diff --git a/qemu/tests/cfg/vm_hugetlb_selftests.cfg b/qemu/tests/cfg/vm_hugetlb_selftests.cfg
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index 0000000000..82ce321779
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+++ b/qemu/tests/cfg/vm_hugetlb_selftests.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+- vm_hugetlb_selftests:
+    only Linux
+    only x86_64
+    type = vm_hugetlb_selftests
+    virt_test_type = qemu
+    setup_hugepages = yes
+    kernel_path = "/home/kernel"
diff --git a/qemu/tests/vm_hugetlb_selftests.py b/qemu/tests/vm_hugetlb_selftests.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9bbde7202f
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+++ b/qemu/tests/vm_hugetlb_selftests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+from virttest import error_context
+
+
+@error_context.context_aware
+def run(test, params, env):
+    """
+    vm_hugetlb_selftests test
+    1) Execute the hugetlb kernel selftests
+    :param test: QEMU test object
+    :param params: Dictionary with the test parameters
+    :param env: Dictionary with test environment
+    """
+    vm = env.get_vm(params["main_vm"])
+    vm.verify_alive()
+    session = vm.wait_for_login()
+    kernel_path = params.get("kernel_path", "/home/kernel")
+
+    error_context.base_context("Execute the hugetlb selftests", test.log.info)
+    session.cmd("cd %s" % kernel_path)
+    session.cmd("cd linux-*/tools/testing/selftests/mm")
+    s, o = session.cmd_status_output("sh run_vmtests.sh -t hugetlb", 180)
+    if s != 0:
+        test.fail("Error during hugetlb selftests execution: %s" % o)
+
+    error_context.context("The hugetlb tests results: %s" % o, test.log.debug)