diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util_base.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util_base.h
index 530b5272fae2..8302cf9b1e1d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util_base.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util_base.h
@@ -420,4 +420,6 @@ uint64_t vm_get_single_stat(struct kvm_vm *vm, const char *stat_name);
 
 uint32_t guest_get_vcpuid(void);
 
+void vm_disable_nx_huge_pages(struct kvm_vm *vm);
+
 #endif /* SELFTEST_KVM_UTIL_BASE_H */
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
index f9591dad1010..880786fe9fac 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
@@ -2760,3 +2760,10 @@ uint64_t vm_get_single_stat(struct kvm_vm *vm, const char *stat_name)
 	return value;
 }
 
+void vm_disable_nx_huge_pages(struct kvm_vm *vm)
+{
+	struct kvm_enable_cap cap = { 0 };
+
+	cap.cap = KVM_CAP_VM_DISABLE_NX_HUGE_PAGES;
+	vm_enable_cap(vm, &cap);
+}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/nx_huge_pages_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/nx_huge_pages_test.c
index 5cbcc777d0ab..1020a4758664 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/nx_huge_pages_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/nx_huge_pages_test.c
@@ -56,12 +56,39 @@ static void check_split_count(struct kvm_vm *vm, int expected_splits)
 		    expected_splits, actual_splits);
 }
 
+static void help(void)
+{
+	puts("");
+	printf("usage: nx_huge_pages_test.sh [-x]\n");
+	puts("");
+	printf(" -x: Allow executable huge pages on the VM.\n");
+	puts("");
+	exit(0);
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	struct kvm_vm *vm;
+	bool disable_nx = false;
+	int opt;
+
+	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "x")) != -1) {
+		switch (opt) {
+		case 'x':
+			disable_nx = true;
+			break;
+		case 'h':
+		default:
+			help();
+			break;
+		}
+	}
 
 	vm = vm_create(VM_MODE_DEFAULT, DEFAULT_GUEST_PHY_PAGES, O_RDWR);
 
+	if (disable_nx)
+		vm_disable_nx_huge_pages(vm);
+
 	vm_userspace_mem_region_add(vm, VM_MEM_SRC_ANONYMOUS_HUGETLB,
 				    HPAGE_PADDR_START, HPAGE_SLOT,
 				    HPAGE_SLOT_NPAGES, 0);
@@ -81,25 +108,25 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	 * at 2M.
 	 */
 	run_guest_code(vm, guest_code0);
-	check_2m_page_count(vm, 2);
-	check_split_count(vm, 2);
+	check_2m_page_count(vm, disable_nx ? 4 : 2);
+	check_split_count(vm, disable_nx ? 0 : 2);
 
 	/*
 	 * guest_code1 is in the same huge page as data1, so it will cause
 	 * that huge page to be remapped at 4k.
 	 */
 	run_guest_code(vm, guest_code1);
-	check_2m_page_count(vm, 1);
-	check_split_count(vm, 3);
+	check_2m_page_count(vm, disable_nx ? 4 : 1);
+	check_split_count(vm, disable_nx ? 0 : 3);
 
 	/* Run guest_code0 again to check that is has no effect. */
 	run_guest_code(vm, guest_code0);
-	check_2m_page_count(vm, 1);
-	check_split_count(vm, 3);
+	check_2m_page_count(vm, disable_nx ? 4 : 1);
+	check_split_count(vm, disable_nx ? 0 : 3);
 
 	/* Give recovery thread time to run */
 	sleep(3);
-	check_2m_page_count(vm, 1);
+	check_2m_page_count(vm, disable_nx ? 4 : 1);
 	check_split_count(vm, 0);
 
 	/*
@@ -107,13 +134,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	 * again to check that pages are mapped at 2M again.
 	 */
 	run_guest_code(vm, guest_code0);
-	check_2m_page_count(vm, 2);
-	check_split_count(vm, 2);
+	check_2m_page_count(vm, disable_nx ? 4 : 2);
+	check_split_count(vm, disable_nx ? 0 : 2);
 
 	/* Pages are once again split from running guest_code1. */
 	run_guest_code(vm, guest_code1);
-	check_2m_page_count(vm, 1);
-	check_split_count(vm, 3);
+	check_2m_page_count(vm, disable_nx ? 4 : 1);
+	check_split_count(vm, disable_nx ? 0 : 3);
 
 	kvm_vm_free(vm);
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/nx_huge_pages_test.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/nx_huge_pages_test.sh
index a5f946fb0626..205d8c9fd750 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/nx_huge_pages_test.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/nx_huge_pages_test.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ echo 1 > /sys/module/kvm/parameters/nx_huge_pages_recovery_ratio
 echo 2 > /sys/module/kvm/parameters/nx_huge_pages_recovery_period_ms
 echo 200 > /sys/kernel/mm/hugepages/hugepages-2048kB/nr_hugepages
 
-./nx_huge_pages_test
+./nx_huge_pages_test "${@}"
 RET=$?
 
 echo $NX_HUGE_PAGES > /sys/module/kvm/parameters/nx_huge_pages
