diff --git a/tests/qemublocktest.c b/tests/qemublocktest.c
index 1b7aa4e66a..a254f95c04 100644
--- a/tests/qemublocktest.c
+++ b/tests/qemublocktest.c
@@ -1003,6 +1003,10 @@ mymain(void)
     } while (0)
 
     TEST_CHECKPOINT_DELETE_MERGE("basic-noparent", "a", NULL);
+    TEST_CHECKPOINT_DELETE_MERGE("basic-intermediate1", "b", "a");
+    TEST_CHECKPOINT_DELETE_MERGE("basic-intermediate2", "c", "b");
+    TEST_CHECKPOINT_DELETE_MERGE("basic-intermediate3", "d", "c");
+    TEST_CHECKPOINT_DELETE_MERGE("basic-current", "current", "d");
 
  cleanup:
     virHashFree(diskxmljsondata.schema);
diff --git a/tests/qemublocktestdata/checkpointdelete/basic-current-out.json b/tests/qemublocktestdata/checkpointdelete/basic-current-out.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b607567e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemublocktestdata/checkpointdelete/basic-current-out.json
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+[
+  {
+    "type": "block-dirty-bitmap-enable",
+    "data": {
+      "node": "libvirt-1-format",
+      "name": "d"
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "block-dirty-bitmap-merge",
+    "data": {
+      "node": "libvirt-1-format",
+      "target": "d",
+      "bitmaps": [
+        {
+          "node": "libvirt-1-format",
+          "name": "current"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "block-dirty-bitmap-remove",
+    "data": {
+      "node": "libvirt-1-format",
+      "name": "current"
+    }
+  }
+]
diff --git a/tests/qemublocktestdata/checkpointdelete/basic-intermediate1-out.json b/tests/qemublocktestdata/checkpointdelete/basic-intermediate1-out.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eccb7ed15f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemublocktestdata/checkpointdelete/basic-intermediate1-out.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+[
+  {
+    "type": "block-dirty-bitmap-merge",
+    "data": {
+      "node": "libvirt-1-format",
+      "target": "a",
+      "bitmaps": [
+        {
+          "node": "libvirt-1-format",
+          "name": "b"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "block-dirty-bitmap-remove",
+    "data": {
+      "node": "libvirt-1-format",
+      "name": "b"
+    }
+  }
+]
diff --git a/tests/qemublocktestdata/checkpointdelete/basic-intermediate2-out.json b/tests/qemublocktestdata/checkpointdelete/basic-intermediate2-out.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de40e4b5b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemublocktestdata/checkpointdelete/basic-intermediate2-out.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+[
+  {
+    "type": "block-dirty-bitmap-merge",
+    "data": {
+      "node": "libvirt-1-format",
+      "target": "b",
+      "bitmaps": [
+        {
+          "node": "libvirt-1-format",
+          "name": "c"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "block-dirty-bitmap-remove",
+    "data": {
+      "node": "libvirt-1-format",
+      "name": "c"
+    }
+  }
+]
diff --git a/tests/qemublocktestdata/checkpointdelete/basic-intermediate3-out.json b/tests/qemublocktestdata/checkpointdelete/basic-intermediate3-out.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b5d85f43f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemublocktestdata/checkpointdelete/basic-intermediate3-out.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+[
+  {
+    "type": "block-dirty-bitmap-merge",
+    "data": {
+      "node": "libvirt-1-format",
+      "target": "c",
+      "bitmaps": [
+        {
+          "node": "libvirt-1-format",
+          "name": "d"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "block-dirty-bitmap-remove",
+    "data": {
+      "node": "libvirt-1-format",
+      "name": "d"
+    }
+  }
+]