diff --git a/docs/specs/standard-vga.txt b/docs/specs/standard-vga.txt
index 8a4c1e93cd..f82773e677 100644
--- a/docs/specs/standard-vga.txt
+++ b/docs/specs/standard-vga.txt
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ QEMU Standard VGA
 Exists in two variants, for isa and pci.
 
 command line switches:
-    -vga std            [ picks isa for -M isapc, otherwise pci ]
-    -device VGA         [ pci variant ]
-    -device isa-vga     [ isa variant ]
+    -vga std               [ picks isa for -M isapc, otherwise pci ]
+    -device VGA            [ pci variant ]
+    -device isa-vga        [ isa variant ]
+    -device secondary-vga  [ legacy-free pci variant ]
 
 
 PCI spec
@@ -31,9 +32,15 @@ PCI ROM Region:
    Holds the vgabios (qemu 0.14+).
 
 
+The legacy-free variant has no ROM and has PCI_CLASS_DISPLAY_OTHER
+instead of PCI_CLASS_DISPLAY_VGA.
+
+
 IO ports used
 -------------
 
+Doesn't apply to the legacy-free pci variant, use the MMIO bar instead.
+
 03c0 - 03df : standard vga ports
 01ce        : bochs vbe interface index port
 01cf        : bochs vbe interface data port (x86 only)
diff --git a/hw/display/cirrus_vga.c b/hw/display/cirrus_vga.c
index 0d3127da21..d1afc765fb 100644
--- a/hw/display/cirrus_vga.c
+++ b/hw/display/cirrus_vga.c
@@ -2913,7 +2913,7 @@ static void isa_cirrus_vga_realizefn(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     ISACirrusVGAState *d = ISA_CIRRUS_VGA(dev);
     VGACommonState *s = &d->cirrus_vga.vga;
 
-    vga_common_init(s, OBJECT(dev));
+    vga_common_init(s, OBJECT(dev), true);
     cirrus_init_common(&d->cirrus_vga, OBJECT(dev), CIRRUS_ID_CLGD5430, 0,
                        isa_address_space(isadev),
                        isa_address_space_io(isadev));
@@ -2960,7 +2960,7 @@ static int pci_cirrus_vga_initfn(PCIDevice *dev)
      int16_t device_id = pc->device_id;
 
      /* setup VGA */
-     vga_common_init(&s->vga, OBJECT(dev));
+     vga_common_init(&s->vga, OBJECT(dev), true);
      cirrus_init_common(s, OBJECT(dev), device_id, 1, pci_address_space(dev),
                         pci_address_space_io(dev));
      s->vga.con = graphic_console_init(DEVICE(dev), 0, s->vga.hw_ops, &s->vga);
diff --git a/hw/display/qxl.c b/hw/display/qxl.c
index 47bbf1f1fe..e9c54d7399 100644
--- a/hw/display/qxl.c
+++ b/hw/display/qxl.c
@@ -2061,7 +2061,7 @@ static int qxl_init_primary(PCIDevice *dev)
     qxl->id = 0;
     qxl_init_ramsize(qxl);
     vga->vram_size_mb = qxl->vga.vram_size >> 20;
-    vga_common_init(vga, OBJECT(dev));
+    vga_common_init(vga, OBJECT(dev), true);
     vga_init(vga, OBJECT(dev),
              pci_address_space(dev), pci_address_space_io(dev), false);
     portio_list_init(qxl_vga_port_list, OBJECT(dev), qxl_vga_portio_list,
diff --git a/hw/display/vga-isa-mm.c b/hw/display/vga-isa-mm.c
index afc46b8c9d..4efc222789 100644
--- a/hw/display/vga-isa-mm.c
+++ b/hw/display/vga-isa-mm.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ int isa_vga_mm_init(hwaddr vram_base,
     s = g_malloc0(sizeof(*s));
 
     s->vga.vram_size_mb = VGA_RAM_SIZE >> 20;
-    vga_common_init(&s->vga, NULL);
+    vga_common_init(&s->vga, NULL, true);
     vga_mm_init(s, vram_base, ctrl_base, it_shift, address_space);
 
     s->vga.con = graphic_console_init(NULL, 0, s->vga.hw_ops, s);
diff --git a/hw/display/vga-isa.c b/hw/display/vga-isa.c
index 1d9ea6b51d..2b480bd44d 100644
--- a/hw/display/vga-isa.c
+++ b/hw/display/vga-isa.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ static void vga_isa_realizefn(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     MemoryRegion *vga_io_memory;
     const MemoryRegionPortio *vga_ports, *vbe_ports;
 
-    vga_common_init(s, OBJECT(dev));
+    vga_common_init(s, OBJECT(dev), true);
     s->legacy_address_space = isa_address_space(isadev);
     vga_io_memory = vga_init_io(s, OBJECT(dev), &vga_ports, &vbe_ports);
     isa_register_portio_list(isadev, 0x3b0, vga_ports, s, "vga");
diff --git a/hw/display/vga-pci.c b/hw/display/vga-pci.c
index 574ea0e7f9..0865dc490e 100644
--- a/hw/display/vga-pci.c
+++ b/hw/display/vga-pci.c
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ static int pci_std_vga_initfn(PCIDevice *dev)
     VGACommonState *s = &d->vga;
 
     /* vga + console init */
-    vga_common_init(s, OBJECT(dev));
+    vga_common_init(s, OBJECT(dev), true);
     vga_init(s, OBJECT(dev), pci_address_space(dev), pci_address_space_io(dev),
              true);
 
@@ -179,12 +179,51 @@ static int pci_std_vga_initfn(PCIDevice *dev)
     return 0;
 }
 
+static int pci_secondary_vga_initfn(PCIDevice *dev)
+{
+    PCIVGAState *d = DO_UPCAST(PCIVGAState, dev, dev);
+    VGACommonState *s = &d->vga;
+
+    /* vga + console init */
+    vga_common_init(s, OBJECT(dev), false);
+    s->con = graphic_console_init(DEVICE(dev), 0, s->hw_ops, s);
+
+    /* mmio bar */
+    memory_region_init(&d->mmio, OBJECT(dev), "vga.mmio", 4096);
+    memory_region_init_io(&d->ioport, OBJECT(dev), &pci_vga_ioport_ops, d,
+                          "vga ioports remapped", PCI_VGA_IOPORT_SIZE);
+    memory_region_init_io(&d->bochs, OBJECT(dev), &pci_vga_bochs_ops, d,
+                          "bochs dispi interface", PCI_VGA_BOCHS_SIZE);
+
+    memory_region_add_subregion(&d->mmio, PCI_VGA_IOPORT_OFFSET,
+                                &d->ioport);
+    memory_region_add_subregion(&d->mmio, PCI_VGA_BOCHS_OFFSET,
+                                &d->bochs);
+
+    pci_register_bar(&d->dev, 0, PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_MEM_PREFETCH, &s->vram);
+    pci_register_bar(&d->dev, 2, PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_SPACE_MEMORY, &d->mmio);
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static void pci_secondary_vga_reset(DeviceState *dev)
+{
+    PCIVGAState *d = DO_UPCAST(PCIVGAState, dev.qdev, dev);
+
+    vga_common_reset(&d->vga);
+}
+
 static Property vga_pci_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("vgamem_mb", PCIVGAState, vga.vram_size_mb, 16),
     DEFINE_PROP_BIT("mmio", PCIVGAState, flags, PCI_VGA_FLAG_ENABLE_MMIO, true),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
 
+static Property secondary_pci_properties[] = {
+    DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("vgamem_mb", PCIVGAState, vga.vram_size_mb, 16),
+    DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
+};
+
 static void vga_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
 {
     DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
@@ -201,6 +240,20 @@ static void vga_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
     set_bit(DEVICE_CATEGORY_DISPLAY, dc->categories);
 }
 
+static void secondary_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
+{
+    DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
+    PCIDeviceClass *k = PCI_DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
+
+    k->init = pci_secondary_vga_initfn;
+    k->vendor_id = PCI_VENDOR_ID_QEMU;
+    k->device_id = PCI_DEVICE_ID_QEMU_VGA;
+    k->class_id = PCI_CLASS_DISPLAY_OTHER;
+    dc->vmsd = &vmstate_vga_pci;
+    dc->props = secondary_pci_properties;
+    dc->reset = pci_secondary_vga_reset;
+}
+
 static const TypeInfo vga_info = {
     .name          = "VGA",
     .parent        = TYPE_PCI_DEVICE,
@@ -208,9 +261,17 @@ static const TypeInfo vga_info = {
     .class_init    = vga_class_init,
 };
 
+static const TypeInfo secondary_info = {
+    .name          = "secondary-vga",
+    .parent        = TYPE_PCI_DEVICE,
+    .instance_size = sizeof(PCIVGAState),
+    .class_init    = secondary_class_init,
+};
+
 static void vga_register_types(void)
 {
     type_register_static(&vga_info);
+    type_register_static(&secondary_info);
 }
 
 type_init(vga_register_types)
diff --git a/hw/display/vga.c b/hw/display/vga.c
index 063319d34d..c4c3238d5f 100644
--- a/hw/display/vga.c
+++ b/hw/display/vga.c
@@ -171,6 +171,10 @@ static void vga_update_memory_access(VGACommonState *s)
     MemoryRegion *region, *old_region = s->chain4_alias;
     hwaddr base, offset, size;
 
+    if (s->legacy_address_space == NULL) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     s->chain4_alias = NULL;
 
     if ((s->sr[VGA_SEQ_PLANE_WRITE] & VGA_SR02_ALL_PLANES) ==
@@ -2252,7 +2256,7 @@ static const GraphicHwOps vga_ops = {
     .text_update = vga_update_text,
 };
 
-void vga_common_init(VGACommonState *s, Object *obj)
+void vga_common_init(VGACommonState *s, Object *obj, bool global_vmstate)
 {
     int i, j, v, b;
 
@@ -2289,7 +2293,7 @@ void vga_common_init(VGACommonState *s, Object *obj)
 
     s->is_vbe_vmstate = 1;
     memory_region_init_ram(&s->vram, obj, "vga.vram", s->vram_size);
-    vmstate_register_ram_global(&s->vram);
+    vmstate_register_ram(&s->vram, global_vmstate ? NULL : DEVICE(obj));
     xen_register_framebuffer(&s->vram);
     s->vram_ptr = memory_region_get_ram_ptr(&s->vram);
     s->get_bpp = vga_get_bpp;
diff --git a/hw/display/vga_int.h b/hw/display/vga_int.h
index e6418906a7..d42ac926e3 100644
--- a/hw/display/vga_int.h
+++ b/hw/display/vga_int.h
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ static inline int c6_to_8(int v)
     return (v << 2) | (b << 1) | b;
 }
 
-void vga_common_init(VGACommonState *s, Object *obj);
+void vga_common_init(VGACommonState *s, Object *obj, bool global_vmstate);
 void vga_init(VGACommonState *s, Object *obj, MemoryRegion *address_space,
               MemoryRegion *address_space_io, bool init_vga_ports);
 MemoryRegion *vga_init_io(VGACommonState *s, Object *obj,
diff --git a/hw/display/vmware_vga.c b/hw/display/vmware_vga.c
index 6ae3348deb..9ba47e6c63 100644
--- a/hw/display/vmware_vga.c
+++ b/hw/display/vmware_vga.c
@@ -1207,7 +1207,7 @@ static void vmsvga_init(DeviceState *dev, struct vmsvga_state_s *s,
     vmstate_register_ram_global(&s->fifo_ram);
     s->fifo_ptr = memory_region_get_ram_ptr(&s->fifo_ram);
 
-    vga_common_init(&s->vga, OBJECT(dev));
+    vga_common_init(&s->vga, OBJECT(dev), true);
     vga_init(&s->vga, OBJECT(dev), address_space, io, true);
     vmstate_register(NULL, 0, &vmstate_vga_common, &s->vga);
     s->new_depth = 32;
diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index 88f7105d02..c6b661472b 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ check-qtest-pci-y += tests/tpci200-test$(EXESUF)
 gcov-files-pci-y += hw/ipack/tpci200.c
 check-qtest-pci-y += $(check-qtest-ipack-y)
 gcov-files-pci-y += $(gcov-files-ipack-y)
+check-qtest-pci-y += tests/display-vga-test$(EXESUF)
+gcov-files-pci-y += hw/display/vga.c
+gcov-files-pci-y += hw/display/cirrus_vga.c
+gcov-files-pci-y += hw/display/vga-pci.c
 
 check-qtest-i386-y = tests/endianness-test$(EXESUF)
 check-qtest-i386-y += tests/fdc-test$(EXESUF)
@@ -280,6 +284,7 @@ tests/virtio-9p-test$(EXESUF): tests/virtio-9p-test.o
 tests/virtio-serial-test$(EXESUF): tests/virtio-serial-test.o
 tests/virtio-console-test$(EXESUF): tests/virtio-console-test.o
 tests/tpci200-test$(EXESUF): tests/tpci200-test.o
+tests/display-vga-test$(EXESUF): tests/display-vga-test.o
 tests/ipoctal232-test$(EXESUF): tests/ipoctal232-test.o
 tests/qom-test$(EXESUF): tests/qom-test.o
 tests/blockdev-test$(EXESUF): tests/blockdev-test.o $(libqos-pc-obj-y)
diff --git a/tests/display-vga-test.c b/tests/display-vga-test.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..17f59101e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/display-vga-test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ * QTest testcase for vga cards
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 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 <glib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "libqtest.h"
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+
+static void pci_cirrus(void)
+{
+    qtest_start("-vga none -device cirrus-vga");
+    qtest_end();
+}
+
+static void pci_stdvga(void)
+{
+    qtest_start("-vga none -device VGA");
+    qtest_end();
+}
+
+static void pci_secondary(void)
+{
+    qtest_start("-vga none -device secondary-vga");
+    qtest_end();
+}
+
+static void pci_multihead(void)
+{
+    qtest_start("-vga none -device VGA -device secondary-vga");
+    qtest_end();
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    int ret;
+
+    g_test_init(&argc, &argv, NULL);
+
+    qtest_add_func("/display/pci/cirrus", pci_cirrus);
+    qtest_add_func("/display/pci/stdvga", pci_stdvga);
+    qtest_add_func("/display/pci/secondary", pci_secondary);
+    qtest_add_func("/display/pci/multihead", pci_multihead);
+    ret = g_test_run();
+
+    return ret;
+}