diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index 7c6025a..4559045 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ check-block-$(CONFIG_POSIX) += tests/qemu-iotests-quick.sh
 # All QTests for now are POSIX-only, but the dependencies are
 # really in libqtest, not in the testcases themselves.
 
+check-qtest-generic-y += tests/device-introspect-test$(EXESUF)
+gcov-files-generic-y += qdev-monitor.c qmp.c
+
 gcov-files-ipack-y += hw/ipack/ipack.c
 check-qtest-ipack-y += tests/ipoctal232-test$(EXESUF)
 gcov-files-ipack-y += hw/char/ipoctal232.c
@@ -375,6 +378,7 @@ libqos-imx-obj-y = $(libqos-obj-y) tests/libqos/i2c-imx.o
 libqos-usb-obj-y = $(libqos-pc-obj-y) tests/libqos/usb.o
 libqos-virtio-obj-y = $(libqos-pc-obj-y) tests/libqos/virtio.o tests/libqos/virtio-pci.o tests/libqos/virtio-mmio.o tests/libqos/malloc-generic.o
 
+tests/device-introspect-test$(EXESUF): tests/device-introspect-test.o
 tests/rtc-test$(EXESUF): tests/rtc-test.o
 tests/m48t59-test$(EXESUF): tests/m48t59-test.o
 tests/endianness-test$(EXESUF): tests/endianness-test.o
@@ -440,7 +444,8 @@ CFLAGS += $(TEST_CFLAGS)
 TARGETS=$(patsubst %-softmmu,%, $(filter %-softmmu,$(TARGET_DIRS)))
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_POSIX),y)
 QTEST_TARGETS=$(foreach TARGET,$(TARGETS), $(if $(check-qtest-$(TARGET)-y), $(TARGET),))
-check-qtest-y=$(foreach TARGET,$(TARGETS), $(check-qtest-$(TARGET)-y))
+check-qtest-y=$(check-qtest-generic-y)
+check-qtest-y+=$(foreach TARGET,$(TARGETS), $(check-qtest-$(TARGET)-y))
 endif
 
 qtest-obj-y = tests/libqtest.o $(test-util-obj-y)
@@ -478,8 +483,8 @@ $(patsubst %, check-qtest-%, $(QTEST_TARGETS)): check-qtest-%: $(check-qtest-y)
 	$(call quiet-command,QTEST_QEMU_BINARY=$*-softmmu/qemu-system-$* \
 		QTEST_QEMU_IMG=qemu-img$(EXESUF) \
 		MALLOC_PERTURB_=$${MALLOC_PERTURB_:-$$((RANDOM % 255 + 1))} \
-		gtester $(GTESTER_OPTIONS) -m=$(SPEED) $(check-qtest-$*-y),"GTESTER $@")
-	$(if $(CONFIG_GCOV),@for f in $(gcov-files-$*-y); do \
+		gtester $(GTESTER_OPTIONS) -m=$(SPEED) $(check-qtest-generic-y) $(check-qtest-$*-y),"GTESTER $@")
+	$(if $(CONFIG_GCOV),@for f in $(gcov-files-generic-y) $(gcov-files-$*-y); do \
 	  echo Gcov report for $$f:;\
 	  $(GCOV) $(GCOV_OPTIONS) $$f -o `dirname $$f`; \
 	done,)
diff --git a/tests/device-introspect-test.c b/tests/device-introspect-test.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bcaaf2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/device-introspect-test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+/*
+ * Device introspection test cases
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2015 Red Hat Inc.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>,
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Covers QMP device-list-properties and HMP device_add help.  We
+ * currently don't check their output makes sense, only that QEMU
+ * survives.  Useful since we've had an astounding number of crash
+ * bugs around here.
+ */
+
+#include <glib.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qstring.h"
+#include "libqtest.h"
+
+const char common_args[] = "-nodefaults -machine none";
+
+static QList *device_type_list(bool abstract)
+{
+    QDict *resp;
+    QList *ret;
+
+    resp = qmp("{'execute': 'qom-list-types',"
+               " 'arguments': {'implements': 'device', 'abstract': %i}}",
+               abstract);
+    g_assert(qdict_haskey(resp, "return"));
+    ret = qdict_get_qlist(resp, "return");
+    QINCREF(ret);
+    QDECREF(resp);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static void test_one_device(const char *type)
+{
+    QDict *resp;
+    char *help;
+
+    /* FIXME device-list-properties crashes for abstract device, skip  */
+    if (strcmp(type, "device")) {
+        resp = qmp("{'execute': 'device-list-properties',"
+                   " 'arguments': {'typename': %s}}",
+                   type);
+        QDECREF(resp);
+    }
+
+    help = hmp("device_add \"%s,help\"", type);
+    g_free(help);
+}
+
+static void test_device_intro_list(void)
+{
+    QList *types;
+    char *help;
+
+    qtest_start(common_args);
+
+    types = device_type_list(true);
+    QDECREF(types);
+
+    help = hmp("device_add help");
+    g_free(help);
+
+    qtest_end();
+}
+
+static void test_device_intro_none(void)
+{
+    qtest_start(common_args);
+    test_one_device("nonexistent");
+    qtest_end();
+}
+
+static void test_device_intro_abstract(void)
+{
+    qtest_start(common_args);
+    test_one_device("device");
+    qtest_end();
+}
+
+static bool blacklisted(const char *type)
+{
+    static const char *blacklist[] = {
+        /* crash in object_unref(): */
+        "pxa2xx-pcmcia",
+        /* hang in object_unref(): */
+        "realview_pci", "versatile_pci", "s390-sclp-event-facility", "sclp",
+        /* create a CPU, thus use after free (see below): */
+        "allwinner-a10", "digic", "fsl,imx25", "fsl,imx31", "xlnx,zynqmp",
+    };
+    size_t len = strlen(type);
+    int i;
+
+    if (len >= 4 && !strcmp(type + len - 4, "-cpu")) {
+        /* use after free: cpu_exec_init() saves CPUState in cpus */
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(blacklist); i++) {
+        if (!strcmp(blacklist[i], type)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+static void test_device_intro_concrete(void)
+{
+    QList *types;
+    QListEntry *entry;
+    const char *type;
+
+    qtest_start(common_args);
+    types = device_type_list(false);
+
+    QLIST_FOREACH_ENTRY(types, entry) {
+        type = qdict_get_try_str(qobject_to_qdict(qlist_entry_obj(entry)),
+                                "name");
+        g_assert(type);
+        if (blacklisted(type)) {
+            continue;           /* FIXME broken device, skip */
+        }
+        test_one_device(type);
+    }
+
+    QDECREF(types);
+    qtest_end();
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    g_test_init(&argc, &argv, NULL);
+
+    qtest_add_func("device/introspect/list", test_device_intro_list);
+    qtest_add_func("device/introspect/none", test_device_intro_none);
+    qtest_add_func("device/introspect/abstract", test_device_intro_abstract);
+    qtest_add_func("device/introspect/concrete", test_device_intro_concrete);
+
+    return g_test_run();
+}
