diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
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--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -1262,6 +1262,7 @@ rx-gdbsim
 M: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp>
 S: Maintained
 F: hw/rx/rx-gdbsim.c
+F: tests/acceptance/machine_rx_gdbsim.py
 
 SH4 Machines
 ------------
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/machine_rx_gdbsim.py b/tests/acceptance/machine_rx_gdbsim.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a44f2c87da
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+++ b/tests/acceptance/machine_rx_gdbsim.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+# Functional test that boots a Linux kernel and checks the console
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+# Author:
+#  Cleber Rosa <crosa@redhat.com>
+#
+# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or
+# later.  See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+
+from avocado_qemu import Test
+from avocado_qemu import exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern
+from avocado_qemu import wait_for_console_pattern
+from avocado.utils import archive
+
+
+class RxGdbSimMachine(Test):
+
+    timeout = 30
+    KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE = 'printk.time=0 '
+
+    def test_uboot(self):
+        """
+        U-Boot and checks that the console is operational.
+
+        :avocado: tags=arch:rx
+        :avocado: tags=machine:gdbsim-r5f562n8
+        :avocado: tags=endian:little
+        """
+        uboot_url = ('https://acc.dl.osdn.jp/users/23/23888/u-boot.bin.gz')
+        uboot_hash = '9b78dbd43b40b2526848c0b1ce9de02c24f4dcdb'
+        uboot_path = self.fetch_asset(uboot_url, asset_hash=uboot_hash)
+        uboot_path = archive.uncompress(uboot_path, self.workdir)
+
+        self.vm.set_console()
+        self.vm.add_args('-bios', uboot_path,
+                         '-no-reboot')
+        self.vm.launch()
+        uboot_version = 'U-Boot 2016.05-rc3-23705-ga1ef3c71cb-dirty'
+        wait_for_console_pattern(self, uboot_version)
+        gcc_version = 'rx-unknown-linux-gcc (GCC) 9.0.0 20181105 (experimental)'
+        # FIXME limit baudrate on chardev, else we type too fast
+        #exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'version', gcc_version)
+
+    def test_linux_sash(self):
+        """
+        Boots a Linux kernel and checks that the console is operational.
+
+        :avocado: tags=arch:rx
+        :avocado: tags=machine:gdbsim-r5f562n7
+        :avocado: tags=endian:little
+        """
+        dtb_url = ('https://acc.dl.osdn.jp/users/23/23887/rx-qemu.dtb')
+        dtb_hash = '7b4e4e2c71905da44e86ce47adee2210b026ac18'
+        dtb_path = self.fetch_asset(dtb_url, asset_hash=dtb_hash)
+        kernel_url = ('http://acc.dl.osdn.jp/users/23/23845/zImage')
+        kernel_hash = '39a81067f8d72faad90866ddfefa19165d68fc99'
+        kernel_path = self.fetch_asset(kernel_url, asset_hash=kernel_hash)
+
+        self.vm.set_console()
+        kernel_command_line = self.KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE + 'earlycon'
+        self.vm.add_args('-kernel', kernel_path,
+                         '-dtb', dtb_path,
+                         '-no-reboot')
+        self.vm.launch()
+        wait_for_console_pattern(self, 'Sash command shell (version 1.1.1)',
+                                 failure_message='Kernel panic - not syncing')
+        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'printenv', 'TERM=linux')