diff --git a/tests/virtio-blk-test.c b/tests/virtio-blk-test.c
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/virtio-blk-test.c
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+/*
+ * QTest testcase for VirtIO Block Device
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#include <glib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "libqtest.h"
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+
+/* Tests only initialization so far. TODO: Replace with functional tests */
+static void pci_nop(void)
+{
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    int ret;
+
+    g_test_init(&argc, &argv, NULL);
+    qtest_add_func("/virtio/blk/pci/nop", pci_nop);
+
+    qtest_start("-drive id=drv0,if=none,file=/dev/null "
+                "-device virtio-blk-pci,drive=drv0");
+    ret = g_test_run();
+
+    qtest_end();
+
+    return ret;
+}