diff --git a/tests/avocado/ppc_powernv.py b/tests/avocado/ppc_powernv.py
index d0e5c07bde..4342941d5d 100644
--- a/tests/avocado/ppc_powernv.py
+++ b/tests/avocado/ppc_powernv.py
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ from avocado_qemu import wait_for_console_pattern
 class powernvMachine(QemuSystemTest):
 
     timeout = 90
-    KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE = 'printk.time=0 '
+    KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE = 'printk.time=0 console=hvc0 '
     panic_message = 'Kernel panic - not syncing'
     good_message = 'VFS: Cannot open root device'
 
-    def do_test_linux_boot(self):
+    def do_test_linux_boot(self, command_line = KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE):
         self.require_accelerator("tcg")
         kernel_url = ('https://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive'
                       '/fedora-secondary/releases/29/Everything/ppc64le/os'
@@ -25,9 +25,8 @@ class powernvMachine(QemuSystemTest):
         kernel_path = self.fetch_asset(kernel_url, asset_hash=kernel_hash)
 
         self.vm.set_console()
-        kernel_command_line = self.KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE + 'console=hvc0'
         self.vm.add_args('-kernel', kernel_path,
-                         '-append', kernel_command_line)
+                         '-append', command_line)
         self.vm.launch()
 
     def test_linux_boot(self):
@@ -54,6 +53,22 @@ class powernvMachine(QemuSystemTest):
         wait_for_console_pattern(self, console_pattern, self.panic_message)
         wait_for_console_pattern(self, self.good_message, self.panic_message)
 
+    def test_linux_smp_hpt_boot(self):
+        """
+        :avocado: tags=arch:ppc64
+        :avocado: tags=machine:powernv
+        :avocado: tags=accel:tcg
+        """
+
+        self.vm.add_args('-smp', '4')
+        self.do_test_linux_boot(self.KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE +
+                                'disable_radix')
+        console_pattern = 'smp: Brought up 1 node, 4 CPUs'
+        wait_for_console_pattern(self, 'hash-mmu: Initializing hash mmu',
+                                 self.panic_message)
+        wait_for_console_pattern(self, console_pattern, self.panic_message)
+        wait_for_console_pattern(self, self.good_message, self.panic_message)
+
     def test_linux_smt_boot(self):
         """
         :avocado: tags=arch:ppc64
diff --git a/tests/avocado/ppc_pseries.py b/tests/avocado/ppc_pseries.py
index a8311e6555..74aaa4ac4a 100644
--- a/tests/avocado/ppc_pseries.py
+++ b/tests/avocado/ppc_pseries.py
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ from avocado_qemu import wait_for_console_pattern
 class pseriesMachine(QemuSystemTest):
 
     timeout = 90
-    KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE = 'printk.time=0 '
+    KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE = 'printk.time=0 console=hvc0 '
     panic_message = 'Kernel panic - not syncing'
     good_message = 'VFS: Cannot open root device'
 
-    def do_test_ppc64_linux_boot(self):
+    def do_test_ppc64_linux_boot(self, kernel_command_line = KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE):
         kernel_url = ('https://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive'
                       '/fedora-secondary/releases/29/Everything/ppc64le/os'
                       '/ppc/ppc64/vmlinuz')
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ class pseriesMachine(QemuSystemTest):
         kernel_path = self.fetch_asset(kernel_url, asset_hash=kernel_hash)
 
         self.vm.set_console()
-        kernel_command_line = self.KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE + 'console=hvc0'
         self.vm.add_args('-kernel', kernel_path,
                          '-append', kernel_command_line)
         self.vm.launch()
@@ -62,6 +61,21 @@ class pseriesMachine(QemuSystemTest):
         wait_for_console_pattern(self, console_pattern, self.panic_message)
         wait_for_console_pattern(self, self.good_message, self.panic_message)
 
+    def test_ppc64_linux_hpt_smp_boot(self):
+        """
+        :avocado: tags=arch:ppc64
+        :avocado: tags=machine:pseries
+        """
+
+        self.vm.add_args('-smp', '4')
+        self.do_test_ppc64_linux_boot(self.KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE +
+                                      'disable_radix')
+        console_pattern = 'smp: Brought up 1 node, 4 CPUs'
+        wait_for_console_pattern(self, 'hash-mmu: Initializing hash mmu',
+                                 self.panic_message)
+        wait_for_console_pattern(self, console_pattern, self.panic_message)
+        wait_for_console_pattern(self, self.good_message, self.panic_message)
+
     def test_ppc64_linux_smt_boot(self):
         """
         :avocado: tags=arch:ppc64