diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/net-usb.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/net-usb.x86_64-latest.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..714ab9aafe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/net-usb.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-QEMUGuest1 \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+XDG_DATA_HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.local/share \
+XDG_CACHE_HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.cache \
+XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/.config \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 \
+-name guest=QEMUGuest1,debug-threads=on \
+-S \
+-object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-QEMUGuest1/master-key.aes"}' \
+-machine pc,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=pc.ram,acpi=off \
+-accel tcg \
+-cpu qemu64 \
+-m size=4194304k \
+-object '{"qom-type":"memory-backend-ram","id":"pc.ram","size":4294967296}' \
+-overcommit mem-lock=off \
+-smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-uuid 2d4d4b20-b19b-4713-af0a-bf1cab8b455b \
+-display none \
+-no-user-config \
+-nodefaults \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,fd=1729,server=on,wait=off \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
+-rtc base=utc \
+-no-shutdown \
+-boot strict=on \
+-device '{"driver":"qemu-xhci","p2":1,"p3":1,"id":"usb","bus":"pci.0","addr":"0x2"}' \
+-netdev '{"type":"user","id":"hostnet0"}' \
+-device '{"driver":"usb-net","netdev":"hostnet0","id":"net0","mac":"00:11:22:33:44:55","bus":"usb.0","port":"1"}' \
+-audiodev '{"id":"audio1","driver":"none"}' \
+-device '{"driver":"virtio-balloon-pci","id":"balloon0","bus":"pci.0","addr":"0x3"}' \
+-sandbox on,obsolete=deny,elevateprivileges=deny,spawn=deny,resourcecontrol=deny \
+-msg timestamp=on
diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/net-usb.x86_64-latest.xml b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/net-usb.x86_64-latest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..071fc9cfc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/net-usb.x86_64-latest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
+  <uuid>2d4d4b20-b19b-4713-af0a-bf1cab8b455b</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>4194304</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>4194304</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <cpu mode='custom' match='exact' check='none'>
+    <model fallback='forbid'>qemu64</model>
+  </cpu>
+  <clock offset='utc'/>
+  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
+  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
+  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator>
+    <controller type='usb' index='0' model='qemu-xhci' ports='1'>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
+    </controller>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
+    <interface type='user'>
+      <mac address='00:11:22:33:44:55'/>
+      <model type='usb-net'/>
+    </interface>
+    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
+    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
+    <audio id='1' type='none'/>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
+    </memballoon>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/net-usb.xml b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/net-usb.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8a678e5731
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/net-usb.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
+  <uuid>2d4d4b20-b19b-4713-af0a-bf1cab8b455b</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>4194304</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>4194304</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator>
+    <controller type='usb' index='0' model='qemu-xhci' ports='1'/>
+    <interface type="user">
+        <mac address="00:11:22:33:44:55"/>
+        <model type="usb-net"/>
+    </interface>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconftest.c b/tests/qemuxmlconftest.c
index ea68f71fc5..1f9e8edef9 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxmlconftest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxmlconftest.c
@@ -2979,6 +2979,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("tap-vhost");
 
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("mtp-usb-device")
+    DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("net-usb")
 
     /* check that all input files were actually used here */
     if (testConfXMLCheck(existingTestCases) < 0)