diff --git a/tests/device-plug-test.c b/tests/device-plug-test.c
index 0262ad6be6..87593d9ecf 100644
--- a/tests/device-plug-test.c
+++ b/tests/device-plug-test.c
@@ -116,6 +116,22 @@ static void test_spapr_cpu_unplug_request(void)
     qtest_quit(qtest);
 }
 
+static void test_spapr_memory_unplug_request(void)
+{
+    QTestState *qtest;
+
+    qtest = qtest_initf("-m 256M,slots=1,maxmem=768M "
+                        "-object memory-backend-ram,id=mem0,size=512M "
+                        "-device pc-dimm,id=dev0,memdev=mem0");
+
+    /* similar to test_pci_unplug_request */
+    device_del_request(qtest, "dev0");
+    system_reset(qtest);
+    wait_device_deleted_event(qtest, "dev0");
+
+    qtest_quit(qtest);
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     const char *arch = qtest_get_arch();
@@ -138,6 +154,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     if (!strcmp(arch, "ppc64")) {
         qtest_add_func("/device-plug/spapr-cpu-unplug-request",
                        test_spapr_cpu_unplug_request);
+        qtest_add_func("/device-plug/spapr-memory-unplug-request",
+                       test_spapr_memory_unplug_request);
     }
 
     return g_test_run();