diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index c340bb02b0fa..148153d74f5b 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ L: qemu-arm@nongnu.org
 S: Maintained
 F: hw/arm/smmu*
 F: include/hw/arm/smmu*
+F: tests/acceptance/smmu.py
 
 AVR TCG CPUs
 M: Michael Rolnik <mrolnik@gmail.com>
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/smmu.py b/tests/acceptance/smmu.py
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/tests/acceptance/smmu.py
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+# SMMUv3 Functional tests
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2021 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+# Author:
+#  Eric Auger <eric.auger@redhat.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.
+import os
+
+from avocado import skipIf
+from avocado_qemu import LinuxTest, BUILD_DIR
+
+@skipIf(os.getenv('GITLAB_CI'), 'Running on GitLab')
+class SMMU(LinuxTest):
+    """
+    :avocado: tags=accel:kvm
+    :avocado: tags=cpu:host
+    :avocado: tags=arch:aarch64
+    :avocado: tags=machine:virt
+    :avocado: tags=distro:fedora
+    :avocado: tags=smmu
+    """
+
+    IOMMU_ADDON = ',iommu_platform=on,disable-modern=off,disable-legacy=on'
+    kernel_path = None
+    initrd_path = None
+    kernel_params = None
+
+    def set_up_boot(self):
+        path = self.download_boot()
+        self.vm.add_args('-device', 'virtio-blk-pci,bus=pcie.0,scsi=off,' +
+                         'drive=drv0,id=virtio-disk0,bootindex=1,'
+                         'werror=stop,rerror=stop' + self.IOMMU_ADDON)
+        self.vm.add_args('-drive',
+                         'file=%s,if=none,cache=writethrough,id=drv0' % path)
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(SMMU, self).setUp(None, 'virtio-net-pci' + self.IOMMU_ADDON)
+
+    def common_vm_setup(self, custom_kernel=False):
+        self.require_accelerator("kvm")
+        self.vm.add_args("-accel", "kvm")
+        self.vm.add_args("-cpu", "host")
+        self.vm.add_args("-machine", "iommu=smmuv3")
+        self.vm.add_args("-d", "guest_errors")
+        self.vm.add_args('-bios', os.path.join(BUILD_DIR, 'pc-bios',
+                         'edk2-aarch64-code.fd'))
+        self.vm.add_args('-device', 'virtio-rng-pci,rng=rng0')
+        self.vm.add_args('-object',
+                         'rng-random,id=rng0,filename=/dev/urandom')
+
+        if custom_kernel is False:
+            return
+
+        kernel_url = self.distro.pxeboot_url + 'vmlinuz'
+        initrd_url = self.distro.pxeboot_url + 'initrd.img'
+        self.kernel_path = self.fetch_asset(kernel_url)
+        self.initrd_path = self.fetch_asset(initrd_url)
+
+    def run_and_check(self):
+        if self.kernel_path:
+            self.vm.add_args('-kernel', self.kernel_path,
+                             '-append', self.kernel_params,
+                             '-initrd', self.initrd_path)
+        self.launch_and_wait()
+        self.ssh_command('cat /proc/cmdline')
+        self.ssh_command('dnf -y install numactl-devel')
+
+
+    # 5.3 kernel without RIL #
+
+    def test_smmu_noril(self):
+        """
+        :avocado: tags=smmu_noril
+        :avocado: tags=smmu_noril_tests
+        :avocado: tags=distro_version:31
+        """
+        self.common_vm_setup()
+        self.run_and_check()
+
+    def test_smmu_noril_passthrough(self):
+        """
+        :avocado: tags=smmu_noril_passthrough
+        :avocado: tags=smmu_noril_tests
+        :avocado: tags=distro_version:31
+        """
+        self.common_vm_setup(True)
+        self.kernel_params = (self.distro.default_kernel_params +
+                              ' iommu.passthrough=on')
+        self.run_and_check()
+
+    def test_smmu_noril_nostrict(self):
+        """
+        :avocado: tags=smmu_noril_nostrict
+        :avocado: tags=smmu_noril_tests
+        :avocado: tags=distro_version:31
+        """
+        self.common_vm_setup(True)
+        self.kernel_params = (self.distro.default_kernel_params +
+                              ' iommu.strict=0')
+        self.run_and_check()
+
+    # 5.8 kernel featuring range invalidation
+    # >= v5.7 kernel
+
+    def test_smmu_ril(self):
+        """
+        :avocado: tags=smmu_ril
+        :avocado: tags=smmu_ril_tests
+        :avocado: tags=distro_version:33
+        """
+        self.common_vm_setup()
+        self.run_and_check()
+
+    def test_smmu_ril_passthrough(self):
+        """
+        :avocado: tags=smmu_ril_passthrough
+        :avocado: tags=smmu_ril_tests
+        :avocado: tags=distro_version:33
+        """
+        self.common_vm_setup(True)
+        self.kernel_params = (self.distro.default_kernel_params +
+                              ' iommu.passthrough=on')
+        self.run_and_check()
+
+    def test_smmu_ril_nostrict(self):
+        """
+        :avocado: tags=smmu_ril_nostrict
+        :avocado: tags=smmu_ril_tests
+        :avocado: tags=distro_version:33
+        """
+        self.common_vm_setup(True)
+        self.kernel_params = (self.distro.default_kernel_params +
+                              ' iommu.strict=0')
+        self.run_and_check()