diff --git a/drivers/vhost/test.c b/drivers/vhost/test.c
index 58da17af93e9..329a865227ff 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/test.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/test.c
@@ -263,9 +263,62 @@ static int vhost_test_set_features(struct vhost_test *n, u64 features)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static long vhost_test_set_backend(struct vhost_test *n, unsigned index, int fd)
+{
+	static void *private_data;
+
+	const bool enable = fd != -1;
+	struct vhost_virtqueue *vq;
+	int r;
+
+	mutex_lock(&n->dev.mutex);
+	r = vhost_dev_check_owner(&n->dev);
+	if (r)
+		goto err;
+
+	if (index >= VHOST_TEST_VQ_MAX) {
+		r = -ENOBUFS;
+		goto err;
+	}
+	vq = &n->vqs[index];
+	mutex_lock(&vq->mutex);
+
+	/* Verify that ring has been setup correctly. */
+	if (!vhost_vq_access_ok(vq)) {
+		r = -EFAULT;
+		goto err_vq;
+	}
+	if (!enable) {
+		vhost_poll_stop(&vq->poll);
+		private_data = vq->private_data;
+		vq->private_data = NULL;
+	} else {
+		r = vhost_vq_init_access(vq);
+		vq->private_data = private_data;
+		if (r == 0)
+			r = vhost_poll_start(&vq->poll, vq->kick);
+	}
+
+	mutex_unlock(&vq->mutex);
+
+	if (enable) {
+		vhost_test_flush_vq(n, index);
+	}
+
+	mutex_unlock(&n->dev.mutex);
+	return 0;
+
+err_vq:
+	mutex_unlock(&vq->mutex);
+err:
+	mutex_unlock(&n->dev.mutex);
+	return r;
+}
+
 static long vhost_test_ioctl(struct file *f, unsigned int ioctl,
 			     unsigned long arg)
 {
+	struct vhost_vring_file backend;
 	struct vhost_test *n = f->private_data;
 	void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
 	u64 __user *featurep = argp;
@@ -277,6 +330,10 @@ static long vhost_test_ioctl(struct file *f, unsigned int ioctl,
 		if (copy_from_user(&test, argp, sizeof test))
 			return -EFAULT;
 		return vhost_test_run(n, test);
+	case VHOST_TEST_SET_BACKEND:
+		if (copy_from_user(&backend, argp, sizeof backend))
+			return -EFAULT;
+		return vhost_test_set_backend(n, backend.index, backend.fd);
 	case VHOST_GET_FEATURES:
 		features = VHOST_FEATURES;
 		if (copy_to_user(featurep, &features, sizeof features))
diff --git a/drivers/vhost/test.h b/drivers/vhost/test.h
index 7dd265bfdf81..822bc4bee03a 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/test.h
+++ b/drivers/vhost/test.h
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@
 
 /* Start a given test on the virtio null device. 0 stops all tests. */
 #define VHOST_TEST_RUN _IOW(VHOST_VIRTIO, 0x31, int)
+#define VHOST_TEST_SET_BACKEND _IOW(VHOST_VIRTIO, 0x32, int)
 
 #endif
diff --git a/tools/virtio/virtio_test.c b/tools/virtio/virtio_test.c
index b0dd73db5cbf..93d81cd64ba0 100644
--- a/tools/virtio/virtio_test.c
+++ b/tools/virtio/virtio_test.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "../../drivers/vhost/test.h"
 
 #define RANDOM_BATCH -1
+#define RANDOM_RESET -1
 
 /* Unused */
 void *__kmalloc_fake, *__kfree_ignore_start, *__kfree_ignore_end;
@@ -46,6 +47,9 @@ struct vdev_info {
 	struct vhost_memory *mem;
 };
 
+static const struct vhost_vring_file no_backend = { .fd = -1 },
+				     backend = { .fd = 1 };
+
 bool vq_notify(struct virtqueue *vq)
 {
 	struct vq_info *info = vq->priv;
@@ -155,10 +159,10 @@ static void wait_for_interrupt(struct vdev_info *dev)
 }
 
 static void run_test(struct vdev_info *dev, struct vq_info *vq,
-		     bool delayed, int batch, int bufs)
+		     bool delayed, int batch, int reset_n, int bufs)
 {
 	struct scatterlist sl;
-	long started = 0, completed = 0;
+	long started = 0, completed = 0, next_reset = reset_n;
 	long completed_before, started_before;
 	int r, test = 1;
 	unsigned len;
@@ -201,12 +205,26 @@ static void run_test(struct vdev_info *dev, struct vq_info *vq,
 			if (started >= bufs)
 				r = -1;
 
+			if (reset) {
+				r = ioctl(dev->control, VHOST_TEST_SET_BACKEND,
+					  &no_backend);
+				assert(!r);
+			}
+
 			/* Flush out completed bufs if any */
 			while (virtqueue_get_buf(vq->vq, &len)) {
 				++completed;
 				r = 0;
 			}
 
+			if (reset) {
+				r = ioctl(dev->control, VHOST_TEST_SET_BACKEND,
+					  &backend);
+				assert(!r);
+
+                                while (completed > next_reset)
+					next_reset += completed;
+			}
 		} while (r == 0);
 		if (completed == completed_before && started == started_before)
 			++spurious;
@@ -271,6 +289,11 @@ const struct option longopts[] = {
 		.val = 'b',
 		.has_arg = required_argument,
 	},
+	{
+		.name = "reset",
+		.val = 'r',
+		.has_arg = optional_argument,
+	},
 	{
 	}
 };
@@ -283,6 +306,7 @@ static void help(void)
 		" [--no-virtio-1]"
 		" [--delayed-interrupt]"
 		" [--batch=random/N]"
+		" [--reset=random/N]"
 		"\n");
 }
 
@@ -291,7 +315,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	struct vdev_info dev;
 	unsigned long long features = (1ULL << VIRTIO_RING_F_INDIRECT_DESC) |
 		(1ULL << VIRTIO_RING_F_EVENT_IDX) | (1ULL << VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1);
-	long batch = 1;
+	long batch = 1, reset = 0;
 	int o;
 	bool delayed = false;
 
@@ -327,6 +351,17 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 				assert(batch < (long)INT_MAX + 1);
 			}
 			break;
+		case 'r':
+			if (!optarg) {
+				reset = 1;
+			} else if (0 == strcmp(optarg, "random")) {
+				reset = RANDOM_RESET;
+			} else {
+				reset = strtol(optarg, NULL, 10);
+				assert(reset >= 0);
+				assert(reset < (long)INT_MAX + 1);
+			}
+			break;
 		default:
 			assert(0);
 			break;
@@ -336,6 +371,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 done:
 	vdev_info_init(&dev, features);
 	vq_info_add(&dev, 256);
-	run_test(&dev, &dev.vqs[0], delayed, batch, 0x100000);
+	run_test(&dev, &dev.vqs[0], delayed, batch, reset, 0x100000);
 	return 0;
 }
