test.  The name should match the **Provider** column on the list
+of images supported by the avocado.utils.vmimage library:
+
+https://avocado-framework.readthedocs.io/en/latest/guides/writer/libs/vmimage.html#supported-images
+
+distro_version
+..............
+
+The version of the Linux distribution as the guest image for the
+test.  The name should match the **Version** column on the list
+of images supported by the avocado.utils.vmimage library:
+
+https://avocado-framework.readthedocs.io/en/latest/guides/writer/libs/vmimage.html#supported-images
+
+distro_checksum
+...............
+
+The sha256 hash of the guest image file used for the test.
+
+If this value is not set in the code or by a test parameter (with the
+same name), no validation on the integrity of the image will be
+performed.
+
 Parameter reference
 -------------------
 
@@ -962,6 +995,38 @@ qemu_bin
 
 The exact QEMU binary to be used on QEMUMachine.
 
+LinuxTest
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+Besides the parameters present on the ``avocado_qemu.Test`` base
+class, the ``avocado_qemu.LinuxTest`` adds the following parameters:
+
+distro
+......
+
+The name of the Linux distribution used as the guest image for the
+test.  The name should match the **Provider** column on the list
+of images supported by the avocado.utils.vmimage library:
+
+https://avocado-framework.readthedocs.io/en/latest/guides/writer/libs/vmimage.html#supported-images
+
+distro_version
+..............
+
+The version of the Linux distribution as the guest image for the
+test.  The name should match the **Version** column on the list
+of images supported by the avocado.utils.vmimage library:
+
+https://avocado-framework.readthedocs.io/en/latest/guides/writer/libs/vmimage.html#supported-images
+
+distro_checksum
+...............
+
+The sha256 hash of the guest image file used for the test.
+
+If this value is not set in the code or by this parameter no
+validation on the integrity of the image will be performed.
+
 Skipping tests
 --------------
 The Avocado framework provides Python decorators which allow for easily skip
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/avocado_qemu/__init__.py b/tests/acceptance/avocado_qemu/__init__.py
index 97093614d9..6fd0016917 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/avocado_qemu/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/acceptance/avocado_qemu/__init__.py
@@ -335,8 +335,39 @@ class LinuxTest(Test, LinuxSSHMixIn):
     username = 'root'
     password = 'password'
 
+    def _set_distro(self):
+        distro = self.params.get(
+            'distro',
+            default=self._get_unique_tag_val('distro'))
+        if not distro:
+            distro = 'fedora'
+        self.distro = distro
+
+        distro_version = self.params.get(
+            'distro_version',
+            default=self._get_unique_tag_val('distro_version'))
+        if not distro_version:
+            distro_version = '31'
+        self.distro_version = distro_version
+
+        # The distro checksum behaves differently than distro name and
+        # version. First, it does not respect a tag with the same
+        # name, given that it's not expected to be used for filtering
+        # (distro name versions are the natural choice).  Second, the
+        # order of precedence is: parameter, attribute and then value
+        # from KNOWN_DISTROS.
+        distro_checksum = self.params.get('distro_checksum',
+                                          default=self.distro_checksum)
+        if not distro_checksum:
+            distro_checksum = get_known_distro_checksum(self.distro,
+                                                        self.distro_version,
+                                                        self.arch)
+        if distro_checksum:
+            self.distro_checksum = distro_checksum
+
     def setUp(self, ssh_pubkey=None, network_device_type='virtio-net'):
         super(LinuxTest, self).setUp()
+        self._set_distro()
         self.vm.add_args('-smp', '2')
         self.vm.add_args('-m', '1024')
         # The following network device allows for SSH connections
@@ -372,20 +403,16 @@ def download_boot(self):
         vmimage.QEMU_IMG = qemu_img
 
         self.log.info('Downloading/preparing boot image')
-        distro = 'fedora'
-        distro_version = '31'
-        known_distro_checksum = get_known_distro_checksum(distro,
-                                                          distro_version,
-                                                          self.arch)
-        distro_checksum = self.distro_checksum or known_distro_checksum
         # Fedora 31 only provides ppc64le images
         image_arch = self.arch
-        if image_arch == 'ppc64':
-            image_arch = 'ppc64le'
+        if self.distro == 'fedora':
+            if image_arch == 'ppc64':
+                image_arch = 'ppc64le'
+
         try:
             boot = vmimage.get(
-                distro, arch=image_arch, version=distro_version,
-                checksum=distro_checksum,
+                self.distro, arch=image_arch, version=self.distro_version,
+                checksum=self.distro_checksum,
                 algorithm='sha256',
                 cache_dir=self.cache_dirs[0],
                 snapshot_dir=self.workdir)
