diff --git a/tests/acceptance/boot_linux_console.py b/tests/acceptance/boot_linux_console.py
index 34d37eba3b..6f5af582f3 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/boot_linux_console.py
+++ b/tests/acceptance/boot_linux_console.py
@@ -507,6 +507,31 @@ class BootLinuxConsole(Test):
         exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'reboot',
                                                 'reboot: Restarting system')
 
+    def test_arm_orangepi(self):
+        """
+        :avocado: tags=arch:arm
+        :avocado: tags=machine:orangepi-pc
+        """
+        deb_url = ('https://apt.armbian.com/pool/main/l/'
+                   'linux-4.20.7-sunxi/linux-image-dev-sunxi_5.75_armhf.deb')
+        deb_hash = '1334c29c44d984ffa05ed10de8c3361f33d78315'
+        deb_path = self.fetch_asset(deb_url, asset_hash=deb_hash)
+        kernel_path = self.extract_from_deb(deb_path,
+                                            '/boot/vmlinuz-4.20.7-sunxi')
+        dtb_path = '/usr/lib/linux-image-dev-sunxi/sun8i-h3-orangepi-pc.dtb'
+        dtb_path = self.extract_from_deb(deb_path, dtb_path)
+
+        self.vm.set_console()
+        kernel_command_line = (self.KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE +
+                               'console=ttyS0,115200n8 '
+                               'earlycon=uart,mmio32,0x1c28000')
+        self.vm.add_args('-kernel', kernel_path,
+                         '-dtb', dtb_path,
+                         '-append', kernel_command_line)
+        self.vm.launch()
+        console_pattern = 'Kernel command line: %s' % kernel_command_line
+        self.wait_for_console_pattern(console_pattern)
+
     def test_s390x_s390_ccw_virtio(self):
         """
         :avocado: tags=arch:s390x