diff --git a/tests/Makefile.include b/tests/Makefile.include
index 1865f6b322..2334969f1f 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/Makefile.include
@@ -267,6 +267,10 @@ check-qtest-arm-y += tests/hexloader-test$(EXESUF)
 check-qtest-aarch64-y = tests/numa-test$(EXESUF)
 check-qtest-aarch64-y += tests/boot-serial-test$(EXESUF)
 check-qtest-aarch64-y += tests/migration-test$(EXESUF)
+# TODO: once aarch64 TCG is fixed on ARM 32 bit host, make test unconditional
+ifneq ($(ARCH),arm)
+check-qtest-aarch64-y += tests/bios-tables-test$(EXESUF)
+endif
 
 check-qtest-microblazeel-y += $(check-qtest-microblaze-y)
 
diff --git a/tests/bios-tables-test.c b/tests/bios-tables-test.c
index 70895e1014..d80ea7f7f3 100644
--- a/tests/bios-tables-test.c
+++ b/tests/bios-tables-test.c
@@ -832,6 +832,22 @@ static void test_acpi_piix4_tcg_dimm_pxm(void)
     test_acpi_tcg_dimm_pxm(MACHINE_PC);
 }
 
+static void test_acpi_virt_tcg(void)
+{
+    test_data data = {
+        .machine = "virt",
+        .accel = "tcg",
+        .uefi_fl1 = "pc-bios/edk2-aarch64-code.fd",
+        .uefi_fl2 = "pc-bios/edk2-arm-vars.fd",
+        .cd = "tests/data/uefi-boot-images/bios-tables-test.aarch64.iso.qcow2",
+        .ram_start = 0x40000000ULL,
+        .scan_len = 128ULL * 1024 * 1024,
+    };
+
+    test_acpi_one("-cpu cortex-a57", &data);
+    free_test_data(&data);
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     const char *arch = qtest_get_arch();
@@ -860,6 +876,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         qtest_add_func("acpi/q35/numamem", test_acpi_q35_tcg_numamem);
         qtest_add_func("acpi/piix4/dimmpxm", test_acpi_piix4_tcg_dimm_pxm);
         qtest_add_func("acpi/q35/dimmpxm", test_acpi_q35_tcg_dimm_pxm);
+    } else if (strcmp(arch, "aarch64") == 0) {
+        qtest_add_func("acpi/virt", test_acpi_virt_tcg);
     }
     ret = g_test_run();
     boot_sector_cleanup(disk);
diff --git a/tests/data/acpi/rebuild-expected-aml.sh b/tests/data/acpi/rebuild-expected-aml.sh
index ff7e62249d..d2853218dd 100755
--- a/tests/data/acpi/rebuild-expected-aml.sh
+++ b/tests/data/acpi/rebuild-expected-aml.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPLv2.
 # See the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
 
-qemu_bins="x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64"
+qemu_bins="x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64 aarch64-softmmu/qemu-system-aarch64"
 
 if [ ! -e "tests/bios-tables-test" ]; then
     echo "Test: bios-tables-test is required! Run make check before this script."