diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index 973f497e67..379cdd9ad1 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ check-qtest-i386-y += tests/i440fx-test$(EXESUF)
 check-qtest-i386-y += tests/fw_cfg-test$(EXESUF)
 check-qtest-i386-y += tests/qom-test$(EXESUF)
 check-qtest-i386-y += tests/blockdev-test$(EXESUF)
+check-qtest-i386-y += tests/qdev-monitor-test$(EXESUF)
 check-qtest-x86_64-y = $(check-qtest-i386-y)
 gcov-files-i386-y += i386-softmmu/hw/mc146818rtc.c
 gcov-files-x86_64-y = $(subst i386-softmmu/,x86_64-softmmu/,$(gcov-files-i386-y))
@@ -202,6 +203,7 @@ tests/i440fx-test$(EXESUF): tests/i440fx-test.o $(libqos-pc-obj-y)
 tests/fw_cfg-test$(EXESUF): tests/fw_cfg-test.o $(libqos-pc-obj-y)
 tests/qom-test$(EXESUF): tests/qom-test.o
 tests/blockdev-test$(EXESUF): tests/blockdev-test.o $(libqos-pc-obj-y)
+tests/qdev-monitor-test$(EXESUF): tests/qdev-monitor-test.o $(libqos-pc-obj-y)
 tests/qemu-iotests/socket_scm_helper$(EXESUF): tests/qemu-iotests/socket_scm_helper.o
 
 # QTest rules
diff --git a/tests/qdev-monitor-test.c b/tests/qdev-monitor-test.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..33a8ea4b9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qdev-monitor-test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/*
+ * qdev-monitor.c test cases
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Red Hat Inc.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, version 2.1 or later.
+ * See the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <glib.h>
+#include "libqtest.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qjson.h"
+
+static void test_device_add(void)
+{
+    QDict *response;
+    QDict *error;
+
+    qtest_start("-drive if=none,id=drive0");
+
+    /* Make device_add fail.  If this leaks the virtio-blk-pci device then a
+     * reference to drive0 will also be held (via qdev properties).
+     */
+    response = qmp("{\"execute\": \"device_add\","
+                   " \"arguments\": {"
+                   "   \"driver\": \"virtio-blk-pci\","
+                   "   \"drive\": \"drive0\""
+                   "}}");
+    g_assert(response);
+    error = qdict_get_qdict(response, "error");
+    g_assert(!strcmp(qdict_get_try_str(error, "class") ?: "",
+                     "GenericError"));
+    g_assert(!strcmp(qdict_get_try_str(error, "desc") ?: "",
+                     "Device initialization failed."));
+    QDECREF(response);
+
+    /* Delete the drive */
+    response = qmp("{\"execute\": \"human-monitor-command\","
+                   " \"arguments\": {"
+                   "   \"command-line\": \"drive_del drive0\""
+                   "}}");
+    g_assert(response);
+    g_assert(!strcmp(qdict_get_try_str(response, "return") ?: "(null)", ""));
+    QDECREF(response);
+
+    /* Try to re-add the drive.  This fails with duplicate IDs if a leaked
+     * virtio-blk-pci exists that holds a reference to the old drive0.
+     */
+    response = qmp("{\"execute\": \"human-monitor-command\","
+                   " \"arguments\": {"
+                   "   \"command-line\": \"drive_add pci-addr=auto if=none,id=drive0\""
+                   "}}");
+    g_assert(response);
+    g_assert(!strcmp(qdict_get_try_str(response, "return") ?: "",
+                     "OK\r\n"));
+    QDECREF(response);
+
+    qtest_end();
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    const char *arch = qtest_get_arch();
+
+    /* Check architecture */
+    if (strcmp(arch, "i386") && strcmp(arch, "x86_64")) {
+        g_test_message("Skipping test for non-x86\n");
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    /* Run the tests */
+    g_test_init(&argc, &argv, NULL);
+
+    qtest_add_func("/qmp/device_add", test_device_add);
+
+    return g_test_run();
+}