diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/078 b/tests/qemu-iotests/078
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..f55f46d92b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/078
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# bochs format input validation tests
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2013 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=kwolf@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 bochs
+_supported_proto generic
+_supported_os Linux
+
+echo
+echo "== Read from a valid image =="
+_use_sample_img empty.bochs.bz2
+{ $QEMU_IO -c "read 0 512" $TEST_IMG; } 2>&1 | _filter_qemu_io | _filter_testdir
+
+# success, all done
+echo "*** done"
+rm -f $seq.full
+status=0
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/078.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/078.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..25d37c5dcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/078.out
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+QA output created by 078
+
+== Read from a valid image ==
+read 512/512 bytes at offset 0
+512 bytes, X ops; XX:XX:XX.X (XXX YYY/sec and XXX ops/sec)
+*** done
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/common b/tests/qemu-iotests/common
index 37e3bed40c..a09d9c85f5 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/common
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/common
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ common options
 
 check options
     -raw                test raw (default)
+    -bochs              test bochs
     -cow                test cow
     -cloop              test cloop
     -qcow               test qcow
@@ -174,6 +175,12 @@ testlist options
             xpand=false
             ;;
 
+        -bochs)
+            IMGFMT=bochs
+            IMGFMT_GENERIC=false
+            xpand=false
+            ;;
+
         -cow)
             IMGFMT=cow
             xpand=false
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/group b/tests/qemu-iotests/group
index 633e82d795..ecba432057 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/group
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/group
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
 074 rw auto quick
 075 rw auto
 077 rw auto quick
+078 rw auto
 079 rw auto
 081 rw auto
 082 rw auto quick
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/sample_images/empty.bochs.bz2 b/tests/qemu-iotests/sample_images/empty.bochs.bz2
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index 0000000000..7a29c6ed76
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