diff --git a/tests/Makefile.include b/tests/Makefile.include
index 4a9e2e40ba..ec929ccda6 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/Makefile.include
@@ -766,6 +766,7 @@ qos-test-obj-y += tests/libqos/x86_64_pc-machine.o
 qos-test-obj-y += tests/e1000e-test.o
 qos-test-obj-y += tests/pci-test.o
 qos-test-obj-y += tests/sdhci-test.o
+qos-test-obj-y += tests/virtio-test.o
 
 check-unit-y += tests/test-qgraph$(EXESUF)
 tests/test-qgraph$(EXESUF): tests/test-qgraph.o $(libqgraph-obj-y)
diff --git a/tests/virtio-test.c b/tests/virtio-test.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..804e5371dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/virtio-test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * QTest testcase for virtio
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * 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"
+#include "libqos/qgraph.h"
+#include "libqos/pci.h"
+
+/* Tests only initialization so far. TODO: Replace with functional tests */
+static void nop(void *obj, void *data, QGuestAllocator *alloc)
+{
+}
+
+static void register_virtio_test(void)
+{
+    qos_add_test("nop", "virtio", nop, NULL);
+}
+
+libqos_init(register_virtio_test);