diff --git a/tests/virtio-serial-test.c b/tests/virtio-serial-test.c
index e7438751ea..bf030a6162 100644
--- a/tests/virtio-serial-test.c
+++ b/tests/virtio-serial-test.c
@@ -17,12 +17,39 @@ static void pci_nop(void)
 {
 }
 
+static void hotplug(void)
+{
+    QDict *response;
+
+    response = qmp("{\"execute\": \"device_add\","
+                   " \"arguments\": {"
+                   "   \"driver\": \"virtserialport\","
+                   "   \"id\": \"hp-port\""
+                   "}}");
+
+    g_assert(response);
+    g_assert(!qdict_haskey(response, "error"));
+    QDECREF(response);
+
+    response = qmp("{\"execute\": \"device_del\","
+                   " \"arguments\": {"
+                   "   \"id\": \"hp-port\""
+                   "}}");
+
+    g_assert(response);
+    g_assert(!qdict_haskey(response, "error"));
+    g_assert(qdict_haskey(response, "event"));
+    g_assert(!strcmp(qdict_get_str(response, "event"), "DEVICE_DELETED"));
+    QDECREF(response);
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     int ret;
 
     g_test_init(&argc, &argv, NULL);
     qtest_add_func("/virtio/serial/pci/nop", pci_nop);
+    qtest_add_func("/virtio/serial/pci/hotplug", hotplug);
 
     qtest_start("-device virtio-serial-pci");
     ret = g_test_run();