diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index d5a3f10d4d..d4f23dfc17 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ gcov-files-ipack-y += hw/char/ipoctal232.c
 gcov-files-virtio-y += i386-softmmu/hw/virtio/virtio.c
 check-qtest-virtio-y += tests/virtio-net-test$(EXESUF)
 gcov-files-virtio-y += i386-softmmu/hw/net/virtio-net.c
+check-qtest-virtio-y += tests/virtio-balloon-test$(EXESUF)
+gcov-files-virtio-y += i386-softmmu/hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.c
 check-qtest-virtio-y += tests/virtio-blk-test$(EXESUF)
 gcov-files-virtio-y += i386-softmmu/hw/block/virtio-blk.c
 
@@ -241,6 +243,7 @@ tests/pcnet-test$(EXESUF): tests/pcnet-test.o
 tests/eepro100-test$(EXESUF): tests/eepro100-test.o
 tests/vmxnet3-test$(EXESUF): tests/vmxnet3-test.o
 tests/ne2000-test$(EXESUF): tests/ne2000-test.o
+tests/virtio-balloon-test$(EXESUF): tests/virtio-balloon-test.o
 tests/virtio-blk-test$(EXESUF): tests/virtio-blk-test.o
 tests/virtio-net-test$(EXESUF): tests/virtio-net-test.o
 tests/tpci200-test$(EXESUF): tests/tpci200-test.o
diff --git a/tests/virtio-balloon-test.c b/tests/virtio-balloon-test.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..becebb51a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/virtio-balloon-test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * QTest testcase for VirtIO Balloon
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH
+ *
+ * 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 <glib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "libqtest.h"
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+
+/* Tests only initialization so far. TODO: Replace with functional tests */
+static void pci_nop(void)
+{
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    int ret;
+
+    g_test_init(&argc, &argv, NULL);
+    qtest_add_func("/virtio/balloon/pci/nop", pci_nop);
+
+    qtest_start("-device virtio-balloon-pci");
+    ret = g_test_run();
+
+    qtest_end();
+
+    return ret;
+}