diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 279658b116..5d3d6ee1d3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ addons:
       - glib
       - pixman
       - gnu-sed
+    update: true
 
 
 # The channel name "irc.oftc.net#qemu" is encrypted against qemu/qemu
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ script:
 matrix:
   include:
     - env:
-        - CONFIG="--disable-system"
+        - CONFIG="--disable-system --static"
 
 
     # we split the system builds as it takes a while to build them all
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 45cc2f4f4d..c63de4e36c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SRC_PATH=.
 UNCHECKED_GOALS := %clean TAGS cscope ctags dist \
     html info pdf txt \
     help check-help print-% \
-    docker docker-% vm-test vm-build-%
+    docker docker-% vm-help vm-test vm-build-%
 
 print-%:
 	@echo '$*=$($*)'
@@ -1153,7 +1153,7 @@ endif
 	@echo  'Test targets:'
 	@echo  '  check           - Run all tests (check-help for details)'
 	@echo  '  docker          - Help about targets running tests inside Docker containers'
-	@echo  '  vm-test         - Help about targets running tests inside VM'
+	@echo  '  vm-help         - Help about targets running tests inside VM'
 	@echo  ''
 	@echo  'Documentation targets:'
 	@echo  '  html info pdf txt'
diff --git a/docs/devel/testing.rst b/docs/devel/testing.rst
index da2d0fc964..68aba3926e 100644
--- a/docs/devel/testing.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/testing.rst
@@ -399,12 +399,12 @@ VM testing
 
 This test suite contains scripts that bootstrap various guest images that have
 necessary packages to build QEMU. The basic usage is documented in ``Makefile``
-help which is displayed with ``make vm-test``.
+help which is displayed with ``make vm-help``.
 
 Quickstart
 ----------
 
-Run ``make vm-test`` to list available make targets. Invoke a specific make
+Run ``make vm-help`` to list available make targets. Invoke a specific make
 command to run build test in an image. For example, ``make vm-build-freebsd``
 will build the source tree in the FreeBSD image. The command can be executed
 from either the source tree or the build dir; if the former, ``./configure`` is
diff --git a/migration/rdma.c b/migration/rdma.c
index 74cb2aa9f9..3036221ee8 100644
--- a/migration/rdma.c
+++ b/migration/rdma.c
@@ -839,10 +839,9 @@ static void qemu_rdma_dump_gid(const char *who, struct rdma_cm_id *id)
  */
 static int qemu_rdma_broken_ipv6_kernel(struct ibv_context *verbs, Error **errp)
 {
-    struct ibv_port_attr port_attr;
-
     /* This bug only exists in linux, to our knowledge. */
 #ifdef CONFIG_LINUX
+    struct ibv_port_attr port_attr;
 
     /*
      * Verbs are only NULL if management has bound to '[::]'.
diff --git a/target/i386/hyperv-stub.c b/target/i386/hyperv-stub.c
index fe548cbae2..0028527e79 100644
--- a/target/i386/hyperv-stub.c
+++ b/target/i386/hyperv-stub.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ int kvm_hv_handle_exit(X86CPU *cpu, struct kvm_hyperv_exit *exit)
 {
     switch (exit->type) {
     case KVM_EXIT_HYPERV_SYNIC:
-        if (!cpu->hyperv_synic) {
+        if (!hyperv_feat_enabled(cpu, HYPERV_FEAT_SYNIC)) {
             return -1;
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/vm/Makefile.include b/tests/vm/Makefile.include
index c59411bee0..3560716092 100644
--- a/tests/vm/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/vm/Makefile.include
@@ -2,24 +2,30 @@
 
 .PHONY: vm-build-all vm-clean-all
 
-IMAGES := ubuntu.i386 freebsd netbsd openbsd centos
+IMAGES := ubuntu.i386 freebsd netbsd openbsd centos fedora
 IMAGES_DIR := $(HOME)/.cache/qemu-vm/images
 IMAGE_FILES := $(patsubst %, $(IMAGES_DIR)/%.img, $(IMAGES))
 
 .PRECIOUS: $(IMAGE_FILES)
 
-vm-test:
-	@echo "vm-test: Test QEMU in preconfigured virtual machines"
+# 'vm-help' target was historically named 'vm-test'
+vm-help vm-test:
+	@echo "vm-help: Test QEMU in preconfigured virtual machines"
 	@echo
 	@echo "  vm-build-ubuntu.i386            - Build QEMU in ubuntu i386 VM"
 	@echo "  vm-build-freebsd                - Build QEMU in FreeBSD VM"
 	@echo "  vm-build-netbsd                 - Build QEMU in NetBSD VM"
 	@echo "  vm-build-openbsd                - Build QEMU in OpenBSD VM"
 	@echo "  vm-build-centos                 - Build QEMU in CentOS VM, with Docker"
+	@echo "  vm-build-fedora                 - Build QEMU in Fedora VM"
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "  vm-build-all                    - Build QEMU in all VMs"
 	@echo "  vm-clean-all                    - Clean up VM images"
 	@echo
+	@echo "For trouble-shooting:"
+	@echo "  vm-boot-serial-<guest>          - Boot guest, serial console on stdio"
+	@echo "  vm-boot-ssh-<guest>             - Boot guest and login via ssh"
+	@echo
 	@echo "Special variables:"
 	@echo "    BUILD_TARGET=foo		 - Override the build target"
 	@echo "    TARGET_LIST=a,b,c    	 - Override target list in builds"
@@ -57,8 +63,24 @@ vm-build-%: $(IMAGES_DIR)/%.img
 		$(if $(V),--verbose) \
 		--image "$<" \
 		$(if $(BUILD_TARGET),--build-target $(BUILD_TARGET)) \
+		--snapshot \
 		--build-qemu $(SRC_PATH) -- \
 		$(if $(TARGET_LIST),--target-list=$(TARGET_LIST)) \
 		$(if $(EXTRA_CONFIGURE_OPTS),$(EXTRA_CONFIGURE_OPTS)), \
 		"  VM-BUILD $*")
 
+vm-boot-serial-%: $(IMAGES_DIR)/%.img
+	qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m 4G -smp 2 -nographic \
+		-drive if=none,id=vblk,cache=writeback,file="$<" \
+		-netdev user,id=vnet \
+		-device virtio-blk-pci,drive=vblk \
+		-device virtio-net-pci,netdev=vnet \
+	|| true
+
+vm-boot-ssh-%: $(IMAGES_DIR)/%.img
+	$(call quiet-command, \
+		$(SRC_PATH)/tests/vm/$* \
+		--image "$<" \
+		--interactive \
+		false, \
+		"  VM-BOOT-SSH $*") || true
diff --git a/tests/vm/basevm.py b/tests/vm/basevm.py
index 64067c1075..b5d1479bee 100755
--- a/tests/vm/basevm.py
+++ b/tests/vm/basevm.py
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 #
 # VM testing base class
 #
-# Copyright 2017 Red Hat Inc.
+# Copyright 2017-2019 Red Hat Inc.
 #
 # Authors:
 #  Fam Zheng <famz@redhat.com>
+#  Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
 #
 # This code is licensed under the GPL version 2 or later.  See
 # the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
@@ -13,7 +14,9 @@
 
 from __future__ import print_function
 import os
+import re
 import sys
+import socket
 import logging
 import time
 import datetime
@@ -39,12 +42,21 @@ class BaseVM(object):
     GUEST_PASS = "qemupass"
     ROOT_PASS = "qemupass"
 
+    envvars = [
+        "https_proxy",
+        "http_proxy",
+        "ftp_proxy",
+        "no_proxy",
+    ]
+
     # The script to run in the guest that builds QEMU
     BUILD_SCRIPT = ""
     # The guest name, to be overridden by subclasses
     name = "#base"
     # The guest architecture, to be overridden by subclasses
     arch = "#arch"
+    # command to halt the guest, can be overridden by subclasses
+    poweroff = "poweroff"
     def __init__(self, debug=False, vcpus=None):
         self._guest = None
         self._tmpdir = os.path.realpath(tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="vm-test-",
@@ -71,8 +83,7 @@ class BaseVM(object):
             "-cpu", "max",
             "-netdev", "user,id=vnet,hostfwd=:127.0.0.1:0-:22",
             "-device", "virtio-net-pci,netdev=vnet",
-            "-vnc", "127.0.0.1:0,to=20",
-            "-serial", "file:%s" % os.path.join(self._tmpdir, "serial.out")]
+            "-vnc", "127.0.0.1:0,to=20"]
         if vcpus and vcpus > 1:
             self._args += ["-smp", "%d" % vcpus]
         if kvm_available(self.arch):
@@ -101,14 +112,14 @@ class BaseVM(object):
         os.rename(fname + ".download", fname)
         return fname
 
-    def _ssh_do(self, user, cmd, check, interactive=False):
-        ssh_cmd = ["ssh", "-q",
+    def _ssh_do(self, user, cmd, check):
+        ssh_cmd = ["ssh", "-q", "-t",
                    "-o", "StrictHostKeyChecking=no",
                    "-o", "UserKnownHostsFile=" + os.devnull,
                    "-o", "ConnectTimeout=1",
                    "-p", self.ssh_port, "-i", self._ssh_key_file]
-        if interactive:
-            ssh_cmd += ['-t']
+        for var in self.envvars:
+            ssh_cmd += ['-o', "SendEnv=%s" % var ]
         assert not isinstance(cmd, str)
         ssh_cmd += ["%s@127.0.0.1" % user] + list(cmd)
         logging.debug("ssh_cmd: %s", " ".join(ssh_cmd))
@@ -120,9 +131,6 @@ class BaseVM(object):
     def ssh(self, *cmd):
         return self._ssh_do(self.GUEST_USER, cmd, False)
 
-    def ssh_interactive(self, *cmd):
-        return self._ssh_do(self.GUEST_USER, cmd, False, True)
-
     def ssh_root(self, *cmd):
         return self._ssh_do("root", cmd, False)
 
@@ -157,6 +165,8 @@ class BaseVM(object):
         logging.debug("QEMU args: %s", " ".join(args))
         qemu_bin = os.environ.get("QEMU", "qemu-system-" + self.arch)
         guest = QEMUMachine(binary=qemu_bin, args=args)
+        guest.set_machine('pc')
+        guest.set_console()
         try:
             guest.launch()
         except:
@@ -179,6 +189,89 @@ class BaseVM(object):
             raise Exception("Cannot find ssh port from 'info usernet':\n%s" % \
                             usernet_info)
 
+    def console_init(self, timeout = 120):
+        vm = self._guest
+        vm.console_socket.settimeout(timeout)
+
+    def console_log(self, text):
+        for line in re.split("[\r\n]", text):
+            # filter out terminal escape sequences
+            line = re.sub("\x1b\[[0-9;?]*[a-zA-Z]", "", line)
+            line = re.sub("\x1b\([0-9;?]*[a-zA-Z]", "", line)
+            # replace unprintable chars
+            line = re.sub("\x1b", "<esc>", line)
+            line = re.sub("[\x00-\x1f]", ".", line)
+            line = re.sub("[\x80-\xff]", ".", line)
+            if line == "":
+                continue
+            # log console line
+            sys.stderr.write("con recv: %s\n" % line)
+
+    def console_wait(self, expect, expectalt = None):
+        vm = self._guest
+        output = ""
+        while True:
+            try:
+                chars = vm.console_socket.recv(1)
+            except socket.timeout:
+                sys.stderr.write("console: *** read timeout ***\n")
+                sys.stderr.write("console: waiting for: '%s'\n" % expect)
+                if not expectalt is None:
+                    sys.stderr.write("console: waiting for: '%s' (alt)\n" % expectalt)
+                sys.stderr.write("console: line buffer:\n")
+                sys.stderr.write("\n")
+                self.console_log(output.rstrip())
+                sys.stderr.write("\n")
+                raise
+            output += chars.decode("latin1")
+            if expect in output:
+                break
+            if not expectalt is None and expectalt in output:
+                break
+            if "\r" in output or "\n" in output:
+                lines = re.split("[\r\n]", output)
+                output = lines.pop()
+                if self.debug:
+                    self.console_log("\n".join(lines))
+        if self.debug:
+            self.console_log(output)
+        if not expectalt is None and expectalt in output:
+            return False
+        return True
+
+    def console_send(self, command):
+        vm = self._guest
+        if self.debug:
+            logline = re.sub("\n", "<enter>", command)
+            logline = re.sub("[\x00-\x1f]", ".", logline)
+            sys.stderr.write("con send: %s\n" % logline)
+        for char in list(command):
+            vm.console_socket.send(char.encode("utf-8"))
+            time.sleep(0.01)
+
+    def console_wait_send(self, wait, command):
+        self.console_wait(wait)
+        self.console_send(command)
+
+    def console_ssh_init(self, prompt, user, pw):
+        sshkey_cmd = "echo '%s' > .ssh/authorized_keys\n" % SSH_PUB_KEY.rstrip()
+        self.console_wait_send("login:",    "%s\n" % user)
+        self.console_wait_send("Password:", "%s\n" % pw)
+        self.console_wait_send(prompt,      "mkdir .ssh\n")
+        self.console_wait_send(prompt,      sshkey_cmd)
+        self.console_wait_send(prompt,      "chmod 755 .ssh\n")
+        self.console_wait_send(prompt,      "chmod 644 .ssh/authorized_keys\n")
+
+    def console_sshd_config(self, prompt):
+        self.console_wait(prompt)
+        self.console_send("echo 'PermitRootLogin yes' >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config\n")
+        for var in self.envvars:
+            self.console_wait(prompt)
+            self.console_send("echo 'AcceptEnv %s' >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config\n" % var)
+
+    def print_step(self, text):
+        sys.stderr.write("### %s ...\n" % text)
+
     def wait_ssh(self, seconds=300):
         starttime = datetime.datetime.now()
         endtime = starttime + datetime.timedelta(seconds=seconds)
@@ -199,6 +292,10 @@ class BaseVM(object):
     def wait(self):
         self._guest.wait()
 
+    def graceful_shutdown(self):
+        self.ssh_root(self.poweroff)
+        self._guest.wait()
+
     def qmp(self, *args, **kwargs):
         return self._guest.qmp(*args, **kwargs)
 
@@ -275,11 +372,13 @@ def main(vmcls):
         traceback.print_exc()
         return 2
 
-    if args.interactive:
-        if vm.ssh_interactive(*cmd) == 0:
-            return 0
-        vm.ssh_interactive()
-        return 3
-    else:
-        if vm.ssh(*cmd) != 0:
-            return 3
+    exitcode = 0
+    if vm.ssh(*cmd) != 0:
+        exitcode = 3
+    if exitcode != 0 and args.interactive:
+        vm.ssh()
+
+    if not args.snapshot:
+        vm.graceful_shutdown()
+
+    return exitcode
diff --git a/tests/vm/centos b/tests/vm/centos
index 7417b50af4..53976f1c4c 100755
--- a/tests/vm/centos
+++ b/tests/vm/centos
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ class CentosVM(basevm.BaseVM):
         cimg = self._download_with_cache("https://cloud.centos.org/centos/7/images/CentOS-7-x86_64-GenericCloud-1802.qcow2.xz")
         img_tmp = img + ".tmp"
         sys.stderr.write("Extracting the image...\n")
-        subprocess.check_call(["cp", "-f", cimg, img_tmp + ".xz"])
-        subprocess.check_call(["xz", "-dvf", img_tmp + ".xz"])
+        subprocess.check_call(["ln", "-f", cimg, img_tmp + ".xz"])
+        subprocess.check_call(["xz", "--keep", "-dvf", img_tmp + ".xz"])
         subprocess.check_call(["qemu-img", "resize", img_tmp, "50G"])
         self.boot(img_tmp, extra_args = ["-cdrom", self._gen_cloud_init_iso()])
         self.wait_ssh()
@@ -77,8 +77,6 @@ class CentosVM(basevm.BaseVM):
         self.ssh_root_check("systemctl enable docker")
         self.ssh_root("poweroff")
         self.wait()
-        if os.path.exists(img):
-            os.remove(img)
         os.rename(img_tmp, img)
         return 0
 
diff --git a/tests/vm/fedora b/tests/vm/fedora
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..e8fa5bf0d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vm/fedora
@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Fedora VM image
+#
+# Copyright 2019 Red Hat Inc.
+#
+# Authors:
+#  Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
+#
+# This code is licensed under the GPL version 2 or later.  See
+# the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+#
+
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+import time
+import socket
+import subprocess
+import basevm
+
+class FedoraVM(basevm.BaseVM):
+    name = "fedora"
+    arch = "x86_64"
+
+    base = "http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/30/"
+    link = base + "Server/x86_64/iso/Fedora-Server-netinst-x86_64-30-1.2.iso"
+    repo = base + "Server/x86_64/os/"
+    full = base + "Everything/x86_64/os/"
+    csum = "5e4eac4566d8c572bfb3bcf54b7d6c82006ec3c6c882a2c9235c6d3494d7b100"
+    size = "20G"
+    pkgs = [
+        # tools
+        'git-core',
+        'flex', 'bison',
+        'gcc', 'binutils', 'make',
+
+        # perl
+        'perl-Test-Harness',
+
+        # libs: usb
+        '"pkgconfig(libusb-1.0)"',
+        '"pkgconfig(libusbredirparser-0.5)"',
+
+        # libs: crypto
+        '"pkgconfig(gnutls)"',
+
+        # libs: ui
+        '"pkgconfig(sdl2)"',
+        '"pkgconfig(gtk+-3.0)"',
+        '"pkgconfig(ncursesw)"',
+
+        # libs: audio
+        '"pkgconfig(libpulse)"',
+        '"pkgconfig(alsa)"',
+    ]
+
+    BUILD_SCRIPT = """
+        set -e;
+        rm -rf /home/qemu/qemu-test.*
+        cd $(mktemp -d /home/qemu/qemu-test.XXXXXX);
+        mkdir src build; cd src;
+        tar -xf /dev/vdb;
+        cd ../build
+        ../src/configure --python=python3 {configure_opts};
+        gmake --output-sync -j{jobs} {target} {verbose};
+    """
+
+    def build_image(self, img):
+        self.print_step("Downloading install iso")
+        cimg = self._download_with_cache(self.link, sha256sum=self.csum)
+        img_tmp = img + ".tmp"
+        iso = img + ".install.iso"
+
+        self.print_step("Preparing iso and disk image")
+        subprocess.check_call(["cp", "-f", cimg, iso])
+        subprocess.check_call(["qemu-img", "create", "-f", "qcow2",
+                               img_tmp, self.size])
+
+        self.print_step("Booting installer")
+        self.boot(img_tmp, extra_args = [
+            "-bios", "pc-bios/bios-256k.bin",
+            "-machine", "graphics=off",
+            "-cdrom", iso
+        ])
+        self.console_init(300)
+        self.console_wait("installation process.")
+        time.sleep(0.3)
+        self.console_send("\t")
+        time.sleep(0.3)
+        self.console_send(" console=ttyS0")
+        proxy = os.environ.get("http_proxy")
+        if not proxy is None:
+            self.console_send(" proxy=%s" % proxy)
+            self.console_send(" inst.proxy=%s" % proxy)
+        self.console_send(" inst.repo=%s" % self.repo)
+        self.console_send("\n")
+
+        self.console_wait_send("2) Use text mode",         "2\n")
+
+        self.console_wait_send("5) [!] Installation Dest", "5\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("1) [x]",                   "c\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("2) [ ] Use All Space",     "2\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("2) [x] Use All Space",     "c\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("1) [ ] Standard Part",     "1\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("1) [x] Standard Part",     "c\n")
+
+        self.console_wait_send("7) [!] Root password",     "7\n")
+        self.console_wait("Password:")
+        self.console_send("%s\n" % self.ROOT_PASS)
+        self.console_wait("Password (confirm):")
+        self.console_send("%s\n" % self.ROOT_PASS)
+
+        self.console_wait_send("8) [ ] User creation",     "8\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("1) [ ] Create user",       "1\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("3) User name",             "3\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("ENTER:", "%s\n" % self.GUEST_USER)
+        self.console_wait_send("4) [ ] Use password",      "4\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("5) Password",              "5\n")
+        self.console_wait("Password:")
+        self.console_send("%s\n" % self.GUEST_PASS)
+        self.console_wait("Password (confirm):")
+        self.console_send("%s\n" % self.GUEST_PASS)
+        self.console_wait_send("7) Groups",                "c\n")
+
+        while True:
+            good = self.console_wait("3) [x] Installation",
+                                     "3) [!] Installation")
+            self.console_send("r\n")
+            if good:
+                break
+            time.sleep(10)
+
+        while True:
+            good = self.console_wait("4) [x] Software",
+                                     "4) [!] Software")
+            self.console_send("r\n")
+            if good:
+                break
+            time.sleep(10)
+            self.console_send("r\n" % self.GUEST_PASS)
+
+        self.console_wait_send("'b' to begin install",     "b\n")
+
+        self.print_step("Installation started now, this will take a while")
+
+        self.console_wait_send("Installation complete",    "\n")
+        self.print_step("Installation finished, rebooting")
+
+        # setup qemu user
+        prompt = " ~]$"
+        self.console_ssh_init(prompt, self.GUEST_USER, self.GUEST_PASS)
+        self.console_wait_send(prompt, "exit\n")
+
+        # setup root user
+        prompt = " ~]#"
+        self.console_ssh_init(prompt, "root", self.ROOT_PASS)
+        self.console_sshd_config(prompt)
+
+        # setup virtio-blk #1 (tarfile)
+        self.console_wait(prompt)
+        self.console_send("echo 'KERNEL==\"vdb\" MODE=\"666\"' >> %s\n" %
+                          "/etc/udev/rules.d/99-qemu.rules")
+
+        self.print_step("Configuration finished, rebooting")
+        self.console_wait_send(prompt, "reboot\n")
+        self.console_wait("login:")
+        self.wait_ssh()
+
+        self.print_step("Installing packages")
+        self.ssh_root_check("rm -vf /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora*.repo\n")
+        self.ssh_root_check("echo '[fedora]' >> /etc/yum.repos.d/qemu.repo\n")
+        self.ssh_root_check("echo 'baseurl=%s' >> /etc/yum.repos.d/qemu.repo\n" % self.full)
+        self.ssh_root_check("echo 'gpgcheck=0' >> /etc/yum.repos.d/qemu.repo\n")
+        self.ssh_root_check("dnf install -y %s\n" % " ".join(self.pkgs))
+
+        # shutdown
+        self.ssh_root(self.poweroff)
+        self.console_wait("sleep state S5")
+        self.wait()
+
+        if os.path.exists(img):
+            os.remove(img)
+        os.rename(img_tmp, img)
+        os.remove(iso)
+        self.print_step("All done")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(basevm.main(FedoraVM))
diff --git a/tests/vm/freebsd b/tests/vm/freebsd
index b0066017a6..2a19461a90 100755
--- a/tests/vm/freebsd
+++ b/tests/vm/freebsd
@@ -2,43 +2,203 @@
 #
 # FreeBSD VM image
 #
-# Copyright 2017 Red Hat Inc.
+# Copyright 2017-2019 Red Hat Inc.
 #
 # Authors:
 #  Fam Zheng <famz@redhat.com>
+#  Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
 #
 # This code is licensed under the GPL version 2 or later.  See
 # the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
 #
 
 import os
+import re
 import sys
+import time
+import socket
 import subprocess
 import basevm
 
 class FreeBSDVM(basevm.BaseVM):
     name = "freebsd"
     arch = "x86_64"
+
+    link = "https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/ISO-IMAGES/12.0/FreeBSD-12.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso.xz"
+    csum = "1d40015bea89d05b8bd13e2ed80c40b522a9ec1abd8e7c8b80954fb485fb99db"
+    size = "20G"
+    pkgs = [
+        # build tools
+        "git",
+        "pkgconf",
+        "bzip2",
+
+        # gnu tools
+        "bash",
+        "gmake",
+        "gsed",
+        "flex", "bison",
+
+        # libs: crypto
+        "gnutls",
+
+        # libs: images
+        "jpeg-turbo",
+        "png",
+
+        # libs: ui
+        "sdl2",
+        "gtk3",
+        "libxkbcommon",
+
+        # libs: opengl
+        "libepoxy",
+        "mesa-libs",
+    ]
+
     BUILD_SCRIPT = """
         set -e;
-        rm -rf /var/tmp/qemu-test.*
-        cd $(mktemp -d /var/tmp/qemu-test.XXXXXX);
+        rm -rf /home/qemu/qemu-test.*
+        cd $(mktemp -d /home/qemu/qemu-test.XXXXXX);
+        mkdir src build; cd src;
         tar -xf /dev/vtbd1;
-        ./configure {configure_opts};
+        cd ../build
+        ../src/configure --python=python3.6 {configure_opts};
         gmake --output-sync -j{jobs} {target} {verbose};
     """
 
+    def console_boot_serial(self):
+        self.console_wait_send("Autoboot", "3")
+        self.console_wait_send("OK", "set console=comconsole\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("OK", "boot\n")
+
     def build_image(self, img):
-        cimg = self._download_with_cache("http://download.patchew.org/freebsd-11.1-amd64.img.xz",
-                sha256sum='adcb771549b37bc63826c501f05121a206ed3d9f55f49145908f7e1432d65891')
-        img_tmp_xz = img + ".tmp.xz"
+        self.print_step("Downloading install iso")
+        cimg = self._download_with_cache(self.link, sha256sum=self.csum)
         img_tmp = img + ".tmp"
-        sys.stderr.write("Extracting the image...\n")
-        subprocess.check_call(["cp", "-f", cimg, img_tmp_xz])
-        subprocess.check_call(["xz", "-dvf", img_tmp_xz])
+        iso = img + ".install.iso"
+        iso_xz = iso + ".xz"
+
+        self.print_step("Preparing iso and disk image")
+        subprocess.check_call(["cp", "-f", cimg, iso_xz])
+        subprocess.check_call(["xz", "-dvf", iso_xz])
+        subprocess.check_call(["qemu-img", "create", "-f", "qcow2",
+                               img_tmp, self.size])
+
+        self.print_step("Booting installer")
+        self.boot(img_tmp, extra_args = [
+            "-bios", "pc-bios/bios-256k.bin",
+            "-machine", "graphics=off",
+            "-cdrom", iso
+        ])
+        self.console_init()
+        self.console_boot_serial()
+        self.console_wait_send("Console type",          "xterm\n")
+
+        # pre-install configuration
+        self.console_wait_send("Welcome",               "\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("Keymap Selection",      "\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("Set Hostname",          "freebsd\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("Distribution Select",   "\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("Partitioning",          "\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("Partition",             "\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("Scheme",                "\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("Editor",                "f")
+        self.console_wait_send("Confirmation",          "c")
+
+        self.print_step("Installation started now, this will take a while")
+
+        # post-install configuration
+        self.console_wait("New Password:")
+        self.console_send("%s\n" % self.ROOT_PASS)
+        self.console_wait("Retype New Password:")
+        self.console_send("%s\n" % self.ROOT_PASS)
+
+        self.console_wait_send("Network Configuration", "\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("IPv4",                  "y")
+        self.console_wait_send("DHCP",                  "y")
+        self.console_wait_send("IPv6",                  "n")
+        self.console_wait_send("Resolver",              "\n")
+
+        self.console_wait_send("Time Zone Selector",    "a\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("Confirmation",          "y")
+        self.console_wait_send("Time & Date",           "\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("Time & Date",           "\n")
+
+        self.console_wait_send("System Configuration",  "\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("System Hardening",      "\n")
+
+        # qemu user
+        self.console_wait_send("Add User Accounts", "y")
+        self.console_wait("Username")
+        self.console_send("%s\n" % self.GUEST_USER)
+        self.console_wait("Full name")
+        self.console_send("%s\n" % self.GUEST_USER)
+        self.console_wait_send("Uid",                   "\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("Login group",           "\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("Login group",           "\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("Login class",           "\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("Shell",                 "\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("Home directory",        "\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("Home directory perm",   "\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("Use password",          "\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("Use an empty password", "\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("Use a random password", "\n")
+        self.console_wait("Enter password:")
+        self.console_send("%s\n" % self.GUEST_PASS)
+        self.console_wait("Enter password again:")
+        self.console_send("%s\n" % self.GUEST_PASS)
+        self.console_wait_send("Lock out",              "\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("OK",                    "yes\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("Add another user",      "no\n")
+
+        self.console_wait_send("Final Configuration",   "\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("Manual Configuration",  "\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("Complete",              "\n")
+
+        self.print_step("Installation finished, rebooting")
+        self.console_boot_serial()
+
+        # setup qemu user
+        prompt = "$"
+        self.console_ssh_init(prompt, self.GUEST_USER, self.GUEST_PASS)
+        self.console_wait_send(prompt, "exit\n")
+
+        # setup root user
+        prompt = "root@freebsd:~ #"
+        self.console_ssh_init(prompt, "root", self.ROOT_PASS)
+        self.console_sshd_config(prompt)
+
+        # setup serial console
+        self.console_wait(prompt)
+        self.console_send("echo 'console=comconsole' >> /boot/loader.conf\n")
+
+        # setup boot delay
+        self.console_wait(prompt)
+        self.console_send("echo 'autoboot_delay=1' >> /boot/loader.conf\n")
+
+        # setup virtio-blk #1 (tarfile)
+        self.console_wait(prompt)
+        self.console_send("echo 'chmod 666 /dev/vtbd1' >> /etc/rc.local\n")
+
+        self.print_step("Configuration finished, rebooting")
+        self.console_wait_send(prompt, "reboot\n")
+        self.console_wait("login:")
+        self.wait_ssh()
+
+        self.print_step("Installing packages")
+        self.ssh_root_check("pkg install -y %s\n" % " ".join(self.pkgs))
+
+        # shutdown
+        self.ssh_root(self.poweroff)
+        self.console_wait("Uptime:")
+        self.wait()
+
         if os.path.exists(img):
             os.remove(img)
         os.rename(img_tmp, img)
+        os.remove(iso)
+        self.print_step("All done")
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     sys.exit(basevm.main(FreeBSDVM))
diff --git a/tests/vm/netbsd b/tests/vm/netbsd
index 4c6624ea5e..ee9eaeab50 100755
--- a/tests/vm/netbsd
+++ b/tests/vm/netbsd
@@ -34,10 +34,8 @@ class NetBSDVM(basevm.BaseVM):
         img_tmp_xz = img + ".tmp.xz"
         img_tmp = img + ".tmp"
         sys.stderr.write("Extracting the image...\n")
-        subprocess.check_call(["cp", "-f", cimg, img_tmp_xz])
-        subprocess.check_call(["xz", "-dvf", img_tmp_xz])
-        if os.path.exists(img):
-            os.remove(img)
+        subprocess.check_call(["ln", "-f", cimg, img_tmp_xz])
+        subprocess.check_call(["xz", "--keep", "-dvf", img_tmp_xz])
         os.rename(img_tmp, img)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/tests/vm/openbsd b/tests/vm/openbsd
index 2105c01a26..b92c39f89a 100755
--- a/tests/vm/openbsd
+++ b/tests/vm/openbsd
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 #
 # OpenBSD VM image
 #
-# Copyright 2017 Red Hat Inc.
+# Copyright 2017-2019 Red Hat Inc.
 #
 # Authors:
 #  Fam Zheng <famz@redhat.com>
+#  Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
 #
 # This code is licensed under the GPL version 2 or later.  See
 # the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
@@ -13,34 +14,166 @@
 
 import os
 import sys
+import socket
 import subprocess
 import basevm
 
 class OpenBSDVM(basevm.BaseVM):
     name = "openbsd"
     arch = "x86_64"
+
+    link = "https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.5/amd64/install65.iso"
+    csum = "38d1f8cadd502f1c27bf05c5abde6cc505dd28f3f34f8a941048ff9a54f9f608"
+    size = "20G"
+    pkgs = [
+        # tools
+        "git",
+        "pkgconf",
+        "bzip2", "xz",
+
+        # gnu tools
+        "bash",
+        "gmake",
+        "gsed",
+        "bison",
+
+        # libs: usb
+        "libusb1",
+
+        # libs: crypto
+        "gnutls",
+
+        # libs: images
+        "jpeg",
+        "png",
+
+	# libs: ui
+        "sdl2",
+        "gtk+3",
+        "libxkbcommon",
+    ]
+
     BUILD_SCRIPT = """
         set -e;
-        rm -rf /var/tmp/qemu-test.*
-        cd $(mktemp -d /var/tmp/qemu-test.XXXXXX);
+        rm -rf /home/qemu/qemu-test.*
+        cd $(mktemp -d /home/qemu/qemu-test.XXXXXX);
+        mkdir src build; cd src;
         tar -xf /dev/rsd1c;
-        ./configure --cc=x86_64-unknown-openbsd6.1-gcc-4.9.4 --python=python2.7 {configure_opts};
-        gmake --output-sync -j{jobs} {verbose};
-        # XXX: "gmake check" seems to always hang or fail
-        #gmake --output-sync -j{jobs} check {verbose};
+        cd ../build
+        ../src/configure --cc=cc --python=python3 {configure_opts};
+        gmake --output-sync -j{jobs} {target} {verbose};
     """
+    poweroff = "halt -p"
 
     def build_image(self, img):
-        cimg = self._download_with_cache("http://download.patchew.org/openbsd-6.1-amd64.img.xz",
-                sha256sum='8c6cedc483e602cfee5e04f0406c64eb99138495e8ca580bc0293bcf0640c1bf')
-        img_tmp_xz = img + ".tmp.xz"
+        self.print_step("Downloading install iso")
+        cimg = self._download_with_cache(self.link, sha256sum=self.csum)
         img_tmp = img + ".tmp"
-        sys.stderr.write("Extracting the image...\n")
-        subprocess.check_call(["cp", "-f", cimg, img_tmp_xz])
-        subprocess.check_call(["xz", "-dvf", img_tmp_xz])
+        iso = img + ".install.iso"
+
+        self.print_step("Preparing iso and disk image")
+        subprocess.check_call(["cp", "-f", cimg, iso])
+        subprocess.check_call(["qemu-img", "create", "-f", "qcow2",
+                               img_tmp, self.size])
+
+        self.print_step("Booting installer")
+        self.boot(img_tmp, extra_args = [
+            "-bios", "pc-bios/bios-256k.bin",
+            "-machine", "graphics=off",
+            "-cdrom", iso
+        ])
+        self.console_init()
+        self.console_wait_send("boot>", "set tty com0\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("boot>", "\n")
+
+        # pre-install configuration
+        self.console_wait_send("(I)nstall",               "i\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("Terminal type",           "xterm\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("System hostname",         "openbsd\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("Which network interface", "vio0\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("IPv4 address",            "dhcp\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("IPv6 address",            "none\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("Which network interface", "done\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("DNS domain name",         "localnet\n")
+        self.console_wait("Password for root account")
+        self.console_send("%s\n" % self.ROOT_PASS)
+        self.console_wait("Password for root account")
+        self.console_send("%s\n" % self.ROOT_PASS)
+        self.console_wait_send("Start sshd(8)",           "yes\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("X Window System",         "\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("xenodm",                  "\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("console to com0",         "\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("Which speed",             "\n")
+
+        self.console_wait("Setup a user")
+        self.console_send("%s\n" % self.GUEST_USER)
+        self.console_wait("Full name")
+        self.console_send("%s\n" % self.GUEST_USER)
+        self.console_wait("Password")
+        self.console_send("%s\n" % self.GUEST_PASS)
+        self.console_wait("Password")
+        self.console_send("%s\n" % self.GUEST_PASS)
+
+        self.console_wait_send("Allow root ssh login",    "yes\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("timezone",                "UTC\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("root disk",               "\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("(W)hole disk",            "\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("(A)uto layout",           "\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("Location of sets",        "cd0\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("Pathname to the sets",    "\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("Set name(s)",             "\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("without verification",    "yes\n")
+
+        self.print_step("Installation started now, this will take a while")
+        self.console_wait_send("Location of sets",        "done\n")
+
+        self.console_wait("successfully completed")
+        self.print_step("Installation finished, rebooting")
+        self.console_wait_send("(R)eboot",                "reboot\n")
+
+        # setup qemu user
+        prompt = "$"
+        self.console_ssh_init(prompt, self.GUEST_USER, self.GUEST_PASS)
+        self.console_wait_send(prompt, "exit\n")
+
+        # setup root user
+        prompt = "openbsd#"
+        self.console_ssh_init(prompt, "root", self.ROOT_PASS)
+        self.console_sshd_config(prompt)
+
+        # setup virtio-blk #1 (tarfile)
+        self.console_wait(prompt)
+        self.console_send("echo 'chmod 666 /dev/rsd1c' >> /etc/rc.local\n")
+
+        # enable w+x for /home
+        self.console_wait(prompt)
+        self.console_send("sed -i -e '/home/s/rw,/rw,wxallowed,/' /etc/fstab\n")
+
+        # tweak datasize limit
+        self.console_wait(prompt)
+        self.console_send("sed -i -e 's/\\(datasize[^=]*\\)=[^:]*/\\1=infinity/' /etc/login.conf\n")
+
+        # use http (be proxy cache friendly)
+        self.console_wait(prompt)
+        self.console_send("sed -i -e 's/https/http/' /etc/installurl\n")
+
+        self.print_step("Configuration finished, rebooting")
+        self.console_wait_send(prompt, "reboot\n")
+        self.console_wait("login:")
+        self.wait_ssh()
+
+        self.print_step("Installing packages")
+        self.ssh_root_check("pkg_add %s\n" % " ".join(self.pkgs))
+
+        # shutdown
+        self.ssh_root(self.poweroff)
+        self.wait()
+
         if os.path.exists(img):
             os.remove(img)
         os.rename(img_tmp, img)
+        os.remove(iso)
+        self.print_step("All done")
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     sys.exit(basevm.main(OpenBSDVM))
diff --git a/tests/vm/ubuntu.i386 b/tests/vm/ubuntu.i386
index a22d137e76..38f740eabf 100755
--- a/tests/vm/ubuntu.i386
+++ b/tests/vm/ubuntu.i386
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ class UbuntuX86VM(basevm.BaseVM):
                           "    ssh-authorized-keys:\n",
                           "    - %s\n" % basevm.SSH_PUB_KEY,
                           "locale: en_US.UTF-8\n"])
+        proxy = os.environ.get("http_proxy")
+        if not proxy is None:
+            udata.writelines(["apt:\n",
+                              "  proxy: %s" % proxy])
         udata.close()
         subprocess.check_call(["genisoimage", "-output", "cloud-init.iso",
                                "-volid", "cidata", "-joliet", "-rock",
@@ -61,7 +65,9 @@ class UbuntuX86VM(basevm.BaseVM):
         return os.path.join(cidir, "cloud-init.iso")
 
     def build_image(self, img):
-        cimg = self._download_with_cache("https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/16.04/release/ubuntu-16.04-server-cloudimg-i386-disk1.img")
+        cimg = self._download_with_cache(
+            "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/16.04/release-20190605/ubuntu-16.04-server-cloudimg-i386-disk1.img",
+            sha256sum="e30091144c73483822b7c27193e9d47346dd1064229da577c3fedcf943f7cfcc")
         img_tmp = img + ".tmp"
         subprocess.check_call(["cp", "-f", cimg, img_tmp])
         subprocess.check_call(["qemu-img", "resize", img_tmp, "50G"])
@@ -75,13 +81,12 @@ class UbuntuX86VM(basevm.BaseVM):
         time.sleep(5)
         self.wait_ssh()
         # The previous update sometimes doesn't survive a reboot, so do it again
+        self.ssh_root_check("sed -ie s/^#\ deb-src/deb-src/g /etc/apt/sources.list")
         self.ssh_root_check("apt-get update")
         self.ssh_root_check("apt-get build-dep -y qemu")
         self.ssh_root_check("apt-get install -y libfdt-dev flex bison")
         self.ssh_root("poweroff")
         self.wait()
-        if os.path.exists(img):
-            os.remove(img)
         os.rename(img_tmp, img)
         return 0