diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f5aab2cb07..c72955aad1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ QMP/qmp-commands.txt
 test-coroutine
 test-qmp-input-visitor
 test-qmp-output-visitor
+test-string-input-visitor
+test-string-output-visitor
 fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper.1
 fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper.pod
 .gdbinit
diff --git a/test-string-input-visitor.c b/test-string-input-visitor.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5370e32041
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-string-input-visitor.c
@@ -0,0 +1,195 @@
+/*
+ * String Input Visitor unit-tests.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Red Hat Inc.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> (based on test-qmp-input-visitor)
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#include <glib.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+
+#include "qapi/string-input-visitor.h"
+#include "test-qapi-types.h"
+#include "test-qapi-visit.h"
+#include "qemu-objects.h"
+
+typedef struct TestInputVisitorData {
+    StringInputVisitor *siv;
+} TestInputVisitorData;
+
+static void visitor_input_teardown(TestInputVisitorData *data,
+                                   const void *unused)
+{
+    if (data->siv) {
+        string_input_visitor_cleanup(data->siv);
+        data->siv = NULL;
+    }
+}
+
+/* This is provided instead of a test setup function so that the JSON
+   string used by the tests are kept in the test functions (and not
+   int main()) */
+static
+Visitor *visitor_input_test_init(TestInputVisitorData *data,
+                                 const char *string)
+{
+    Visitor *v;
+
+    data->siv = string_input_visitor_new(string);
+    g_assert(data->siv != NULL);
+
+    v = string_input_get_visitor(data->siv);
+    g_assert(v != NULL);
+
+    return v;
+}
+
+static void test_visitor_in_int(TestInputVisitorData *data,
+                                const void *unused)
+{
+    int64_t res = 0, value = -42;
+    Error *errp = NULL;
+    Visitor *v;
+
+    v = visitor_input_test_init(data, "-42");
+
+    visit_type_int(v, &res, NULL, &errp);
+    g_assert(!error_is_set(&errp));
+    g_assert_cmpint(res, ==, value);
+}
+
+static void test_visitor_in_bool(TestInputVisitorData *data,
+                                 const void *unused)
+{
+    Error *errp = NULL;
+    bool res = false;
+    Visitor *v;
+
+    v = visitor_input_test_init(data, "true");
+
+    visit_type_bool(v, &res, NULL, &errp);
+    g_assert(!error_is_set(&errp));
+    g_assert_cmpint(res, ==, true);
+    visitor_input_teardown(data, unused);
+
+    v = visitor_input_test_init(data, "yes");
+
+    visit_type_bool(v, &res, NULL, &errp);
+    g_assert(!error_is_set(&errp));
+    g_assert_cmpint(res, ==, true);
+    visitor_input_teardown(data, unused);
+
+    v = visitor_input_test_init(data, "on");
+
+    visit_type_bool(v, &res, NULL, &errp);
+    g_assert(!error_is_set(&errp));
+    g_assert_cmpint(res, ==, true);
+    visitor_input_teardown(data, unused);
+
+    v = visitor_input_test_init(data, "false");
+
+    visit_type_bool(v, &res, NULL, &errp);
+    g_assert(!error_is_set(&errp));
+    g_assert_cmpint(res, ==, false);
+    visitor_input_teardown(data, unused);
+
+    v = visitor_input_test_init(data, "no");
+
+    visit_type_bool(v, &res, NULL, &errp);
+    g_assert(!error_is_set(&errp));
+    g_assert_cmpint(res, ==, false);
+    visitor_input_teardown(data, unused);
+
+    v = visitor_input_test_init(data, "off");
+
+    visit_type_bool(v, &res, NULL, &errp);
+    g_assert(!error_is_set(&errp));
+    g_assert_cmpint(res, ==, false);
+}
+
+static void test_visitor_in_number(TestInputVisitorData *data,
+                                   const void *unused)
+{
+    double res = 0, value = 3.14;
+    Error *errp = NULL;
+    Visitor *v;
+
+    v = visitor_input_test_init(data, "3.14");
+
+    visit_type_number(v, &res, NULL, &errp);
+    g_assert(!error_is_set(&errp));
+    g_assert_cmpfloat(res, ==, value);
+}
+
+static void test_visitor_in_string(TestInputVisitorData *data,
+                                   const void *unused)
+{
+    char *res = NULL, *value = (char *) "Q E M U";
+    Error *errp = NULL;
+    Visitor *v;
+
+    v = visitor_input_test_init(data, value);
+
+    visit_type_str(v, &res, NULL, &errp);
+    g_assert(!error_is_set(&errp));
+    g_assert_cmpstr(res, ==, value);
+
+    g_free(res);
+}
+
+static void test_visitor_in_enum(TestInputVisitorData *data,
+                                 const void *unused)
+{
+    Error *errp = NULL;
+    Visitor *v;
+    EnumOne i;
+
+    for (i = 0; EnumOne_lookup[i]; i++) {
+        EnumOne res = -1;
+
+        v = visitor_input_test_init(data, EnumOne_lookup[i]);
+
+        visit_type_EnumOne(v, &res, NULL, &errp);
+        g_assert(!error_is_set(&errp));
+        g_assert_cmpint(i, ==, res);
+
+        visitor_input_teardown(data, NULL);
+    }
+
+    data->siv = NULL;
+}
+
+static void input_visitor_test_add(const char *testpath,
+                                   TestInputVisitorData *data,
+                                   void (*test_func)(TestInputVisitorData *data, const void *user_data))
+{
+    g_test_add(testpath, TestInputVisitorData, data, NULL, test_func,
+               visitor_input_teardown);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    TestInputVisitorData in_visitor_data;
+
+    g_test_init(&argc, &argv, NULL);
+
+    input_visitor_test_add("/string-visitor/input/int",
+                           &in_visitor_data, test_visitor_in_int);
+    input_visitor_test_add("/string-visitor/input/bool",
+                           &in_visitor_data, test_visitor_in_bool);
+    input_visitor_test_add("/string-visitor/input/number",
+                           &in_visitor_data, test_visitor_in_number);
+    input_visitor_test_add("/string-visitor/input/string",
+                            &in_visitor_data, test_visitor_in_string);
+    input_visitor_test_add("/string-visitor/input/enum",
+                            &in_visitor_data, test_visitor_in_enum);
+
+    g_test_run();
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/test-string-output-visitor.c b/test-string-output-visitor.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..22909b84ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-string-output-visitor.c
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+/*
+ * String Output Visitor unit-tests.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Red Hat Inc.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> (based on test-qmp-output-visitor)
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#include <glib.h>
+
+#include "qapi/string-output-visitor.h"
+#include "test-qapi-types.h"
+#include "test-qapi-visit.h"
+#include "qemu-objects.h"
+
+typedef struct TestOutputVisitorData {
+    StringOutputVisitor *sov;
+    Visitor *ov;
+} TestOutputVisitorData;
+
+static void visitor_output_setup(TestOutputVisitorData *data,
+                                 const void *unused)
+{
+    data->sov = string_output_visitor_new();
+    g_assert(data->sov != NULL);
+
+    data->ov = string_output_get_visitor(data->sov);
+    g_assert(data->ov != NULL);
+}
+
+static void visitor_output_teardown(TestOutputVisitorData *data,
+                                    const void *unused)
+{
+    string_output_visitor_cleanup(data->sov);
+    data->sov = NULL;
+    data->ov = NULL;
+}
+
+static void test_visitor_out_int(TestOutputVisitorData *data,
+                                 const void *unused)
+{
+    int64_t value = -42;
+    Error *errp = NULL;
+    char *str;
+
+    visit_type_int(data->ov, &value, NULL, &errp);
+    g_assert(error_is_set(&errp) == 0);
+
+    str = string_output_get_string(data->sov);
+    g_assert(str != NULL);
+    g_assert_cmpstr(str, ==, "-42");
+    g_free(str);
+}
+
+static void test_visitor_out_bool(TestOutputVisitorData *data,
+                                  const void *unused)
+{
+    Error *errp = NULL;
+    bool value = true;
+    char *str;
+
+    visit_type_bool(data->ov, &value, NULL, &errp);
+    g_assert(error_is_set(&errp) == 0);
+
+    str = string_output_get_string(data->sov);
+    g_assert(str != NULL);
+    g_assert_cmpstr(str, ==, "true");
+    g_free(str);
+}
+
+static void test_visitor_out_number(TestOutputVisitorData *data,
+                                    const void *unused)
+{
+    double value = 3.14;
+    Error *errp = NULL;
+    char *str;
+
+    visit_type_number(data->ov, &value, NULL, &errp);
+    g_assert(error_is_set(&errp) == 0);
+
+    str = string_output_get_string(data->sov);
+    g_assert(str != NULL);
+    g_assert_cmpstr(str, ==, "3.14");
+    g_free(str);
+}
+
+static void test_visitor_out_string(TestOutputVisitorData *data,
+                                    const void *unused)
+{
+    char *string = (char *) "Q E M U";
+    Error *errp = NULL;
+    char *str;
+
+    visit_type_str(data->ov, &string, NULL, &errp);
+    g_assert(error_is_set(&errp) == 0);
+
+    str = string_output_get_string(data->sov);
+    g_assert(str != NULL);
+    g_assert_cmpstr(str, ==, string);
+    g_free(str);
+}
+
+static void test_visitor_out_no_string(TestOutputVisitorData *data,
+                                       const void *unused)
+{
+    char *string = NULL;
+    Error *errp = NULL;
+    char *str;
+
+    /* A null string should return "" */
+    visit_type_str(data->ov, &string, NULL, &errp);
+    g_assert(error_is_set(&errp) == 0);
+
+    str = string_output_get_string(data->sov);
+    g_assert(str != NULL);
+    g_assert_cmpstr(str, ==, "");
+    g_free(str);
+}
+
+static void test_visitor_out_enum(TestOutputVisitorData *data,
+                                  const void *unused)
+{
+    Error *errp = NULL;
+    char *str;
+    EnumOne i;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < ENUM_ONE_MAX; i++) {
+        visit_type_EnumOne(data->ov, &i, "unused", &errp);
+        g_assert(!error_is_set(&errp));
+
+        str = string_output_get_string(data->sov);
+        g_assert(str != NULL);
+        g_assert_cmpstr(str, ==, EnumOne_lookup[i]);
+	g_free(str);
+    }
+}
+
+static void test_visitor_out_enum_errors(TestOutputVisitorData *data,
+                                         const void *unused)
+{
+    EnumOne i, bad_values[] = { ENUM_ONE_MAX, -1 };
+    Error *errp;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(bad_values) ; i++) {
+        errp = NULL;
+        visit_type_EnumOne(data->ov, &bad_values[i], "unused", &errp);
+        g_assert(error_is_set(&errp) == true);
+        error_free(errp);
+    }
+}
+
+static void output_visitor_test_add(const char *testpath,
+                                    TestOutputVisitorData *data,
+                                    void (*test_func)(TestOutputVisitorData *data, const void *user_data))
+{
+    g_test_add(testpath, TestOutputVisitorData, data, visitor_output_setup,
+               test_func, visitor_output_teardown);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    TestOutputVisitorData out_visitor_data;
+
+    g_test_init(&argc, &argv, NULL);
+
+    output_visitor_test_add("/string-visitor/output/int",
+                            &out_visitor_data, test_visitor_out_int);
+    output_visitor_test_add("/string-visitor/output/bool",
+                            &out_visitor_data, test_visitor_out_bool);
+    output_visitor_test_add("/string-visitor/output/number",
+                            &out_visitor_data, test_visitor_out_number);
+    output_visitor_test_add("/string-visitor/output/string",
+                            &out_visitor_data, test_visitor_out_string);
+    output_visitor_test_add("/string-visitor/output/no-string",
+                            &out_visitor_data, test_visitor_out_no_string);
+    output_visitor_test_add("/string-visitor/output/enum",
+                            &out_visitor_data, test_visitor_out_enum);
+    output_visitor_test_add("/string-visitor/output/enum-errors",
+                            &out_visitor_data, test_visitor_out_enum_errors);
+
+    g_test_run();
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index 55e8eb0ad5..74b29dc076 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 CHECKS = check-qdict check-qfloat check-qint check-qstring check-qlist
 CHECKS += check-qjson test-qmp-output-visitor test-qmp-input-visitor
-CHECKS += test-coroutine
+CHECKS += test-string-input-visitor test-string-output-visitor test-coroutine
 
 check-qint.o check-qstring.o check-qdict.o check-qlist.o check-qfloat.o check-qjson.o test-coroutine.o: $(GENERATED_HEADERS)
 
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ check-qfloat: check-qfloat.o qfloat.o $(tools-obj-y)
 check-qjson: check-qjson.o $(qobject-obj-y) $(tools-obj-y)
 test-coroutine: test-coroutine.o qemu-timer-common.o async.o $(coroutine-obj-y) $(tools-obj-y)
 
-test-qmp-input-visitor.o test-qmp-output-visitor.o test-qmp-commands.o qemu-ga$(EXESUF): QEMU_CFLAGS += -I $(qapi-dir)
+test-qmp-input-visitor.o test-qmp-output-visitor.o \
+test-string-input-visitor.o test-string-output-visitor.o \
+	test-qmp-commands.o qemu-ga$(EXESUF): QEMU_CFLAGS += -I $(qapi-dir)
 
 $(qapi-dir)/test-qapi-types.c $(qapi-dir)/test-qapi-types.h :\
 $(SRC_PATH)/qapi-schema-test.json $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-types.py
@@ -25,6 +27,12 @@ $(SRC_PATH)/qapi-schema-test.json $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-commands.py
 	    $(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-commands.py $(gen-out-type) -o "$(qapi-dir)" -p "test-" < $<, "  GEN   $@")
 
 
+test-string-output-visitor.o: $(addprefix $(qapi-dir)/, test-qapi-types.c test-qapi-types.h test-qapi-visit.c test-qapi-visit.h) $(qapi-obj-y)
+test-string-output-visitor: test-string-output-visitor.o $(qobject-obj-y) $(qapi-obj-y) $(tools-obj-y) $(qapi-dir)/test-qapi-visit.o $(qapi-dir)/test-qapi-types.o
+
+test-string-input-visitor.o: $(addprefix $(qapi-dir)/, test-qapi-types.c test-qapi-types.h test-qapi-visit.c test-qapi-visit.h) $(qapi-obj-y)
+test-string-input-visitor: test-string-input-visitor.o $(qobject-obj-y) $(qapi-obj-y) $(tools-obj-y) $(qapi-dir)/test-qapi-visit.o $(qapi-dir)/test-qapi-types.o
+
 test-qmp-output-visitor.o: $(addprefix $(qapi-dir)/, test-qapi-types.c test-qapi-types.h test-qapi-visit.c test-qapi-visit.h) $(qapi-obj-y)
 test-qmp-output-visitor: test-qmp-output-visitor.o $(qobject-obj-y) $(qapi-obj-y) $(tools-obj-y) $(qapi-dir)/test-qapi-visit.o $(qapi-dir)/test-qapi-types.o