diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index ffc50bc0be..0c1966e985 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -1782,6 +1782,7 @@ F: hw/isa/apm.c
 F: include/hw/isa/apm.h
 F: tests/unit/test-x86-topo.c
 F: tests/qtest/test-x86-cpuid-compat.c
+F: tests/functional/test_i386_tuxrun.py
 F: tests/functional/test_mem_addr_space.py
 F: tests/functional/test_pc_cpu_hotplug_props.py
 F: tests/functional/test_x86_cpu_model_versions.py
diff --git a/tests/avocado/tuxrun_baselines.py b/tests/avocado/tuxrun_baselines.py
index 6856a8f46a..f1463336e9 100644
--- a/tests/avocado/tuxrun_baselines.py
+++ b/tests/avocado/tuxrun_baselines.py
@@ -223,22 +223,6 @@ class TuxRunBaselineTest(QemuSystemTest):
                  "e6ffd8813c8a335bc15728f2835f90539c84be7f8f5f691a8b01451b47fb4bd7"}
         self.common_tuxrun(csums=sums)
 
-    def test_i386(self):
-        """
-        :avocado: tags=arch:i386
-        :avocado: tags=cpu:coreduo
-        :avocado: tags=machine:q35
-        :avocado: tags=tuxboot:i386
-        :avocado: tags=image:bzImage
-        :avocado: tags=shutdown:nowait
-        """
-        sums = {"bzImage" :
-                "a3e5b32a354729e65910f5a1ffcda7c14a6c12a55e8213fb86e277f1b76ed956",
-                "rootfs.ext4.zst" :
-                "f15e66b2bf673a210ec2a4b2e744a80530b36289e04f5388aab812b97f69754a" }
-
-        self.common_tuxrun(csums=sums, drive="virtio-blk-pci")
-
     def test_mips32(self):
         """
         :avocado: tags=arch:mips
diff --git a/tests/functional/meson.build b/tests/functional/meson.build
index 96a83f54f7..ad112faf36 100644
--- a/tests/functional/meson.build
+++ b/tests/functional/meson.build
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ tests_avr_system_thorough = [
   'avr_mega2560',
 ]
 
+tests_i386_system_thorough = [
+  'i386_tuxrun',
+]
+
 tests_loongarch64_system_thorough = [
   'loongarch64_virt',
 ]
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_i386_tuxrun.py b/tests/functional/test_i386_tuxrun.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..c593ffbe8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/test_i386_tuxrun.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# Functional test that boots known good tuxboot images the same way
+# that tuxrun (www.tuxrun.org) does. This tool is used by things like
+# the LKFT project to run regression tests on kernels.
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2023 Linaro Ltd.
+#
+# Author:
+#  Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+from qemu_test import Asset
+from qemu_test.tuxruntest import TuxRunBaselineTest
+
+class TuxRunI386Test(TuxRunBaselineTest):
+
+    ASSET_I386_KERNEL = Asset(
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/20230331/i386/bzImage',
+        'a3e5b32a354729e65910f5a1ffcda7c14a6c12a55e8213fb86e277f1b76ed956')
+    ASSET_I386_ROOTFS = Asset(
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/20230331/i386/rootfs.ext4.zst',
+        'f15e66b2bf673a210ec2a4b2e744a80530b36289e04f5388aab812b97f69754a')
+
+    def test_i386(self):
+        self.set_machine('q35')
+        self.cpu="coreduo"
+        self.wait_for_shutdown=False
+        self.common_tuxrun(kernel_asset=self.ASSET_I386_KERNEL,
+                           rootfs_asset=self.ASSET_I386_ROOTFS,
+                           drive="virtio-blk-pci")
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    TuxRunBaselineTest.main()