diff --git a/tests/qtest/migration-test.c b/tests/qtest/migration-test.c
index d9225f58d4..9ef6b47135 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/migration-test.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/migration-test.c
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
 #include "migration-helpers.h"
 #include "tests/migration/migration-test.h"
 
+#if defined(__linux__)
+#include "linux/kvm.h"
+#endif
+
 /* TODO actually test the results and get rid of this */
 #define qtest_qmp_discard_response(...) qobject_unref(qtest_qmp(__VA_ARGS__))
 
@@ -467,6 +471,8 @@ typedef struct {
     bool use_shmem;
     /* only launch the target process */
     bool only_target;
+    /* Use dirty ring if true; dirty logging otherwise */
+    bool use_dirty_ring;
     char *opts_source;
     char *opts_target;
 } MigrateStart;
@@ -573,11 +579,13 @@ static int test_migrate_start(QTestState **from, QTestState **to,
         shmem_opts = g_strdup("");
     }
 
-    cmd_source = g_strdup_printf("-accel kvm -accel tcg%s%s "
+    cmd_source = g_strdup_printf("-accel kvm%s -accel tcg%s%s "
                                  "-name source,debug-threads=on "
                                  "-m %s "
                                  "-serial file:%s/src_serial "
                                  "%s %s %s %s",
+                                 args->use_dirty_ring ?
+                                 ",dirty-ring-size=4096" : "",
                                  machine_opts ? " -machine " : "",
                                  machine_opts ? machine_opts : "",
                                  memory_size, tmpfs,
@@ -587,12 +595,14 @@ static int test_migrate_start(QTestState **from, QTestState **to,
         *from = qtest_init(cmd_source);
     }
 
-    cmd_target = g_strdup_printf("-accel kvm -accel tcg%s%s "
+    cmd_target = g_strdup_printf("-accel kvm%s -accel tcg%s%s "
                                  "-name target,debug-threads=on "
                                  "-m %s "
                                  "-serial file:%s/dest_serial "
                                  "-incoming %s "
                                  "%s %s %s %s",
+                                 args->use_dirty_ring ?
+                                 ",dirty-ring-size=4096" : "",
                                  machine_opts ? " -machine " : "",
                                  machine_opts ? machine_opts : "",
                                  memory_size, tmpfs, uri,
@@ -785,12 +795,14 @@ static void test_baddest(void)
     test_migrate_end(from, to, false);
 }
 
-static void test_precopy_unix(void)
+static void test_precopy_unix_common(bool dirty_ring)
 {
     g_autofree char *uri = g_strdup_printf("unix:%s/migsocket", tmpfs);
     MigrateStart *args = migrate_start_new();
     QTestState *from, *to;
 
+    args->use_dirty_ring = dirty_ring;
+
     if (test_migrate_start(&from, &to, uri, args)) {
         return;
     }
@@ -825,6 +837,18 @@ static void test_precopy_unix(void)
     test_migrate_end(from, to, true);
 }
 
+static void test_precopy_unix(void)
+{
+    /* Using default dirty logging */
+    test_precopy_unix_common(false);
+}
+
+static void test_precopy_unix_dirty_ring(void)
+{
+    /* Using dirty ring tracking */
+    test_precopy_unix_common(true);
+}
+
 #if 0
 /* Currently upset on aarch64 TCG */
 static void test_ignore_shared(void)
@@ -1369,6 +1393,29 @@ static void test_multifd_tcp_cancel(void)
     test_migrate_end(from, to2, true);
 }
 
+static bool kvm_dirty_ring_supported(void)
+{
+#if defined(__linux__)
+    int ret, kvm_fd = open("/dev/kvm", O_RDONLY);
+
+    if (kvm_fd < 0) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    ret = ioctl(kvm_fd, KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION, KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING);
+    close(kvm_fd);
+
+    /* We test with 4096 slots */
+    if (ret < 4096) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+#else
+    return false;
+#endif
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     char template[] = "/tmp/migration-test-XXXXXX";
@@ -1438,6 +1485,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     qtest_add_func("/migration/multifd/tcp/zstd", test_multifd_tcp_zstd);
 #endif
 
+    if (kvm_dirty_ring_supported()) {
+        qtest_add_func("/migration/dirty_ring",
+                       test_precopy_unix_dirty_ring);
+    }
+
     ret = g_test_run();
 
     g_assert_cmpint(ret, ==, 0);
