diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_guc_submission.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_guc_submission.c
index 13d383cdc4c9..e643f47c8697 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_guc_submission.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_guc_submission.c
@@ -725,10 +725,15 @@ static int __reset_doorbell(struct i915_guc_client* client, u16 db_id)
  * client. Also, tell GuC about all the doorbells in use by all clients.
  * We do this because the KMD, the GuC and the doorbell HW can easily go out of
  * sync (e.g. we can reset the GuC, but not the doorbel HW).
+ *
+ * The optional test_client is a hook to use this function with multiple
+ * clients in the guc selftest.
  */
-static int guc_init_doorbell_hw(struct intel_guc *guc)
+static int guc_init_doorbell_hw(struct intel_guc *guc,
+				struct i915_guc_client *test_client)
 {
-	struct i915_guc_client *client = guc->execbuf_client;
+	struct i915_guc_client *client = !test_client ? guc->execbuf_client :
+							test_client;
 	bool recreate_first_client = false;
 	u16 db_id;
 	int ret;
@@ -1244,7 +1249,7 @@ int i915_guc_submission_enable(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 
 	guc_reset_wq(client);
 
-	err = guc_init_doorbell_hw(guc);
+	err = guc_init_doorbell_hw(guc, NULL);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_execbuf_client;
 
@@ -1280,3 +1285,7 @@ void i915_guc_submission_disable(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 	guc_client_free(guc->execbuf_client);
 	guc->execbuf_client = NULL;
 }
+
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_I915_SELFTEST)
+#include "selftests/intel_guc.c"
+#endif
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_live_selftests.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_live_selftests.h
index 54a73534b37e..1b750e92dd08 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_live_selftests.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_live_selftests.h
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ selftest(evict, i915_gem_evict_live_selftests)
 selftest(hugepages, i915_gem_huge_page_live_selftests)
 selftest(contexts, i915_gem_context_live_selftests)
 selftest(hangcheck, intel_hangcheck_live_selftests)
+selftest(guc, intel_guc_live_selftest)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/intel_guc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/intel_guc.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..86e0be919d7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/intel_guc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2017 Intel Corporation
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+ * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
+ * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
+ * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
+ * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+ * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the next
+ * paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the
+ * Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
+ * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+ * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
+ * IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "../i915_selftest.h"
+
+/* max doorbell number + negative test for each client type */
+#define ATTEMPTS (GUC_NUM_DOORBELLS + GUC_CLIENT_PRIORITY_NUM)
+
+struct i915_guc_client *clients[ATTEMPTS];
+
+static bool available_dbs(struct intel_guc *guc, u32 priority)
+{
+	unsigned long offset;
+	unsigned long end;
+	u16 id;
+
+	/* first hal is used for normal priority, second half for high */
+	offset = 0;
+	end = GUC_NUM_DOORBELLS/2;
+	if (priority <= GUC_CLIENT_PRIORITY_HIGH) {
+		offset = end;
+		end += offset;
+	}
+
+	id = find_next_zero_bit(guc->doorbell_bitmap, end, offset);
+	if (id < end)
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+static int check_all_doorbells(struct intel_guc *guc)
+{
+	u16 db_id;
+
+	pr_info_once("Max number of doorbells: %d", GUC_NUM_DOORBELLS);
+	for (db_id = 0; db_id < GUC_NUM_DOORBELLS; ++db_id) {
+		if (!doorbell_ok(guc, db_id)) {
+			pr_err("doorbell %d, not ok\n", db_id);
+			return -EIO;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Create as many clients as number of doorbells (note that there's already
+ * one client/db created during driver load).
+ */
+static int igt_guc_doorbells(void *arg)
+{
+	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = arg;
+	struct intel_guc *guc;
+	int i, err = 0;
+	u16 db_id;
+
+	DRM_INFO("GuC Doorbells selftest\n");
+	GEM_BUG_ON(!HAS_GUC(dev_priv));
+	mutex_lock(&dev_priv->drm.struct_mutex);
+
+	guc = &dev_priv->guc;
+	if (!guc) {
+		pr_err("No guc object!\n");
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto unlock;
+	}
+
+	err = check_all_doorbells(guc);
+	if (err)
+		goto unlock;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ATTEMPTS; i++) {
+		clients[i] = guc_client_alloc(dev_priv,
+					      INTEL_INFO(dev_priv)->ring_mask,
+					      i % GUC_CLIENT_PRIORITY_NUM,
+					      dev_priv->kernel_context);
+
+		if (!clients[i]) {
+			pr_err("[%d] No guc client\n", i);
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		if (IS_ERR(clients[i])) {
+			if (PTR_ERR(clients[i]) != -ENOSPC) {
+				pr_err("[%d] unexpected error\n", i);
+				err = PTR_ERR(clients[i]);
+				goto out;
+			}
+
+			if (available_dbs(guc, i % GUC_CLIENT_PRIORITY_NUM)) {
+				pr_err("unexpected client alloc failure\n");
+				err = -EINVAL;
+				goto out;
+			}
+
+			/* expected, ran out of dbs for this client type */
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * The check below is only valid while we keep a doorbell
+		 * assigned during the whole life of the client.
+		 */
+		if (clients[i]->stage_id >= GUC_NUM_DOORBELLS) {
+			pr_err("more clients than doorbells (%d >= %d)\n",
+			       clients[i]->id, GUC_NUM_DOORBELLS);
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		/* basic client sanity check */
+		if (clients[i]->owner != dev_priv->kernel_context ||
+		    clients[i]->engines != INTEL_INFO(dev_priv)->ring_mask ||
+		    clients[i]->priority != (i % GUC_CLIENT_PRIORITY_NUM) ||
+		    clients[i]->doorbell_id == GUC_DOORBELL_INVALID) {
+			pr_err("[%d] client_alloc sanity check failed!\n", i);
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		db_id = clients[i]->doorbell_id;
+
+		/* recreate client's doorbell using existing code */
+		err = guc_init_doorbell_hw(guc, clients[i]);
+		if (err) {
+			pr_err("Failed to create a doorbell\n");
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		/* doorbell id shouldn't change, we are holding the mutex */
+		if (db_id != clients[i]->doorbell_id) {
+			pr_err("doorbell id changed (%d - %d)\n",
+			       db_id, clients[i]->doorbell_id);
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		/* guc_init_doorbell_hw already did this, but don't trust it */
+		err = check_all_doorbells(guc);
+		if (err)
+			goto out;
+	}
+
+out:
+	for (i = 0; i < ATTEMPTS; i++)
+		if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(clients[i]))
+			guc_client_free(clients[i]);
+unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(&dev_priv->drm.struct_mutex);
+	return err;
+}
+
+int intel_guc_live_selftest(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
+{
+	static const struct i915_subtest tests[] = {
+		SUBTEST(igt_guc_doorbells),
+	};
+
+	if (!i915_modparams.enable_guc_submission)
+		return 0;
+
+	return i915_subtests(tests, dev_priv);
+}
