diff --git a/tests/Makefile.include b/tests/Makefile.include
index 3543451ed3..646a704e65 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/Makefile.include
@@ -1052,6 +1052,15 @@ check-softfloat:
 		"SKIPPED for non-TCG builds")
 endif
 
+# Plugins
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_PLUGIN),y)
+.PHONY: plugins
+plugins:
+	$(call quiet-command,\
+		$(MAKE) $(SUBDIR_MAKEFLAGS) -C tests/plugin V="$(V)", \
+		"BUILD", "plugins")
+endif
+
 # Per guest TCG tests
 
 BUILD_TCG_TARGET_RULES=$(patsubst %,build-tcg-tests-%, $(TARGET_DIRS))
@@ -1062,7 +1071,7 @@ RUN_TCG_TARGET_RULES=$(patsubst %,run-tcg-tests-%, $(TARGET_DIRS))
 $(foreach PROBE_TARGET,$(TARGET_DIRS), 				\
 	$(eval -include $(SRC_PATH)/tests/tcg/Makefile.prereqs))
 
-build-tcg-tests-%:
+build-tcg-tests-%: $(if $(CONFIG_PLUGIN),plugins)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(MAKE) $(SUBDIR_MAKEFLAGS) \
 		-f $(SRC_PATH)/tests/tcg/Makefile.qemu \
 		SRC_PATH=$(SRC_PATH) \
diff --git a/tests/tcg/Makefile.target b/tests/tcg/Makefile.target
index 9664613002..d25fc64300 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/Makefile.target
+++ b/tests/tcg/Makefile.target
@@ -123,11 +123,38 @@ all: $(TESTS) $(EXTRA_TESTS)
 #
 
 RUN_TESTS=$(patsubst %,run-%, $(TESTS))
+
+# If plugins exist also include those in the tests
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_PLUGIN),y)
+PLUGIN_DIR=../../plugin
+VPATH+=$(PLUGIN_DIR)
+PLUGINS=$(notdir $(wildcard $(PLUGIN_DIR)/*.so))
+
+# We need to ensure expand the run-plugin-TEST-with-PLUGIN
+# pre-requistes manually here as we can't use stems to handle it. We
+# also add some special helpers the run-plugin- rules can use bellow.
+
+$(foreach p,$(PLUGINS), \
+	$(foreach t,$(TESTS),\
+		$(eval run-plugin-$(t)-with-$(p): $t $p) \
+		$(eval run-plugin-$(t)-with-$(p): TIMEOUT=30) \
+		$(eval RUN_TESTS+=run-plugin-$(t)-with-$(p))))
+endif
+
+strip-plugin = $(wordlist 1, 1, $(subst -with-, ,$1))
+extract-plugin = $(wordlist 2, 2, $(subst -with-, ,$1))
+
 RUN_TESTS+=$(EXTRA_RUNS)
 
 ifdef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
 run-%: %
 	$(call run-test, $<, $(QEMU) $(QEMU_OPTS) $<, "$< on $(TARGET_NAME)")
+
+run-plugin-%:
+	$(call run-test, $@, $(QEMU) $(QEMU_OPTS) \
+		-plugin $(PLUGIN_DIR)/$(call extract-plugin,$@) \
+		 $(call strip-plugin,$<), \
+	"$* on $(TARGET_NAME)")
 else
 run-%: %
 	$(call run-test, $<, \
@@ -135,6 +162,14 @@ run-%: %
 		  -chardev file$(COMMA)path=$<.out$(COMMA)id=output \
 	   	  $(QEMU_OPTS) $<, \
 	  "$< on $(TARGET_NAME)")
+
+run-plugin-%:
+	$(call run-test, $@, \
+	  $(QEMU) -monitor none -display none \
+		  -chardev file$(COMMA)path=$@.out$(COMMA)id=output \
+	   	  -plugin $(PLUGIN_DIR)/$(call extract-plugin,$@) \
+	   	  $(QEMU_OPTS) $(call strip-plugin,$<), \
+	  "$* on $(TARGET_NAME)")
 endif
 
 gdb-%: %
diff --git a/tests/tcg/aarch64/Makefile.target b/tests/tcg/aarch64/Makefile.target
index 509f1afa93..96d2321045 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/aarch64/Makefile.target
+++ b/tests/tcg/aarch64/Makefile.target
@@ -26,4 +26,10 @@ AARCH64_TESTS += semihosting
 run-semihosting: semihosting
 	$(call run-test,$<,$(QEMU) $< 2> $<.err, "$< on $(TARGET_NAME)")
 
+run-plugin-semihosting-with-%:
+	$(call run-test, $@, $(QEMU) $(QEMU_OPTS) \
+		-plugin $(PLUGIN_DIR)/$(call extract-plugin,$@) \
+		 $(call strip-plugin,$<) 2> $<.err, \
+		"$< on $(TARGET_NAME) with $*")
+
 TESTS += $(AARCH64_TESTS)
diff --git a/tests/tcg/arm/Makefile.softmmu-target b/tests/tcg/arm/Makefile.softmmu-target
index 231e9a57b4..3fe237ba39 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/arm/Makefile.softmmu-target
+++ b/tests/tcg/arm/Makefile.softmmu-target
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ LDFLAGS+=-nostdlib -N -static
 test-armv6m-undef: EXTRA_CFLAGS+=-mcpu=cortex-m0
 
 run-test-armv6m-undef: QEMU_OPTS+=-semihosting -M microbit -kernel
+run-plugin-test-armv6m-undef-%: QEMU_OPTS+=-semihosting -M microbit -kernel
diff --git a/tests/tcg/arm/Makefile.target b/tests/tcg/arm/Makefile.target
index 3ddff85240..0765f37ff0 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/arm/Makefile.target
+++ b/tests/tcg/arm/Makefile.target
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ ARM_TESTS += semihosting
 run-semihosting: semihosting
 	$(call run-test,$<,$(QEMU) $< 2> $<.err, "$< on $(TARGET_NAME)")
 
+run-plugin-semihosting-with-%:
+	$(call run-test, $@, $(QEMU) $(QEMU_OPTS) \
+		-plugin $(PLUGIN_DIR)/$(call extract-plugin,$@) \
+		 $(call strip-plugin,$<) 2> $<.err, \
+		"$< on $(TARGET_NAME) with $*")
+
 TESTS += $(ARM_TESTS)
 
 # On ARM Linux only supports 4k pages
