diff --git a/tests/unit/meson.build b/tests/unit/meson.build
index d9c0a7eae6..fa63cfe6ff 100644
--- a/tests/unit/meson.build
+++ b/tests/unit/meson.build
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ tests = {
   'check-qobject': [],
   'check-qjson': [],
   'check-qlit': [],
+  'test-error-report': [],
   'test-qobject-output-visitor': [testqapi],
   'test-clone-visitor': [testqapi],
   'test-qobject-input-visitor': [testqapi],
diff --git a/tests/unit/test-error-report.c b/tests/unit/test-error-report.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b09650687b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test-error-report.c
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+/*
+ * Error reporting test
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2022 Red Hat Inc.
+ *
+ * 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 "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "glib-compat.h"
+#include <locale.h>
+
+#include "qemu/error-report.h"
+
+static void
+test_error_report_simple(void)
+{
+    if (g_test_subprocess()) {
+        error_report("%s", "test error");
+        warn_report("%s", "test warn");
+        info_report("%s", "test info");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    g_test_trap_subprocess(NULL, 0, 0);
+    g_test_trap_assert_passed();
+    g_test_trap_assert_stderr("\
+test-error-report: test error*\
+test-error-report: warning: test warn*\
+test-error-report: info: test info*\
+");
+}
+
+static void
+test_error_report_loc(void)
+{
+    if (g_test_subprocess()) {
+        loc_set_file("some-file.c", 7717);
+        error_report("%s", "test error1");
+        loc_set_none();
+        error_report("%s", "test error2");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    g_test_trap_subprocess(NULL, 0, 0);
+    g_test_trap_assert_passed();
+    g_test_trap_assert_stderr("\
+test-error-report:some-file.c:7717: test error1*\
+test-error-report: test error2*\
+");
+}
+
+static void
+test_error_report_glog(void)
+{
+    if (g_test_subprocess()) {
+        g_message("gmessage");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    g_test_trap_subprocess(NULL, 0, 0);
+    g_test_trap_assert_passed();
+    g_test_trap_assert_stderr("test-error-report: info: gmessage*");
+}
+
+static void
+test_error_report_once(void)
+{
+    int i;
+
+    if (g_test_subprocess()) {
+        for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+            warn_report_once("warn");
+            error_report_once("err");
+        }
+        return;
+    }
+
+    g_test_trap_subprocess(NULL, 0, 0);
+    g_test_trap_assert_passed();
+    g_test_trap_assert_stderr("\
+test-error-report: warning: warn*\
+test-error-report: err*\
+");
+}
+
+static void
+test_error_report_timestamp(void)
+{
+    if (g_test_subprocess()) {
+        message_with_timestamp = true;
+        warn_report("warn");
+        error_report("err");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    g_test_trap_subprocess(NULL, 0, 0);
+    g_test_trap_assert_passed();
+    g_test_trap_assert_stderr("\
+*-*-*:*:* test-error-report: warning: warn*\
+*-*-*:*:* test-error-report: err*\
+");
+}
+
+int
+main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
+
+    g_test_init(&argc, &argv, NULL);
+    error_init("test-error-report");
+
+    g_test_add_func("/error-report/simple", test_error_report_simple);
+    g_test_add_func("/error-report/loc", test_error_report_loc);
+    g_test_add_func("/error-report/glog", test_error_report_glog);
+    g_test_add_func("/error-report/once", test_error_report_once);
+    g_test_add_func("/error-report/timestamp", test_error_report_timestamp);
+
+    return g_test_run();
+}