diff --git a/tests/Makefile.include b/tests/Makefile.include
index 1597d09bd8..8a28c49d86 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/Makefile.include
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ check-qtest-x86_64-$(CONFIG_VHOST_USER_NET_TEST_x86_64) += tests/vhost-user-test
 endif
 check-qtest-i386-$(CONFIG_TPM) += tests/tpm-crb-swtpm-test$(EXESUF)
 check-qtest-i386-$(CONFIG_TPM) += tests/tpm-crb-test$(EXESUF)
+check-qtest-i386-$(CONFIG_TPM) += tests/tpm-tis-swtpm-test$(EXESUF)
 check-qtest-i386-$(CONFIG_TPM) += tests/tpm-tis-test$(EXESUF)
 check-qtest-i386-$(CONFIG_SLIRP) += tests/test-netfilter$(EXESUF)
 check-qtest-i386-$(CONFIG_POSIX) += tests/test-filter-mirror$(EXESUF)
@@ -725,6 +726,8 @@ tests/test-io-channel-socket$(EXESUF): tests/test-io-channel-socket.o \
 tests/tpm-crb-swtpm-test$(EXESUF): tests/tpm-crb-swtpm-test.o tests/tpm-emu.o \
 	tests/tpm-util.o tests/tpm-tests.o $(test-io-obj-y)
 tests/tpm-crb-test$(EXESUF): tests/tpm-crb-test.o tests/tpm-emu.o $(test-io-obj-y)
+tests/tpm-tis-swtpm-test$(EXESUF): tests/tpm-tis-swtpm-test.o tests/tpm-emu.o \
+	tests/tpm-util.o tests/tpm-tests.o $(test-io-obj-y)
 tests/tpm-tis-test$(EXESUF): tests/tpm-tis-test.o tests/tpm-emu.o $(test-io-obj-y)
 tests/test-io-channel-file$(EXESUF): tests/test-io-channel-file.o \
         tests/io-channel-helpers.o $(test-io-obj-y)
diff --git a/tests/tpm-tis-swtpm-test.c b/tests/tpm-tis-swtpm-test.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7dcd1d3912
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tpm-tis-swtpm-test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+ * QTest testcase for TPM TIS talking to external swtpm and swtpm migration
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 IBM Corporation
+ *  with parts borrowed from migration-test.c that is:
+ *     Copyright (c) 2016-2018 Red Hat, Inc. and/or its affiliates
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *   Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.vnet.ibm.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.
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include <glib/gstdio.h>
+
+#include "libqtest.h"
+#include "tpm-tests.h"
+
+typedef struct TestState {
+    char *src_tpm_path;
+    char *dst_tpm_path;
+    char *uri;
+} TestState;
+
+static void tpm_tis_swtpm_test(const void *data)
+{
+    const TestState *ts = data;
+
+    tpm_test_swtpm_test(ts->src_tpm_path, tpm_util_tis_transfer, "tpm-tis");
+}
+
+static void tpm_tis_swtpm_migration_test(const void *data)
+{
+    const TestState *ts = data;
+
+    tpm_test_swtpm_migration_test(ts->src_tpm_path, ts->dst_tpm_path, ts->uri,
+                                  tpm_util_tis_transfer, "tpm-tis");
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    int ret;
+    TestState ts = { 0 };
+
+    ts.src_tpm_path = g_dir_make_tmp("qemu-tpm-tis-swtpm-test.XXXXXX", NULL);
+    ts.dst_tpm_path = g_dir_make_tmp("qemu-tpm-tis-swtpm-test.XXXXXX", NULL);
+    ts.uri = g_strdup_printf("unix:%s/migsocket", ts.src_tpm_path);
+
+    module_call_init(MODULE_INIT_QOM);
+    g_test_init(&argc, &argv, NULL);
+
+    qtest_add_data_func("/tpm/tis-swtpm/test", &ts, tpm_tis_swtpm_test);
+    qtest_add_data_func("/tpm/tis-swtpm-migration/test", &ts,
+                        tpm_tis_swtpm_migration_test);
+    ret = g_test_run();
+
+    g_rmdir(ts.dst_tpm_path);
+    g_free(ts.dst_tpm_path);
+    g_rmdir(ts.src_tpm_path);
+    g_free(ts.src_tpm_path);
+    g_free(ts.uri);
+
+    return ret;
+}
diff --git a/tests/tpm-util.c b/tests/tpm-util.c
index e1ac4d1bd5..672cedf905 100644
--- a/tests/tpm-util.c
+++ b/tests/tpm-util.c
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 #include "tpm-util.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qdict.h"
 
+#define TIS_REG(LOCTY, REG) \
+    (TPM_TIS_ADDR_BASE + ((LOCTY) << 12) + REG)
+
 static bool got_stop;
 
 void tpm_util_crb_transfer(QTestState *s,
@@ -52,6 +55,51 @@ void tpm_util_crb_transfer(QTestState *s,
     qtest_memread(s, raddr, rsp, rsp_size);
 }
 
+void tpm_util_tis_transfer(QTestState *s,
+                           const unsigned char *req, size_t req_size,
+                           unsigned char *rsp, size_t rsp_size)
+{
+    uint32_t sts;
+    uint16_t bcount;
+    size_t i;
+
+    /* request use of locality 0 */
+    qtest_writeb(s, TIS_REG(0, TPM_TIS_REG_ACCESS), TPM_TIS_ACCESS_REQUEST_USE);
+    qtest_writel(s, TIS_REG(0, TPM_TIS_REG_STS), TPM_TIS_STS_COMMAND_READY);
+
+    sts = qtest_readl(s, TIS_REG(0, TPM_TIS_REG_STS));
+    bcount = (sts >> 8) & 0xffff;
+    g_assert_cmpint(bcount, >=, req_size);
+
+    /* transmit command */
+    for (i = 0; i < req_size; i++) {
+        qtest_writeb(s, TIS_REG(0, TPM_TIS_REG_DATA_FIFO), req[i]);
+    }
+
+    /* start processing */
+    qtest_writeb(s, TIS_REG(0, TPM_TIS_REG_STS), TPM_TIS_STS_TPM_GO);
+
+    uint64_t end_time = g_get_monotonic_time() + 50 * G_TIME_SPAN_SECOND;
+    do {
+        sts = qtest_readl(s, TIS_REG(0, TPM_TIS_REG_STS));
+        if ((sts & TPM_TIS_STS_DATA_AVAILABLE) != 0) {
+            break;
+        }
+    } while (g_get_monotonic_time() < end_time);
+
+    sts = qtest_readl(s, TIS_REG(0, TPM_TIS_REG_STS));
+    bcount = (sts >> 8) & 0xffff;
+
+    memset(rsp, 0, rsp_size);
+    for (i = 0; i < bcount; i++) {
+        rsp[i] = qtest_readb(s, TIS_REG(0, TPM_TIS_REG_DATA_FIFO));
+    }
+
+    /* relinquish use of locality 0 */
+    qtest_writeb(s, TIS_REG(0, TPM_TIS_REG_ACCESS),
+                 TPM_TIS_ACCESS_ACTIVE_LOCALITY);
+}
+
 void tpm_util_startup(QTestState *s, tx_func *tx)
 {
     unsigned char buffer[1024];
diff --git a/tests/tpm-util.h b/tests/tpm-util.h
index bb128360dd..330b9657fe 100644
--- a/tests/tpm-util.h
+++ b/tests/tpm-util.h
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ typedef void (tx_func)(QTestState *s,
 void tpm_util_crb_transfer(QTestState *s,
                            const unsigned char *req, size_t req_size,
                            unsigned char *rsp, size_t rsp_size);
+void tpm_util_tis_transfer(QTestState *s,
+                           const unsigned char *req, size_t req_size,
+                           unsigned char *rsp, size_t rsp_size);
 
 void tpm_util_startup(QTestState *s, tx_func *tx);
 void tpm_util_pcrextend(QTestState *s, tx_func *tx);
