diff --git a/tests/vm/Makefile.include b/tests/vm/Makefile.include
index 628eecade78..5e37063d32d 100644
--- a/tests/vm/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/vm/Makefile.include
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 .PHONY: vm-build-all vm-clean-all
 
-IMAGES := ubuntu.i386 freebsd netbsd openbsd centos
+IMAGES := ubuntu.i386 freebsd netbsd openbsd centos fedora
 IMAGES_DIR := $(HOME)/.cache/qemu-vm/images
 IMAGE_FILES := $(patsubst %, $(IMAGES_DIR)/%.img, $(IMAGES))
 
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ vm-test:
 	@echo "  vm-build-netbsd                 - Build QEMU in NetBSD VM"
 	@echo "  vm-build-openbsd                - Build QEMU in OpenBSD VM"
 	@echo "  vm-build-centos                 - Build QEMU in CentOS VM, with Docker"
+	@echo "  vm-build-fedora                 - Build QEMU in Fedora VM"
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "  vm-build-all                    - Build QEMU in all VMs"
 	@echo "  vm-clean-all                    - Clean up VM images"
diff --git a/tests/vm/basevm.py b/tests/vm/basevm.py
index 8894267f078..d4b816be14d 100755
--- a/tests/vm/basevm.py
+++ b/tests/vm/basevm.py
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ class BaseVM(object):
             # log console line
             sys.stderr.write("con recv: %s\n" % line)
 
-    def console_wait(self, expect):
+    def console_wait(self, expect, expectalt = None):
         vm = self._guest
         output = ""
         while True:
@@ -214,6 +214,8 @@ class BaseVM(object):
             except socket.timeout:
                 sys.stderr.write("console: *** read timeout ***\n")
                 sys.stderr.write("console: waiting for: '%s'\n" % expect)
+                if not expectalt is None:
+                    sys.stderr.write("console: waiting for: '%s' (alt)\n" % expectalt)
                 sys.stderr.write("console: line buffer:\n")
                 sys.stderr.write("\n")
                 self.console_log(output.rstrip())
@@ -222,6 +224,8 @@ class BaseVM(object):
             output += chars.decode("latin1")
             if expect in output:
                 break
+            if not expectalt is None and expectalt in output:
+                break
             if "\r" in output or "\n" in output:
                 lines = re.split("[\r\n]", output)
                 output = lines.pop()
@@ -229,6 +233,9 @@ class BaseVM(object):
                     self.console_log("\n".join(lines))
         if self.debug:
             self.console_log(output)
+        if not expectalt is None and expectalt in output:
+            return False
+        return True
 
     def console_send(self, command):
         vm = self._guest
diff --git a/tests/vm/fedora b/tests/vm/fedora
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..c5621d08322
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vm/fedora
@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Fedora VM image
+#
+# Copyright 2019 Red Hat Inc.
+#
+# Authors:
+#  Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@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 re
+import sys
+import time
+import socket
+import subprocess
+import basevm
+
+class FedoraVM(basevm.BaseVM):
+    name = "fedora"
+    arch = "x86_64"
+
+    base = "http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/30/"
+    link = base + "Server/x86_64/iso/Fedora-Server-netinst-x86_64-30-1.2.iso"
+    repo = base + "Server/x86_64/os/"
+    full = base + "Everything/x86_64/os/"
+    csum = "5e4eac4566d8c572bfb3bcf54b7d6c82006ec3c6c882a2c9235c6d3494d7b100"
+    size = "20G"
+    pkgs = [
+        # tools
+        'git-core',
+        'flex', 'bison',
+        'gcc', 'binutils', 'make',
+
+        # perl
+        'perl-Test-Harness',
+
+        # libs: usb
+        '"pkgconfig(libusb-1.0)"',
+        '"pkgconfig(libusbredirparser-0.5)"',
+
+        # libs: crypto
+        '"pkgconfig(gnutls)"',
+
+        # libs: ui
+        '"pkgconfig(sdl2)"',
+        '"pkgconfig(gtk+-3.0)"',
+        '"pkgconfig(ncursesw)"',
+
+        # libs: audio
+        '"pkgconfig(libpulse)"',
+        '"pkgconfig(alsa)"',
+    ]
+
+    BUILD_SCRIPT = """
+        set -e;
+        rm -rf /home/qemu/qemu-test.*
+        cd $(mktemp -d /home/qemu/qemu-test.XXXXXX);
+        mkdir src build; cd src;
+        tar -xf /dev/vdb;
+        cd ../build
+        ../src/configure --python=python3 {configure_opts};
+        gmake --output-sync -j{jobs} {target} {verbose};
+    """
+
+    def build_image(self, img):
+        self.print_step("Downloading install iso")
+        cimg = self._download_with_cache(self.link, sha256sum=self.csum)
+        img_tmp = img + ".tmp"
+        iso = img + ".install.iso"
+
+        self.print_step("Preparing iso and disk image")
+        subprocess.check_call(["cp", "-f", cimg, iso])
+        subprocess.check_call(["qemu-img", "create", "-f", "qcow2",
+                               img_tmp, self.size])
+
+        self.print_step("Booting installer")
+        self.boot(img_tmp, extra_args = [
+            "-machine", "graphics=off",
+            "-cdrom", iso
+        ])
+        self.console_init(300)
+        self.console_wait("installation process.")
+        time.sleep(0.3)
+        self.console_send("\t")
+        time.sleep(0.3)
+        self.console_send(" console=ttyS0")
+        proxy = os.environ.get("http_proxy")
+        if not proxy is None:
+            self.console_send(" proxy=%s" % proxy)
+        self.console_send(" inst.repo=%s" % self.repo)
+        self.console_send("\n")
+
+        self.console_wait_send("2) Use text mode",         "2\n")
+
+        self.console_wait_send("5) [!] Installation Dest", "5\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("1) [x]",                   "c\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("2) [ ] Use All Space",     "2\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("2) [x] Use All Space",     "c\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("1) [ ] Standard Part",     "1\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("1) [x] Standard Part",     "c\n")
+
+        self.console_wait_send("7) [!] Root password",     "7\n")
+        self.console_wait("Password:")
+        self.console_send("%s\n" % self.ROOT_PASS)
+        self.console_wait("Password (confirm):")
+        self.console_send("%s\n" % self.ROOT_PASS)
+
+        self.console_wait_send("8) [ ] User creation",     "8\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("1) [ ] Create user",       "1\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("3) User name",             "3\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("ENTER:", "%s\n" % self.GUEST_USER)
+        self.console_wait_send("4) [ ] Use password",      "4\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("5) Password",              "5\n")
+        self.console_wait("Password:")
+        self.console_send("%s\n" % self.GUEST_PASS)
+        self.console_wait("Password (confirm):")
+        self.console_send("%s\n" % self.GUEST_PASS)
+        self.console_wait_send("7) Groups",                "c\n")
+
+        while True:
+            good = self.console_wait("3) [x] Installation",
+                                     "3) [!] Installation")
+            self.console_send("r\n")
+            if good:
+                break
+            time.sleep(10)
+
+        while True:
+            good = self.console_wait("4) [x] Software",
+                                     "4) [!] Software")
+            self.console_send("r\n")
+            if good:
+                break
+            time.sleep(10)
+            self.console_send("r\n" % self.GUEST_PASS)
+
+        self.console_wait_send("'b' to begin install",     "b\n")
+
+        self.print_step("Installation started now, this will take a while")
+
+        self.console_wait_send("Installation complete",    "\n")
+        self.print_step("Installation finished, rebooting")
+
+        # setup qemu user
+        prompt = " ~]$"
+        self.console_ssh_init(prompt, self.GUEST_USER, self.GUEST_PASS)
+        self.console_wait_send(prompt, "exit\n")
+
+        # setup root user
+        prompt = " ~]#"
+        self.console_ssh_init(prompt, "root", self.ROOT_PASS)
+        self.console_sshd_config(prompt)
+
+        # setup virtio-blk #1 (tarfile)
+        self.console_wait(prompt)
+        self.console_send("echo 'KERNEL==\"vdb\" MODE=\"666\"' >> %s\n" %
+                          "/etc/udev/rules.d/99-qemu.rules")
+
+        self.print_step("Configuration finished, rebooting")
+        self.console_wait_send(prompt, "reboot\n")
+        self.console_wait("login:")
+        self.wait_ssh()
+
+        self.print_step("Installing packages")
+        self.ssh_root_check("rm -vf /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora*.repo\n")
+        self.ssh_root_check("echo '[fedora]' >> /etc/yum.repos.d/qemu.repo\n")
+        self.ssh_root_check("echo 'baseurl=%s' >> /etc/yum.repos.d/qemu.repo\n" % self.full)
+        self.ssh_root_check("echo 'gpgcheck=0' >> /etc/yum.repos.d/qemu.repo\n")
+        self.ssh_root_check("dnf install -y %s\n" % " ".join(self.pkgs))
+
+        # shutdown
+        self.ssh_root(self.poweroff)
+        self.console_wait("sleep state S5")
+        self.wait()
+
+        if os.path.exists(img):
+            os.remove(img)
+        os.rename(img_tmp, img)
+        os.remove(iso)
+        self.print_step("All done")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(basevm.main(FedoraVM))
