diff --git a/tests/Makefile.include b/tests/Makefile.include
index de516341fd44..90c9ad9ac6e1 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/Makefile.include
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ gcov-files-ppc64-y = ppc64-softmmu/hw/ppc/spapr_pci.c
 check-qtest-ppc64-y += tests/endianness-test$(EXESUF)
 check-qtest-ppc64-y += tests/boot-order-test$(EXESUF)
 check-qtest-ppc64-y += tests/prom-env-test$(EXESUF)
+check-qtest-ppc64-y += tests/pnv-xscom-test$(EXESUF)
 check-qtest-ppc64-y += tests/drive_del-test$(EXESUF)
 check-qtest-ppc64-y += tests/postcopy-test$(EXESUF)
 check-qtest-ppc64-y += tests/boot-serial-test$(EXESUF)
diff --git a/tests/pnv-xscom-test.c b/tests/pnv-xscom-test.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8c16e32e8b4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pnv-xscom-test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+/*
+ * QTest testcase for PowerNV XSCOM bus
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, IBM Corporation.
+ *
+ * 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"
+
+typedef enum PnvChipType {
+    PNV_CHIP_POWER8E,     /* AKA Murano (default) */
+    PNV_CHIP_POWER8,      /* AKA Venice */
+    PNV_CHIP_POWER8NVL,   /* AKA Naples */
+    PNV_CHIP_POWER9,      /* AKA Nimbus */
+} PnvChipType;
+
+typedef struct PnvChip {
+    PnvChipType chip_type;
+    const char *cpu_model;
+    uint64_t    xscom_base;
+    uint64_t    xscom_core_base;
+    uint64_t    cfam_id;
+    uint32_t    first_core;
+} PnvChip;
+
+static const PnvChip pnv_chips[] = {
+    {
+        .chip_type  = PNV_CHIP_POWER8,
+        .cpu_model  = "POWER8",
+        .xscom_base = 0x0003fc0000000000ull,
+        .xscom_core_base = 0x10000000ull,
+        .cfam_id    = 0x220ea04980000000ull,
+        .first_core = 0x1,
+    }, {
+        .chip_type  = PNV_CHIP_POWER8NVL,
+        .cpu_model  = "POWER8NVL",
+        .xscom_base = 0x0003fc0000000000ull,
+        .xscom_core_base = 0x10000000ull,
+        .cfam_id    = 0x120d304980000000ull,
+        .first_core = 0x1,
+    }, {
+        .chip_type  = PNV_CHIP_POWER9,
+        .cpu_model  = "POWER9",
+        .xscom_base = 0x000603fc00000000ull,
+        .xscom_core_base = 0x0ull,
+        .cfam_id    = 0x100d104980000000ull,
+        .first_core = 0x20,
+    },
+};
+
+static uint64_t pnv_xscom_addr(const PnvChip *chip, uint32_t pcba)
+{
+    uint64_t addr = chip->xscom_base;
+
+    if (chip->chip_type == PNV_CHIP_POWER9) {
+        return addr | ((uint64_t) pcba << 3);
+    } else {
+        return addr | (((uint64_t) pcba << 4) & ~0xfful) |
+            (((uint64_t) pcba << 3) & 0x78);
+    }
+}
+
+static uint64_t pnv_xscom_read(const PnvChip *chip, uint32_t pcba)
+{
+    return readq(pnv_xscom_addr(chip, pcba));
+}
+
+static void test_xscom_cfam_id(const PnvChip *chip)
+{
+    uint64_t f000f = pnv_xscom_read(chip, 0xf000f);
+
+    g_assert_cmphex(f000f, ==, chip->cfam_id);
+}
+
+static void test_cfam_id(const void *data)
+{
+    char *args;
+    const PnvChip *chip = data;
+
+    args = g_strdup_printf("-M powernv,accel=tcg -cpu %s", chip->cpu_model);
+
+    qtest_start(args);
+    test_xscom_cfam_id(chip);
+    qtest_quit(global_qtest);
+
+    g_free(args);
+}
+
+#define PNV_XSCOM_EX_CORE_BASE(chip, i)                 \
+    ((chip)->xscom_core_base | (((uint64_t)i) << 24))
+#define PNV_XSCOM_EX_DTS_RESULT0     0x50000
+
+static void test_xscom_core(const PnvChip *chip)
+{
+    uint32_t first_core_dts0 =
+        PNV_XSCOM_EX_CORE_BASE(chip, chip->first_core) |
+        PNV_XSCOM_EX_DTS_RESULT0;
+    uint64_t dts0 = pnv_xscom_read(chip, first_core_dts0);
+
+    g_assert_cmphex(dts0, ==, 0x26f024f023f0000ull);
+}
+
+static void test_core(const void *data)
+{
+    char *args;
+    const PnvChip *chip = data;
+
+    args = g_strdup_printf("-M powernv,accel=tcg -cpu %s", chip->cpu_model);
+
+    qtest_start(args);
+    test_xscom_core(chip);
+    qtest_quit(global_qtest);
+
+    g_free(args);
+}
+
+static void add_test(const char *name, void (*test)(const void *data))
+{
+    int i;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(pnv_chips); i++) {
+        char *tname = g_strdup_printf("pnv-xscom/%s/%s", name,
+                                      pnv_chips[i].cpu_model);
+        qtest_add_data_func(tname, &pnv_chips[i], test);
+        g_free(tname);
+    }
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    g_test_init(&argc, &argv, NULL);
+
+    add_test("cfam_id", test_cfam_id);
+    add_test("core", test_core);
+    return g_test_run();
+}
