diff --git a/tests/avocado/boot_linux.py b/tests/avocado/boot_linux.py
index df6cf209ef..6717f452eb 100644
--- a/tests/avocado/boot_linux.py
+++ b/tests/avocado/boot_linux.py
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ class BootLinuxAarch64(LinuxTest):
     def test_virt_kvm(self):
         """
         :avocado: tags=machine:virt
+        :avocado: tags=device:pl011
         :avocado: tags=accel:kvm
         :avocado: tags=cpu:host
         """
diff --git a/tests/avocado/boot_linux_console.py b/tests/avocado/boot_linux_console.py
index c35fc5e9ba..f595324979 100644
--- a/tests/avocado/boot_linux_console.py
+++ b/tests/avocado/boot_linux_console.py
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ def test_arm_virt(self):
         """
         :avocado: tags=arch:arm
         :avocado: tags=machine:virt
+        :avocado: tags=device:pl011
         :avocado: tags=accel:tcg
         """
         kernel_url = ('https://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora'
@@ -1380,6 +1381,7 @@ def test_arm_vexpressa9(self):
         """
         :avocado: tags=arch:arm
         :avocado: tags=machine:vexpress-a9
+        :avocado: tags=device:pl011
         """
         tar_hash = '32b7677ce8b6f1471fb0059865f451169934245b'
         self.vm.add_args('-dtb', self.workdir + '/day16/vexpress-v2p-ca9.dtb')
diff --git a/tests/avocado/boot_xen.py b/tests/avocado/boot_xen.py
index 93bfb0c161..c4c01afa76 100644
--- a/tests/avocado/boot_xen.py
+++ b/tests/avocado/boot_xen.py
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ class BootXen(BootXenBase):
         :avocado: tags=accel:tcg
         :avocado: tags=cpu:cortex-a57
         :avocado: tags=machine:virt
+        :avocado: tags=device:pl011
         """
 
     def test_arm64_xen_411_and_dom0(self):
diff --git a/tests/avocado/machine_aarch64_sbsaref.py b/tests/avocado/machine_aarch64_sbsaref.py
index e920bbf08c..f04ac2b11c 100644
--- a/tests/avocado/machine_aarch64_sbsaref.py
+++ b/tests/avocado/machine_aarch64_sbsaref.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class Aarch64SbsarefMachine(QemuSystemTest):
     """
     :avocado: tags=arch:aarch64
     :avocado: tags=machine:sbsa-ref
+    :avocado: tags=device:pl011
     :avocado: tags=accel:tcg
 
     As firmware runs at a higher privilege level than the hypervisor we
diff --git a/tests/avocado/machine_aarch64_virt.py b/tests/avocado/machine_aarch64_virt.py
index 0ef6df4b0d..2d586c8459 100644
--- a/tests/avocado/machine_aarch64_virt.py
+++ b/tests/avocado/machine_aarch64_virt.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class Aarch64VirtMachine(QemuSystemTest):
     """
     :avocado: tags=arch:aarch64
     :avocado: tags=machine:virt
+    :avocado: tags=device:pl011
     """
     KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE = 'printk.time=0 '
     timeout = 360
diff --git a/tests/avocado/smmu.py b/tests/avocado/smmu.py
index 4ebfa7128c..4b265e2435 100644
--- a/tests/avocado/smmu.py
+++ b/tests/avocado/smmu.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class SMMU(LinuxTest):
     :avocado: tags=arch:aarch64
     :avocado: tags=machine:virt
     :avocado: tags=distro:fedora
+    :avocado: tags=device:pl011
     :avocado: tags=smmu
     :avocado: tags=flaky
     """
diff --git a/tests/avocado/tuxrun_baselines.py b/tests/avocado/tuxrun_baselines.py
index 736e4aa289..98ab40bbb5 100644
--- a/tests/avocado/tuxrun_baselines.py
+++ b/tests/avocado/tuxrun_baselines.py
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ def test_arm64(self):
         :avocado: tags=arch:aarch64
         :avocado: tags=cpu:cortex-a57
         :avocado: tags=machine:virt
+        :avocado: tags=device:pl011
         :avocado: tags=tuxboot:arm64
         :avocado: tags=console:ttyAMA0
         :avocado: tags=shutdown:nowait
@@ -270,6 +271,7 @@ def test_arm64be(self):
         :avocado: tags=cpu:cortex-a57
         :avocado: tags=endian:big
         :avocado: tags=machine:virt
+        :avocado: tags=device:pl011
         :avocado: tags=tuxboot:arm64be
         :avocado: tags=console:ttyAMA0
         :avocado: tags=shutdown:nowait
@@ -285,6 +287,7 @@ def test_armv5(self):
         :avocado: tags=arch:arm
         :avocado: tags=cpu:arm926
         :avocado: tags=machine:versatilepb
+        :avocado: tags=device:pl011
         :avocado: tags=tuxboot:armv5
         :avocado: tags=image:zImage
         :avocado: tags=console:ttyAMA0
@@ -306,6 +309,7 @@ def test_armv7(self):
         :avocado: tags=arch:arm
         :avocado: tags=cpu:cortex-a15
         :avocado: tags=machine:virt
+        :avocado: tags=device:pl011
         :avocado: tags=tuxboot:armv7
         :avocado: tags=image:zImage
         :avocado: tags=console:ttyAMA0
@@ -324,6 +328,7 @@ def test_armv7be(self):
         :avocado: tags=cpu:cortex-a15
         :avocado: tags=endian:big
         :avocado: tags=machine:virt
+        :avocado: tags=device:pl011
         :avocado: tags=tuxboot:armv7be
         :avocado: tags=image:zImage
         :avocado: tags=console:ttyAMA0
