diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/127 b/tests/qemu-iotests/127
index b64926ab31..a4fc866038 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/127
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/127
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ trap "_cleanup; exit \$status" 0 1 2 3 15
 _supported_fmt qcow2
 _supported_proto file
 
+_require_devices virtio-scsi scsi-hd
+
 IMG_SIZE=64K
 
 _make_test_img $IMG_SIZE
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/267 b/tests/qemu-iotests/267
index c296877168..3146273eef 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/267
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/267
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ _require_drivers copy-on-read
 # and generally impossible with external data files
 _unsupported_imgopts 'refcount_bits=1[^0-9]' data_file
 
+_require_devices virtio-blk
+
 do_run_qemu()
 {
     echo Testing: "$@"
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/common.rc b/tests/qemu-iotests/common.rc
index 9ccde32634..8a6366c09d 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/common.rc
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/common.rc
@@ -713,5 +713,19 @@ _require_large_file()
     rm "$TEST_IMG"
 }
 
+# Check that a set of devices is available in the QEMU binary
+#
+_require_devices()
+{
+    available=$($QEMU -M none -device help | \
+                grep ^name | sed -e 's/^name "//' -e 's/".*$//')
+    for device
+    do
+        if ! echo "$available" | grep -q "$device" ; then
+            _notrun "$device not available"
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
 # make sure this script returns success
 true