diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/111 b/tests/qemu-iotests/111
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..6011c94b71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/111
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Test case for non-existing backing file when creating a qcow2 image
+# and not specifying the size
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2014 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# creator
+owner=mreitz@redhat.com
+
+seq="$(basename $0)"
+echo "QA output created by $seq"
+
+here="$PWD"
+tmp=/tmp/$$
+status=1	# failure is the default!
+
+_cleanup()
+{
+	_cleanup_test_img
+}
+trap "_cleanup; exit \$status" 0 1 2 3 15
+
+# get standard environment, filters and checks
+. ./common.rc
+. ./common.filter
+
+_supported_fmt qed qcow qcow2 vmdk
+_supported_proto file
+_supported_os Linux
+_unsupported_imgopts "subformat=monolithicFlat" "subformat=twoGbMaxExtentFlat"
+
+$QEMU_IMG create -f $IMGFMT -b "$TEST_IMG.inexistent" "$TEST_IMG" 2>&1 \
+    | _filter_testdir | _filter_imgfmt
+
+# success, all done
+echo '*** done'
+rm -f $seq.full
+status=0
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/111.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/111.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..683c01a679
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/111.out
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+QA output created by 111
+qemu-img: TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT: Could not open 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.inexistent': No such file or directory
+*** done
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/group b/tests/qemu-iotests/group
index 7b2c66676b..7dfe46940a 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/group
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/group
@@ -111,3 +111,4 @@
 105 rw auto quick
 107 rw auto quick
 108 rw auto quick
+111 rw auto quick