diff --git a/tests/Makefile.include b/tests/Makefile.include
index 967426a..aaf264f 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/Makefile.include
@@ -270,6 +270,12 @@ check-qtest-ppc64-y += tests/drive_del-test$(EXESUF)
 check-qtest-ppc64-y += tests/postcopy-test$(EXESUF)
 check-qtest-ppc64-y += tests/boot-serial-test$(EXESUF)
 check-qtest-ppc64-y += tests/rtas-test$(EXESUF)
+check-qtest-ppc64-y += tests/usb-hcd-ohci-test$(EXESUF)
+gcov-files-ppc64-y += hw/usb/hcd-ohci.c
+check-qtest-ppc64-y += tests/usb-hcd-uhci-test$(EXESUF)
+gcov-files-ppc64-y += hw/usb/hcd-uhci.c
+check-qtest-ppc64-y += tests/usb-hcd-xhci-test$(EXESUF)
+gcov-files-ppc64-y += hw/usb/hcd-xhci.c
 
 check-qtest-sh4-y = tests/endianness-test$(EXESUF)
 
@@ -595,7 +601,7 @@ libqos-pc-obj-y += tests/libqos/malloc-pc.o tests/libqos/libqos-pc.o
 libqos-pc-obj-y += tests/libqos/ahci.o
 libqos-omap-obj-y = $(libqos-obj-y) tests/libqos/i2c-omap.o
 libqos-imx-obj-y = $(libqos-obj-y) tests/libqos/i2c-imx.o
-libqos-usb-obj-y = $(libqos-pc-obj-y) tests/libqos/usb.o
+libqos-usb-obj-y = $(libqos-spapr-obj-y) $(libqos-pc-obj-y) tests/libqos/usb.o
 libqos-virtio-obj-y = $(libqos-pc-obj-y) tests/libqos/virtio.o tests/libqos/virtio-pci.o tests/libqos/virtio-mmio.o tests/libqos/malloc-generic.o
 
 tests/device-introspect-test$(EXESUF): tests/device-introspect-test.o
diff --git a/tests/libqos/usb.c b/tests/libqos/usb.c
index f794d92..6168a2f 100644
--- a/tests/libqos/usb.c
+++ b/tests/libqos/usb.c
@@ -12,10 +12,17 @@
  * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
  */
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu/bswap.h"
 #include "libqtest.h"
 #include "hw/usb/uhci-regs.h"
 #include "libqos/usb.h"
 
+#ifdef HOST_WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+static const bool host_big_endian = true;
+#else
+static const bool host_big_endian = false;
+#endif
+
 void qusb_pci_init_one(QPCIBus *pcibus, struct qhc *hc, uint32_t devfn, int bar)
 {
     hc->dev = qpci_device_find(pcibus, devfn);
@@ -31,6 +38,13 @@ void uhci_port_test(struct qhc *hc, int port, uint16_t expect)
     uint16_t value = qpci_io_readw(hc->dev, addr);
     uint16_t mask = ~(UHCI_PORT_WRITE_CLEAR | UHCI_PORT_RSVD1);
 
+    if (qtest_big_endian() && host_big_endian) {
+        /* little endian device on big endian guest
+         * must be swapped on big endian host
+         */
+        value = bswap16(value);
+    }
+
     g_assert((value & mask) == (expect & mask));
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/usb-hcd-uhci-test.c b/tests/usb-hcd-uhci-test.c
index c24063e..4b951ce 100644
--- a/tests/usb-hcd-uhci-test.c
+++ b/tests/usb-hcd-uhci-test.c
@@ -9,9 +9,13 @@
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "libqtest.h"
+#include "libqos/libqos.h"
 #include "libqos/usb.h"
+#include "libqos/libqos-pc.h"
+#include "libqos/libqos-spapr.h"
 #include "hw/usb/uhci-regs.h"
 
+static QOSState *qs;
 
 static void test_uhci_init(void)
 {
@@ -19,13 +23,10 @@ static void test_uhci_init(void)
 
 static void test_port(int port)
 {
-    QPCIBus *pcibus;
     struct qhc uhci;
 
     g_assert(port > 0);
-    pcibus = qpci_init_pc(NULL);
-    g_assert(pcibus != NULL);
-    qusb_pci_init_one(pcibus, &uhci, QPCI_DEVFN(0x1d, 0), 4);
+    qusb_pci_init_one(qs->pcibus, &uhci, QPCI_DEVFN(0x1d, 0), 4);
     uhci_port_test(&uhci, port - 1, UHCI_PORT_CCS);
 }
 
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ static void test_usb_storage_hotplug(void)
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
+    const char *arch = qtest_get_arch();
     int ret;
 
     g_test_init(&argc, &argv, NULL);
@@ -84,11 +86,17 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     qtest_add_func("/uhci/pci/hotplug", test_uhci_hotplug);
     qtest_add_func("/uhci/pci/hotplug/usb-storage", test_usb_storage_hotplug);
 
-    qtest_start("-device piix3-usb-uhci,id=uhci,addr=1d.0"
-                " -drive id=drive0,if=none,file=/dev/null,format=raw"
-                " -device usb-tablet,bus=uhci.0,port=1");
+    if (strcmp(arch, "i386") == 0 || strcmp(arch, "x86_64") == 0) {
+        qs = qtest_pc_boot("-device piix3-usb-uhci,id=uhci,addr=1d.0"
+                           " -drive id=drive0,if=none,file=/dev/null,format=raw"
+                           " -device usb-tablet,bus=uhci.0,port=1");
+    } else if (strcmp(arch, "ppc64") == 0) {
+        qs = qtest_spapr_boot("-device piix3-usb-uhci,id=uhci,addr=1d.0"
+                           " -drive id=drive0,if=none,file=/dev/null,format=raw"
+                           " -device usb-tablet,bus=uhci.0,port=1");
+    }
     ret = g_test_run();
-    qtest_end();
+    qtest_shutdown(qs);
 
     return ret;
 }
