diff --git a/tests/qtest/meson.build b/tests/qtest/meson.build
index 455f1bbb7e..c07a5b1a5f 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/meson.build
+++ b/tests/qtest/meson.build
@@ -306,8 +306,14 @@ qtests = {
   'vmgenid-test': files('boot-sector.c', 'acpi-utils.c'),
 }
 
+gvnc = dependency('gvnc-1.0', required: false)
+if gvnc.found()
+  qtests += {'vnc-display-test': [gvnc]}
+  qtests_generic += [ 'vnc-display-test' ]
+endif
+
 if dbus_display
-qtests += {'dbus-display-test': [dbus_display1, gio]}
+  qtests += {'dbus-display-test': [dbus_display1, gio]}
 endif
 
 qtest_executables = {}
diff --git a/tests/qtest/vnc-display-test.c b/tests/qtest/vnc-display-test.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e2a9d682bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qtest/vnc-display-test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/*
+ * VNC display tests
+ *
+ * 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 "qemu/sockets.h"
+#include "libqtest.h"
+#include <gio/gio.h>
+#include <gvnc.h>
+
+typedef struct Test {
+    QTestState *qts;
+    VncConnection *conn;
+    GMainLoop *loop;
+} Test;
+
+static void on_vnc_error(VncConnection* self,
+                         const char* msg)
+{
+    g_error("vnc-error: %s", msg);
+}
+
+static void on_vnc_auth_failure(VncConnection *self,
+                                const char *msg)
+{
+    g_error("vnc-auth-failure: %s", msg);
+}
+
+static bool
+test_setup(Test *test)
+{
+#ifdef WIN32
+    g_test_skip("Not supported on Windows yet");
+    return false;
+#else
+    int pair[2];
+
+    test->qts = qtest_init("-vnc none -name vnc-test");
+
+    g_assert_cmpint(qemu_socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, pair), ==, 0);
+
+    qtest_qmp_add_client(test->qts, "vnc", pair[1]);
+
+    test->conn = vnc_connection_new();
+    g_signal_connect(test->conn, "vnc-error",
+                     G_CALLBACK(on_vnc_error), NULL);
+    g_signal_connect(test->conn, "vnc-auth-failure",
+                     G_CALLBACK(on_vnc_auth_failure), NULL);
+    vnc_connection_set_auth_type(test->conn, VNC_CONNECTION_AUTH_NONE);
+    vnc_connection_open_fd(test->conn, pair[0]);
+
+    test->loop = g_main_loop_new(NULL, FALSE);
+    return true;
+#endif
+}
+
+static void
+test_vnc_basic_on_vnc_initialized(VncConnection *self,
+                                 Test *test)
+{
+    const char *name = vnc_connection_get_name(test->conn);
+
+    g_assert_cmpstr(name, ==, "QEMU (vnc-test)");
+    g_main_loop_quit(test->loop);
+}
+
+static void
+test_vnc_basic(void)
+{
+    Test test;
+
+    if (!test_setup(&test)) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    g_signal_connect(test.conn, "vnc-initialized",
+                     G_CALLBACK(test_vnc_basic_on_vnc_initialized), &test);
+
+    g_main_loop_run(test.loop);
+
+    qtest_quit(test.qts);
+    g_object_unref(test.conn);
+    g_main_loop_unref(test.loop);
+}
+
+int
+main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    if (getenv("GTK_VNC_DEBUG")) {
+        vnc_util_set_debug(true);
+    }
+
+    g_test_init(&argc, &argv, NULL);
+
+    qtest_add_func("/vnc-display/basic", test_vnc_basic);
+
+    return g_test_run();
+}