Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
---
 tests/test-char.c | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tests/test-char.c b/tests/test-char.c
index 71de4b35ee..2811644bcd 100644
--- a/tests/test-char.c
+++ b/tests/test-char.c
@@ -104,6 +104,16 @@ static void char_ringbuf_test(void)
 
     qemu_chr_fe_deinit(&be);
     object_unparent(OBJECT(chr));
+
+    /* check alias */
+    opts = qemu_opts_create(qemu_find_opts("chardev"), "memory-label",
+                            1, &error_abort);
+    qemu_opt_set(opts, "backend", "memory", &error_abort);
+    qemu_opt_set(opts, "size", "2", &error_abort);
+    chr = qemu_chr_new_from_opts(opts, NULL);
+    g_assert_nonnull(chr);
+    object_unparent(OBJECT(chr));
+    qemu_opts_del(opts);
 }
 
 static void char_mux_test(void)
-- 
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