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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# OpenBSD VM image
+#
+# Copyright 2017 Red Hat Inc.
+#
+# Authors:
+#  Fam Zheng <famz@redhat.com>
+#
+# This code is licensed under the GPL version 2 or later.  See
+# the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+#
+
+import os
+import sys
+import subprocess
+import basevm
+
+class OpenBSDVM(basevm.BaseVM):
+    name = "openbsd"
+    BUILD_SCRIPT = """
+        set -e;
+        cd $(mktemp -d /var/tmp/qemu-test.XXXXXX);
+        tar -xf /dev/rsd1c;
+        ./configure --cc=x86_64-unknown-openbsd6.1-gcc-4.9.4 --python=python2.7 {configure_opts};
+        gmake -j{jobs};
+        # XXX: "gmake check" seems to always hang or fail
+        #gmake check;
+    """
+
+    def build_image(self, img):
+        cimg = self._download_with_cache("http://download.patchew.org/openbsd-6.1-amd64.img.xz",
+                sha256sum='8c6cedc483e602cfee5e04f0406c64eb99138495e8ca580bc0293bcf0640c1bf')
+        img_tmp_xz = img + ".tmp.xz"
+        img_tmp = img + ".tmp"
+        subprocess.check_call(["cp", "-f", cimg, img_tmp_xz])
+        subprocess.check_call(["xz", "-df", img_tmp_xz])
+        if os.path.exists(img):
+            os.remove(img)
+        os.rename(img_tmp, img)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(basevm.main(OpenBSDVM))