diff --git a/tests/Makefile.include b/tests/Makefile.include
index e3a3266..91df9f2 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/Makefile.include
@@ -576,6 +576,8 @@ tests/test-crypto-block$(EXESUF): tests/test-crypto-block.o $(test-crypto-obj-y)
 
 libqos-obj-y = tests/libqos/pci.o tests/libqos/fw_cfg.o tests/libqos/malloc.o
 libqos-obj-y += tests/libqos/i2c.o tests/libqos/libqos.o
+libqos-spapr-obj-y = $(libqos-obj-y) tests/libqos/malloc-spapr.o
+libqos-spapr-obj-y += tests/libqos/libqos-spapr.o
 libqos-pc-obj-y = $(libqos-obj-y) tests/libqos/pci-pc.o
 libqos-pc-obj-y += tests/libqos/malloc-pc.o tests/libqos/libqos-pc.o
 libqos-pc-obj-y += tests/libqos/ahci.o
diff --git a/tests/libqos/libqos-pc.c b/tests/libqos/libqos-pc.c
index 72b5e3b..df34092 100644
--- a/tests/libqos/libqos-pc.c
+++ b/tests/libqos/libqos-pc.c
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ QOSState *qtest_pc_boot(const char *cmdline_fmt, ...)
     qs = qtest_vboot(&qos_ops, cmdline_fmt, ap);
     va_end(ap);
 
+    qtest_irq_intercept_in(global_qtest, "ioapic");
+
     return qs;
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/libqos/libqos-spapr.c b/tests/libqos/libqos-spapr.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f19408b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/libqos/libqos-spapr.c
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "libqos/libqos-spapr.h"
+#include "libqos/malloc-spapr.h"
+
+static QOSOps qos_ops = {
+    .init_allocator = spapr_alloc_init_flags,
+    .uninit_allocator = spapr_alloc_uninit
+};
+
+QOSState *qtest_spapr_vboot(const char *cmdline_fmt, va_list ap)
+{
+    return qtest_vboot(&qos_ops, cmdline_fmt, ap);
+}
+
+QOSState *qtest_spapr_boot(const char *cmdline_fmt, ...)
+{
+    QOSState *qs;
+    va_list ap;
+
+    va_start(ap, cmdline_fmt);
+    qs = qtest_vboot(&qos_ops, cmdline_fmt, ap);
+    va_end(ap);
+
+    return qs;
+}
+
+void qtest_spapr_shutdown(QOSState *qs)
+{
+    return qtest_shutdown(qs);
+}
diff --git a/tests/libqos/libqos-spapr.h b/tests/libqos/libqos-spapr.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dcb5c43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/libqos/libqos-spapr.h
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#ifndef LIBQOS_SPAPR_H
+#define LIBQOS_SPAPR_H
+
+#include "libqos/libqos.h"
+
+QOSState *qtest_spapr_vboot(const char *cmdline_fmt, va_list ap);
+QOSState *qtest_spapr_boot(const char *cmdline_fmt, ...);
+void qtest_spapr_shutdown(QOSState *qs);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/tests/libqos/libqos.c b/tests/libqos/libqos.c
index c7ba441..a852dc5 100644
--- a/tests/libqos/libqos.c
+++ b/tests/libqos/libqos.c
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ QOSState *qtest_vboot(QOSOps *ops, const char *cmdline_fmt, va_list ap)
     cmdline = g_strdup_vprintf(cmdline_fmt, ap);
     qs->qts = qtest_start(cmdline);
     qs->ops = ops;
-    qtest_irq_intercept_in(global_qtest, "ioapic");
     if (ops && ops->init_allocator) {
         qs->alloc = ops->init_allocator(ALLOC_NO_FLAGS);
     }
diff --git a/tests/libqos/malloc-spapr.c b/tests/libqos/malloc-spapr.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..006404a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/libqos/malloc-spapr.c
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * libqos malloc support for SPAPR
+ *
+ * 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 "libqos/malloc-spapr.h"
+
+#include "qemu-common.h"
+
+#define PAGE_SIZE 4096
+
+/* Memory must be a multiple of 256 MB,
+ * so we have at least 256MB
+ */
+#define SPAPR_MIN_SIZE 0x10000000
+
+void spapr_alloc_uninit(QGuestAllocator *allocator)
+{
+    alloc_uninit(allocator);
+}
+
+QGuestAllocator *spapr_alloc_init_flags(QAllocOpts flags)
+{
+    QGuestAllocator *s;
+
+    s = alloc_init_flags(flags, 1 << 20, SPAPR_MIN_SIZE);
+    alloc_set_page_size(s, PAGE_SIZE);
+
+    return s;
+}
+
+QGuestAllocator *spapr_alloc_init(void)
+{
+    return spapr_alloc_init_flags(ALLOC_NO_FLAGS);
+}
diff --git a/tests/libqos/malloc-spapr.h b/tests/libqos/malloc-spapr.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64d0e77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/libqos/malloc-spapr.h
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ * libqos malloc support for SPAPR
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#ifndef LIBQOS_MALLOC_SPAPR_H
+#define LIBQOS_MALLOC_SPAPR_H
+
+#include "libqos/malloc.h"
+
+QGuestAllocator *spapr_alloc_init(void);
+QGuestAllocator *spapr_alloc_init_flags(QAllocOpts flags);
+void spapr_alloc_uninit(QGuestAllocator *allocator);
+
+#endif
