diff --git a/tests/qtest/bios-tables-test.c b/tests/qtest/bios-tables-test.c
index 17e1180027..3830a40d10 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/bios-tables-test.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/bios-tables-test.c
@@ -1121,6 +1121,17 @@ static void test_acpi_microvm_usb_tcg(void)
     free_test_data(&data);
 }
 
+static void test_acpi_microvm_rtc_tcg(void)
+{
+    test_data data;
+
+    test_acpi_microvm_prepare(&data);
+    data.variant = ".rtc";
+    test_acpi_one(" -machine microvm,acpi=on,rtc=on",
+                  &data);
+    free_test_data(&data);
+}
+
 static void test_acpi_microvm_pcie_tcg(void)
 {
     test_data data;
@@ -1258,6 +1269,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         qtest_add_func("acpi/q35/acpihmat", test_acpi_q35_tcg_acpi_hmat);
         qtest_add_func("acpi/microvm", test_acpi_microvm_tcg);
         qtest_add_func("acpi/microvm/usb", test_acpi_microvm_usb_tcg);
+        qtest_add_func("acpi/microvm/rtc", test_acpi_microvm_rtc_tcg);
         if (strcmp(arch, "x86_64") == 0) {
             qtest_add_func("acpi/microvm/pcie", test_acpi_microvm_pcie_tcg);
         }