diff --git a/tests/Makefile.include b/tests/Makefile.include
index 22656ea..1a135d2 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/Makefile.include
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ check-qtest-ppc64-y += tests/usb-hcd-uhci-test$(EXESUF)
 gcov-files-ppc64-y += hw/usb/hcd-uhci.c
 check-qtest-ppc64-y += tests/usb-hcd-xhci-test$(EXESUF)
 gcov-files-ppc64-y += hw/usb/hcd-xhci.c
+check-qtest-ppc64-y += $(check-qtest-virtio-y)
 
 check-qtest-sh4-y = tests/endianness-test$(EXESUF)
 
@@ -615,7 +616,7 @@ libqos-pc-obj-y += tests/libqos/ahci.o
 libqos-omap-obj-y = $(libqos-obj-y) tests/libqos/i2c-omap.o
 libqos-imx-obj-y = $(libqos-obj-y) tests/libqos/i2c-imx.o
 libqos-usb-obj-y = $(libqos-spapr-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
+libqos-virtio-obj-y = $(libqos-spapr-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
diff --git a/tests/libqos/virtio-pci.c b/tests/libqos/virtio-pci.c
index 7aa29b1..7e60b3a 100644
--- a/tests/libqos/virtio-pci.c
+++ b/tests/libqos/virtio-pci.c
@@ -68,16 +68,36 @@ static uint8_t qvirtio_pci_config_readb(QVirtioDevice *d, uint64_t addr)
     return qpci_io_readb(dev->pdev, (void *)(uintptr_t)addr);
 }
 
+/* PCI is always read in little-endian order
+ * but virtio ( < 1.0) is in guest order
+ * so with a big-endian guest the order has been reversed,
+ * reverse it again
+ * virtio-1.0 is always little-endian, like PCI, but this
+ * case will be managed inside qvirtio_is_big_endian()
+ */
+
 static uint16_t qvirtio_pci_config_readw(QVirtioDevice *d, uint64_t addr)
 {
     QVirtioPCIDevice *dev = (QVirtioPCIDevice *)d;
-    return qpci_io_readw(dev->pdev, (void *)(uintptr_t)addr);
+    uint16_t value;
+
+    value = qpci_io_readw(dev->pdev, (void *)(uintptr_t)addr);
+    if (qvirtio_is_big_endian(d)) {
+        value = bswap16(value);
+    }
+    return value;
 }
 
 static uint32_t qvirtio_pci_config_readl(QVirtioDevice *d, uint64_t addr)
 {
     QVirtioPCIDevice *dev = (QVirtioPCIDevice *)d;
-    return qpci_io_readl(dev->pdev, (void *)(uintptr_t)addr);
+    uint32_t value;
+
+    value = qpci_io_readl(dev->pdev, (void *)(uintptr_t)addr);
+    if (qvirtio_is_big_endian(d)) {
+        value = bswap32(value);
+    }
+    return value;
 }
 
 static uint64_t qvirtio_pci_config_readq(QVirtioDevice *d, uint64_t addr)
diff --git a/tests/virtio-9p-test.c b/tests/virtio-9p-test.c
index 851ec99..693920a 100644
--- a/tests/virtio-9p-test.c
+++ b/tests/virtio-9p-test.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "libqtest.h"
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "libqos/libqos-pc.h"
+#include "libqos/libqos-spapr.h"
 #include "libqos/virtio.h"
 #include "libqos/virtio-pci.h"
 #include "standard-headers/linux/virtio_ids.h"
@@ -22,13 +23,22 @@ static char *test_share;
 
 static QOSState *qvirtio_9p_start(void)
 {
+    const char *arch = qtest_get_arch();
     const char *cmd = "-fsdev local,id=fsdev0,security_model=none,path=%s "
                       "-device virtio-9p-pci,fsdev=fsdev0,mount_tag=%s";
 
     test_share = g_strdup("/tmp/qtest.XXXXXX");
     g_assert_nonnull(mkdtemp(test_share));
 
-    return qtest_pc_boot(cmd, test_share, mount_tag);
+    if (strcmp(arch, "i386") == 0 || strcmp(arch, "x86_64") == 0) {
+        return qtest_pc_boot(cmd, test_share, mount_tag);
+    }
+    if (strcmp(arch, "ppc64") == 0) {
+        return qtest_spapr_boot(cmd, test_share, mount_tag);
+    }
+
+    g_printerr("virtio-9p tests are only available on x86 or ppc64\n");
+    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }
 
 static void qvirtio_9p_stop(QOSState *qs)
diff --git a/tests/virtio-blk-test.c b/tests/virtio-blk-test.c
index 2382eb5..f737c40 100644
--- a/tests/virtio-blk-test.c
+++ b/tests/virtio-blk-test.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "libqtest.h"
 #include "libqos/libqos-pc.h"
+#include "libqos/libqos-spapr.h"
 #include "libqos/virtio.h"
 #include "libqos/virtio-pci.h"
 #include "libqos/virtio-mmio.h"
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ static char *drive_create(void)
 static QOSState *pci_test_start(void)
 {
     QOSState *qs;
+    const char *arch = qtest_get_arch();
     char *tmp_path;
     const char *cmd = "-drive if=none,id=drive0,file=%s,format=raw "
                       "-drive if=none,id=drive1,file=/dev/null,format=raw "
@@ -67,7 +69,14 @@ static QOSState *pci_test_start(void)
 
     tmp_path = drive_create();
 
-    qs = qtest_pc_boot(cmd, tmp_path, PCI_SLOT, PCI_FN);
+    if (strcmp(arch, "i386") == 0 || strcmp(arch, "x86_64") == 0) {
+        qs = qtest_pc_boot(cmd, tmp_path, PCI_SLOT, PCI_FN);
+    } else if (strcmp(arch, "ppc64") == 0) {
+        qs = qtest_spapr_boot(cmd, tmp_path, PCI_SLOT, PCI_FN);
+    } else {
+        g_printerr("virtio-blk tests are only available on x86 or ppc64\n");
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
     unlink(tmp_path);
     g_free(tmp_path);
     return qs;
@@ -659,6 +668,7 @@ static void pci_hotplug(void)
 {
     QVirtioPCIDevice *dev;
     QOSState *qs;
+    const char *arch = qtest_get_arch();
 
     qs = pci_test_start();
 
@@ -672,7 +682,9 @@ static void pci_hotplug(void)
     g_free(dev);
 
     /* unplug secondary disk */
-    qpci_unplug_acpi_device_test("drv1", PCI_SLOT_HP);
+    if (strcmp(arch, "i386") == 0 || strcmp(arch, "x86_64") == 0) {
+        qpci_unplug_acpi_device_test("drv1", PCI_SLOT_HP);
+    }
     qtest_shutdown(qs);
 }
 
@@ -720,12 +732,15 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     g_test_init(&argc, &argv, NULL);
 
-    if (strcmp(arch, "i386") == 0 || strcmp(arch, "x86_64") == 0) {
+    if (strcmp(arch, "i386") == 0 || strcmp(arch, "x86_64") == 0 ||
+        strcmp(arch, "ppc64") == 0) {
         qtest_add_func("/virtio/blk/pci/basic", pci_basic);
         qtest_add_func("/virtio/blk/pci/indirect", pci_indirect);
         qtest_add_func("/virtio/blk/pci/config", pci_config);
-        qtest_add_func("/virtio/blk/pci/msix", pci_msix);
-        qtest_add_func("/virtio/blk/pci/idx", pci_idx);
+        if (strcmp(arch, "i386") == 0 || strcmp(arch, "x86_64") == 0) {
+            qtest_add_func("/virtio/blk/pci/msix", pci_msix);
+            qtest_add_func("/virtio/blk/pci/idx", pci_idx);
+        }
         qtest_add_func("/virtio/blk/pci/hotplug", pci_hotplug);
     } else if (strcmp(arch, "arm") == 0) {
         qtest_add_func("/virtio/blk/mmio/basic", mmio_basic);
diff --git a/tests/virtio-net-test.c b/tests/virtio-net-test.c
index 6bec784..8f94360 100644
--- a/tests/virtio-net-test.c
+++ b/tests/virtio-net-test.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "qemu/sockets.h"
 #include "qemu/iov.h"
 #include "libqos/libqos-pc.h"
+#include "libqos/libqos-spapr.h"
 #include "libqos/virtio.h"
 #include "libqos/virtio-pci.h"
 #include "qemu/bswap.h"
@@ -52,10 +53,18 @@ static QVirtioPCIDevice *virtio_net_pci_init(QPCIBus *bus, int slot)
 
 static QOSState *pci_test_start(int socket)
 {
+    const char *arch = qtest_get_arch();
     const char *cmd = "-netdev socket,fd=%d,id=hs0 -device "
                       "virtio-net-pci,netdev=hs0";
 
-    return qtest_pc_boot(cmd, socket);
+    if (strcmp(arch, "i386") == 0 || strcmp(arch, "x86_64") == 0) {
+        return qtest_pc_boot(cmd, socket);
+    }
+    if (strcmp(arch, "ppc64") == 0) {
+        return qtest_spapr_boot(cmd, socket);
+    }
+    g_printerr("virtio-net tests are only available on x86 or ppc64\n");
+    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }
 
 static void driver_init(QVirtioDevice *dev)
@@ -232,10 +241,15 @@ static void pci_basic(gconstpointer data)
 
 static void hotplug(void)
 {
+    const char *arch = qtest_get_arch();
+
     qtest_start("-device virtio-net-pci");
 
     qpci_plug_device_test("virtio-net-pci", "net1", PCI_SLOT_HP, NULL);
-    qpci_unplug_acpi_device_test("net1", PCI_SLOT_HP);
+
+    if (strcmp(arch, "i386") == 0 || strcmp(arch, "x86_64") == 0) {
+        qpci_unplug_acpi_device_test("net1", PCI_SLOT_HP);
+    }
 
     test_end();
 }
diff --git a/tests/virtio-rng-test.c b/tests/virtio-rng-test.c
index e1b2640..dcecf77 100644
--- a/tests/virtio-rng-test.c
+++ b/tests/virtio-rng-test.c
@@ -20,8 +20,13 @@ static void pci_nop(void)
 
 static void hotplug(void)
 {
+    const char *arch = qtest_get_arch();
+
     qpci_plug_device_test("virtio-rng-pci", "rng1", PCI_SLOT_HP, NULL);
-    qpci_unplug_acpi_device_test("rng1", PCI_SLOT_HP);
+
+    if (strcmp(arch, "i386") == 0 || strcmp(arch, "x86_64") == 0) {
+        qpci_unplug_acpi_device_test("rng1", PCI_SLOT_HP);
+    }
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
diff --git a/tests/virtio-scsi-test.c b/tests/virtio-scsi-test.c
index 7d697ab..60dc9ab 100644
--- a/tests/virtio-scsi-test.c
+++ b/tests/virtio-scsi-test.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "libqtest.h"
 #include "block/scsi.h"
 #include "libqos/libqos-pc.h"
+#include "libqos/libqos-spapr.h"
 #include "libqos/virtio.h"
 #include "libqos/virtio-pci.h"
 #include "standard-headers/linux/virtio_ids.h"
@@ -33,11 +34,20 @@ typedef struct {
 
 static QOSState *qvirtio_scsi_start(const char *extra_opts)
 {
+    const char *arch = qtest_get_arch();
     const char *cmd = "-drive id=drv0,if=none,file=/dev/null,format=raw "
                       "-device virtio-scsi-pci,id=vs0 "
                       "-device scsi-hd,bus=vs0.0,drive=drv0 %s";
 
-    return qtest_pc_boot(cmd, extra_opts ? : "");
+    if (strcmp(arch, "i386") == 0 || strcmp(arch, "x86_64") == 0) {
+        return qtest_pc_boot(cmd, extra_opts ? : "");
+    }
+    if (strcmp(arch, "ppc64") == 0) {
+        return qtest_spapr_boot(cmd, extra_opts ? : "");
+    }
+
+    g_printerr("virtio-scsi tests are only available on x86 or ppc64\n");
+    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }
 
 static void qvirtio_scsi_stop(QOSState *qs)
