diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/068 b/tests/qemu-iotests/068
index b72e55599b..58d1d80e78 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/068
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/068
@@ -50,13 +50,23 @@ echo
 echo "=== Saving and reloading a VM state to/from a qcow2 image ==="
 echo
 _make_test_img $IMG_SIZE
+
+case "$QEMU_DEFAULT_MACHINE" in
+  s390-ccw-virtio)
+      platform_parm="-no-shutdown -machine accel=kvm"
+      ;;
+  *)
+      platform_parm=""
+      ;;
+esac
+
 # Give qemu some time to boot before saving the VM state
 bash -c 'sleep 1; echo -e "savevm 0\nquit"' |\
-    $QEMU -nographic -monitor stdio -serial none -hda "$TEST_IMG" |\
+    $QEMU $platform_parm -nographic -monitor stdio -serial none -hda "$TEST_IMG" |\
     _filter_qemu
 # Now try to continue from that VM state (this should just work)
 echo quit |\
-    $QEMU -nographic -monitor stdio -serial none -hda "$TEST_IMG" -loadvm 0 |\
+    $QEMU $platform_parm -nographic -monitor stdio -serial none -hda "$TEST_IMG" -loadvm 0 |\
     _filter_qemu
 
 # success, all done