diff --git a/tests/Makefile.include b/tests/Makefile.include
index b574964..09fe5b6 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/Makefile.include
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ check-qtest-ppc64-y += tests/test-netfilter$(EXESUF)
 check-qtest-ppc64-y += tests/test-filter-mirror$(EXESUF)
 check-qtest-ppc64-y += tests/test-filter-redirector$(EXESUF)
 check-qtest-ppc64-y += tests/display-vga-test$(EXESUF)
+check-qtest-ppc64-y += tests/ivshmem-test$(EXESUF)
 
 check-qtest-sh4-y = tests/endianness-test$(EXESUF)
 
@@ -690,7 +691,7 @@ tests/test-netfilter$(EXESUF): tests/test-netfilter.o $(qtest-obj-y)
 tests/test-filter-mirror$(EXESUF): tests/test-filter-mirror.o $(qtest-obj-y)
 tests/test-filter-redirector$(EXESUF): tests/test-filter-redirector.o $(qtest-obj-y)
 tests/test-x86-cpuid-compat$(EXESUF): tests/test-x86-cpuid-compat.o $(qtest-obj-y)
-tests/ivshmem-test$(EXESUF): tests/ivshmem-test.o contrib/ivshmem-server/ivshmem-server.o $(libqos-pc-obj-y)
+tests/ivshmem-test$(EXESUF): tests/ivshmem-test.o contrib/ivshmem-server/ivshmem-server.o $(libqos-pc-obj-y) $(libqos-spapr-obj-y)
 tests/vhost-user-bridge$(EXESUF): tests/vhost-user-bridge.o
 tests/test-uuid$(EXESUF): tests/test-uuid.o $(test-util-obj-y)
 tests/test-arm-mptimer$(EXESUF): tests/test-arm-mptimer.o
diff --git a/tests/ivshmem-test.c b/tests/ivshmem-test.c
index 04a5c5d..5c6dc38 100644
--- a/tests/ivshmem-test.c
+++ b/tests/ivshmem-test.c
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include <glib/gstdio.h>
 #include "contrib/ivshmem-server/ivshmem-server.h"
-#include "libqos/pci-pc.h"
 #include "libqtest.h"
+#include "libqos/libqos-pc.h"
+#include "libqos/libqos-spapr.h"
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 
 #define TMPSHMSIZE (1 << 20)
@@ -40,9 +41,8 @@ static QPCIDevice *get_device(QPCIBus *pcibus)
 }
 
 typedef struct _IVState {
-    QTestState *qtest;
+    QOSState *qs;
     QPCIBar reg_bar, mem_bar;
-    QPCIBus *pcibus;
     QPCIDevice *dev;
 } IVState;
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static inline unsigned in_reg(IVState *s, enum Reg reg)
     QTestState *qtest = global_qtest;
     unsigned res;
 
-    global_qtest = s->qtest;
+    global_qtest = s->qs->qts;
     res = qpci_io_readl(s->dev, s->reg_bar, reg);
     g_test_message("*%s -> %x\n", name, res);
     global_qtest = qtest;
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static inline void out_reg(IVState *s, enum Reg reg, unsigned v)
     const char *name = reg2str(reg);
     QTestState *qtest = global_qtest;
 
-    global_qtest = s->qtest;
+    global_qtest = s->qs->qts;
     g_test_message("%x -> *%s\n", v, name);
     qpci_io_writel(s->dev, s->reg_bar, reg, v);
     global_qtest = qtest;
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static inline void read_mem(IVState *s, uint64_t off, void *buf, size_t len)
 {
     QTestState *qtest = global_qtest;
 
-    global_qtest = s->qtest;
+    global_qtest = s->qs->qts;
     qpci_memread(s->dev, s->mem_bar, off, buf, len);
     global_qtest = qtest;
 }
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static inline void write_mem(IVState *s, uint64_t off,
 {
     QTestState *qtest = global_qtest;
 
-    global_qtest = s->qtest;
+    global_qtest = s->qs->qts;
     qpci_memwrite(s->dev, s->mem_bar, off, buf, len);
     global_qtest = qtest;
 }
@@ -115,17 +115,23 @@ static inline void write_mem(IVState *s, uint64_t off,
 static void cleanup_vm(IVState *s)
 {
     g_free(s->dev);
-    qpci_free_pc(s->pcibus);
-    qtest_quit(s->qtest);
+    qtest_shutdown(s->qs);
 }
 
 static void setup_vm_cmd(IVState *s, const char *cmd, bool msix)
 {
     uint64_t barsize;
+    const char *arch = qtest_get_arch();
 
-    s->qtest = qtest_start(cmd);
-    s->pcibus = qpci_init_pc(NULL);
-    s->dev = get_device(s->pcibus);
+    if (strcmp(arch, "i386") == 0 || strcmp(arch, "x86_64") == 0) {
+        s->qs = qtest_pc_boot(cmd);
+    } else if (strcmp(arch, "ppc64") == 0) {
+        s->qs = qtest_spapr_boot(cmd);
+    } else {
+        g_printerr("vshmem-test tests are only available on x86 or ppc64\n");
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+    s->dev = get_device(s->qs->pcibus);
 
     s->reg_bar = qpci_iomap(s->dev, 0, &barsize);
     g_assert_cmpuint(barsize, ==, 256);
@@ -347,7 +353,7 @@ static void test_ivshmem_server(bool msi)
     g_assert_cmpint(vm1, !=, vm2);
 
     /* check number of MSI-X vectors */
-    global_qtest = s1->qtest;
+    global_qtest = s1->qs->qts;
     if (msi) {
         ret = qpci_msix_table_size(s1->dev);
         g_assert_cmpuint(ret, ==, nvectors);
@@ -370,7 +376,7 @@ static void test_ivshmem_server(bool msi)
     g_assert_cmpuint(ret, !=, 0);
 
     /* ping vm1 -> vm2 on vector 1 */
-    global_qtest = s2->qtest;
+    global_qtest = s2->qs->qts;
     if (msi) {
         ret = qpci_msix_pending(s2->dev, 1);
         g_assert_cmpuint(ret, ==, 0);
@@ -412,6 +418,7 @@ static void test_ivshmem_server_irq(void)
 
 static void test_ivshmem_hotplug(void)
 {
+    const char *arch = qtest_get_arch();
     gchar *opts;
 
     qtest_start("");
@@ -419,7 +426,9 @@ static void test_ivshmem_hotplug(void)
     opts = g_strdup_printf("'shm': '%s', 'size': '1M'", tmpshm);
 
     qpci_plug_device_test("ivshmem", "iv1", PCI_SLOT_HP, opts);
-    qpci_unplug_acpi_device_test("iv1", PCI_SLOT_HP);
+    if (strcmp(arch, "i386") == 0 || strcmp(arch, "x86_64") == 0) {
+        qpci_unplug_acpi_device_test("iv1", PCI_SLOT_HP);
+    }
 
     qtest_end();
     g_free(opts);
@@ -491,6 +500,7 @@ static gchar *mktempshm(int size, int *fd)
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     int ret, fd;
+    const char *arch = qtest_get_arch();
     gchar dir[] = "/tmp/ivshmem-test.XXXXXX";
 
 #if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 31, 0)
@@ -521,8 +531,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     qtest_add_func("/ivshmem/memdev", test_ivshmem_memdev);
     if (g_test_slow()) {
         qtest_add_func("/ivshmem/pair", test_ivshmem_pair);
-        qtest_add_func("/ivshmem/server-msi", test_ivshmem_server_msi);
-        qtest_add_func("/ivshmem/server-irq", test_ivshmem_server_irq);
+        if (strcmp(arch, "i386") == 0 || strcmp(arch, "x86_64") == 0) {
+            qtest_add_func("/ivshmem/server-msi", test_ivshmem_server_msi);
+            qtest_add_func("/ivshmem/server-irq", test_ivshmem_server_irq);
+        }
     }
 
     ret = g_test_run();
