diff --git a/tests/cputest.c b/tests/cputest.c
index b7dd95d843..685aca1528 100644
--- a/tests/cputest.c
+++ b/tests/cputest.c
@@ -842,6 +842,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST_CPUID(VIR_ARCH_X86_64, "Xeon-E5-2630", true);
     DO_TEST_CPUID(VIR_ARCH_X86_64, "Xeon-E5-2650", true);
     DO_TEST_CPUID(VIR_ARCH_X86_64, "Xeon-E7-4820", true);
+    DO_TEST_CPUID(VIR_ARCH_X86_64, "Xeon-E7-8890", false);
     DO_TEST_CPUID(VIR_ARCH_X86_64, "Xeon-W3520", true);
     DO_TEST_CPUID(VIR_ARCH_X86_64, "Xeon-X5460", false);
 
diff --git a/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Xeon-E7-8890-guest.xml b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Xeon-E7-8890-guest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c62e36a3a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Xeon-E7-8890-guest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<cpu mode='custom' match='exact'>
+  <arch>x86_64</arch>
+  <model fallback='forbid'>Haswell</model>
+  <vendor>Intel</vendor>
+  <feature policy='require' name='vme'/>
+  <feature policy='require' name='ds'/>
+  <feature policy='require' name='acpi'/>
+  <feature policy='require' name='ss'/>
+  <feature policy='require' name='ht'/>
+  <feature policy='require' name='tm'/>
+  <feature policy='require' name='pbe'/>
+  <feature policy='require' name='dtes64'/>
+  <feature policy='require' name='monitor'/>
+  <feature policy='require' name='ds_cpl'/>
+  <feature policy='require' name='vmx'/>
+  <feature policy='require' name='smx'/>
+  <feature policy='require' name='est'/>
+  <feature policy='require' name='tm2'/>
+  <feature policy='require' name='xtpr'/>
+  <feature policy='require' name='pdcm'/>
+  <feature policy='require' name='dca'/>
+  <feature policy='require' name='osxsave'/>
+  <feature policy='require' name='f16c'/>
+  <feature policy='require' name='rdrand'/>
+  <feature policy='require' name='arat'/>
+  <feature policy='require' name='tsc_adjust'/>
+  <feature policy='require' name='cmt'/>
+  <feature policy='require' name='xsaveopt'/>
+  <feature policy='require' name='pdpe1gb'/>
+  <feature policy='require' name='abm'/>
+  <feature policy='require' name='invtsc'/>
+</cpu>
diff --git a/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Xeon-E7-8890-host.xml b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Xeon-E7-8890-host.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e90598ec63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Xeon-E7-8890-host.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<cpu>
+  <arch>x86_64</arch>
+  <model>Haswell</model>
+  <vendor>Intel</vendor>
+  <feature name='vme'/>
+  <feature name='ds'/>
+  <feature name='acpi'/>
+  <feature name='ss'/>
+  <feature name='ht'/>
+  <feature name='tm'/>
+  <feature name='pbe'/>
+  <feature name='dtes64'/>
+  <feature name='monitor'/>
+  <feature name='ds_cpl'/>
+  <feature name='vmx'/>
+  <feature name='smx'/>
+  <feature name='est'/>
+  <feature name='tm2'/>
+  <feature name='xtpr'/>
+  <feature name='pdcm'/>
+  <feature name='dca'/>
+  <feature name='osxsave'/>
+  <feature name='f16c'/>
+  <feature name='rdrand'/>
+  <feature name='arat'/>
+  <feature name='tsc_adjust'/>
+  <feature name='cmt'/>
+  <feature name='xsaveopt'/>
+  <feature name='pdpe1gb'/>
+  <feature name='abm'/>
+  <feature name='invtsc'/>
+</cpu>
diff --git a/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Xeon-E7-8890.xml b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Xeon-E7-8890.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ccdb792193
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cputestdata/x86_64-cpuid-Xeon-E7-8890.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!-- Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E7-8890 v3 @ 2.50GHz -->
+<cpudata arch='x86'>
+  <cpuid eax_in='0x00000000' ecx_in='0x00' eax='0x0000000f' ebx='0x756e6547' ecx='0x6c65746e' edx='0x49656e69'/>
+  <cpuid eax_in='0x00000001' ecx_in='0x00' eax='0x000306f4' ebx='0x03400800' ecx='0x7ffefbff' edx='0xbfebfbff'/>
+  <cpuid eax_in='0x00000002' ecx_in='0x00' eax='0x76036301' ebx='0x00f0b5ff' ecx='0x00000000' edx='0x00c10000'/>
+  <cpuid eax_in='0x00000003' ecx_in='0x00' eax='0x00000000' ebx='0x00000000' ecx='0x00000000' edx='0x00000000'/>
+  <cpuid eax_in='0x00000004' ecx_in='0x00' eax='0x7c004121' ebx='0x01c0003f' ecx='0x0000003f' edx='0x00000000'/>
+  <cpuid eax_in='0x00000004' ecx_in='0x01' eax='0x7c004122' ebx='0x01c0003f' ecx='0x0000003f' edx='0x00000000'/>
+  <cpuid eax_in='0x00000004' ecx_in='0x02' eax='0x7c004143' ebx='0x01c0003f' ecx='0x000001ff' edx='0x00000000'/>
+  <cpuid eax_in='0x00000004' ecx_in='0x03' eax='0x7c0fc163' ebx='0x04c0003f' ecx='0x00008fff' edx='0x00000006'/>
+  <cpuid eax_in='0x00000005' ecx_in='0x00' eax='0x00000040' ebx='0x00000040' ecx='0x00000003' edx='0x00002120'/>
+  <cpuid eax_in='0x00000006' ecx_in='0x00' eax='0x00000077' ebx='0x00000002' ecx='0x00000009' edx='0x00000000'/>
+  <cpuid eax_in='0x00000007' ecx_in='0x00' eax='0x00000000' ebx='0x00003fbb' ecx='0x00000000' edx='0x00000000'/>
+  <cpuid eax_in='0x00000008' ecx_in='0x00' eax='0x00000000' ebx='0x00000000' ecx='0x00000000' edx='0x00000000'/>
+  <cpuid eax_in='0x00000009' ecx_in='0x00' eax='0x00000001' ebx='0x00000000' ecx='0x00000000' edx='0x00000000'/>
+  <cpuid eax_in='0x0000000a' ecx_in='0x00' eax='0x07300403' ebx='0x00000000' ecx='0x00000000' edx='0x00000603'/>
+  <cpuid eax_in='0x0000000b' ecx_in='0x00' eax='0x00000001' ebx='0x00000002' ecx='0x00000100' edx='0x00000003'/>
+  <cpuid eax_in='0x0000000b' ecx_in='0x01' eax='0x00000006' ebx='0x00000024' ecx='0x00000201' edx='0x00000003'/>
+  <cpuid eax_in='0x0000000c' ecx_in='0x00' eax='0x00000000' ebx='0x00000000' ecx='0x00000000' edx='0x00000000'/>
+  <cpuid eax_in='0x0000000d' ecx_in='0x00' eax='0x00000007' ebx='0x00000340' ecx='0x00000340' edx='0x00000000'/>
+  <cpuid eax_in='0x0000000d' ecx_in='0x01' eax='0x00000001' ebx='0x00000000' ecx='0x00000000' edx='0x00000000'/>
+  <cpuid eax_in='0x0000000d' ecx_in='0x02' eax='0x00000100' ebx='0x00000240' ecx='0x00000000' edx='0x00000000'/>
+  <cpuid eax_in='0x0000000e' ecx_in='0x00' eax='0x00000000' ebx='0x00000000' ecx='0x00000000' edx='0x00000000'/>
+  <cpuid eax_in='0x0000000f' ecx_in='0x00' eax='0x00000000' ebx='0x00000047' ecx='0x00000000' edx='0x00000002'/>
+  <cpuid eax_in='0x0000000f' ecx_in='0x01' eax='0x00000000' ebx='0x00012000' ecx='0x00000047' edx='0x00000001'/>
+  <cpuid eax_in='0x80000000' ecx_in='0x00' eax='0x80000008' ebx='0x00000000' ecx='0x00000000' edx='0x00000000'/>
+  <cpuid eax_in='0x80000001' ecx_in='0x00' eax='0x00000000' ebx='0x00000000' ecx='0x00000021' edx='0x2c100800'/>
+  <cpuid eax_in='0x80000002' ecx_in='0x00' eax='0x65746e49' ebx='0x2952286c' ecx='0x6f655820' edx='0x2952286e'/>
+  <cpuid eax_in='0x80000003' ecx_in='0x00' eax='0x55504320' ebx='0x2d374520' ecx='0x30393838' edx='0x20337620'/>
+  <cpuid eax_in='0x80000004' ecx_in='0x00' eax='0x2e322040' ebx='0x48473035' ecx='0x0000007a' edx='0x00000000'/>
+  <cpuid eax_in='0x80000005' ecx_in='0x00' eax='0x00000000' ebx='0x00000000' ecx='0x00000000' edx='0x00000000'/>
+  <cpuid eax_in='0x80000006' ecx_in='0x00' eax='0x00000000' ebx='0x00000000' ecx='0x01006040' edx='0x00000000'/>
+  <cpuid eax_in='0x80000007' ecx_in='0x00' eax='0x00000000' ebx='0x00000000' ecx='0x00000000' edx='0x00000100'/>
+  <cpuid eax_in='0x80000008' ecx_in='0x00' eax='0x0000302e' ebx='0x00000000' ecx='0x00000000' edx='0x00000000'/>
+  <cpuid eax_in='0x80860000' ecx_in='0x00' eax='0x00000000' ebx='0x00000047' ecx='0x00000000' edx='0x00000002'/>
+  <cpuid eax_in='0xc0000000' ecx_in='0x00' eax='0x00000000' ebx='0x00000047' ecx='0x00000000' edx='0x00000002'/>
+</cpudata>