diff --git a/include/hw/i2c/aspeed_i2c.h b/include/hw/i2c/aspeed_i2c.h
index adc904d6c1..51c944efea 100644
--- a/include/hw/i2c/aspeed_i2c.h
+++ b/include/hw/i2c/aspeed_i2c.h
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ OBJECT_DECLARE_TYPE(AspeedI2CState, AspeedI2CClass, ASPEED_I2C)
 #define ASPEED_I2C_OLD_NUM_REG 11
 #define ASPEED_I2C_NEW_NUM_REG 22
 
+#define A_I2CD_M_STOP_CMD       BIT(5)
+#define A_I2CD_M_RX_CMD         BIT(3)
+#define A_I2CD_M_TX_CMD         BIT(1)
+#define A_I2CD_M_START_CMD      BIT(0)
+
+#define A_I2CD_MASTER_EN        BIT(0)
+
 /* Tx State Machine */
 #define   I2CD_TX_STATE_MASK                  0xf
 #define     I2CD_IDLE                         0x0
diff --git a/tests/qtest/qtest_aspeed.c b/tests/qtest/qtest_aspeed.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2fcafc22fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qtest/qtest_aspeed.c
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+/*
+ * Aspeed i2c bus interface for reading from and writing to i2c device registers
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2023 IBM Corporation
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *   Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.ibm.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+
+#include "qtest_aspeed.h"
+#include "hw/i2c/aspeed_i2c.h"
+#include "libqtest-single.h"
+
+static void aspeed_i2c_startup(uint32_t baseaddr, uint8_t slave_addr,
+                               uint8_t reg)
+{
+    uint32_t v;
+    static int once;
+
+    if (!once) {
+        /* one time: enable master */
+       writel(baseaddr + A_I2CC_FUN_CTRL, 0);
+       v = readl(baseaddr + A_I2CC_FUN_CTRL) | A_I2CD_MASTER_EN;
+       writel(baseaddr + A_I2CC_FUN_CTRL, v);
+       once = 1;
+    }
+
+    /* select device */
+    writel(baseaddr + A_I2CD_BYTE_BUF, slave_addr << 1);
+    writel(baseaddr + A_I2CD_CMD, A_I2CD_M_START_CMD | A_I2CD_M_RX_CMD);
+
+    /* select the register to write to */
+    writel(baseaddr + A_I2CD_BYTE_BUF, reg);
+    writel(baseaddr + A_I2CD_CMD, A_I2CD_M_TX_CMD);
+}
+
+static uint32_t aspeed_i2c_read_n(uint32_t baseaddr, uint8_t slave_addr,
+                                  uint8_t reg, size_t nbytes)
+{
+    uint32_t res = 0;
+    uint32_t v;
+    size_t i;
+
+    aspeed_i2c_startup(baseaddr, slave_addr, reg);
+
+    for (i = 0; i < nbytes; i++) {
+        writel(baseaddr + A_I2CD_CMD, A_I2CD_M_RX_CMD);
+        v = readl(baseaddr + A_I2CD_BYTE_BUF) >> 8;
+        res |= (v & 0xff) << (i * 8);
+    }
+
+    writel(baseaddr + A_I2CD_CMD, A_I2CD_M_STOP_CMD);
+
+    return res;
+}
+
+uint32_t aspeed_i2c_readl(uint32_t baseaddr, uint8_t slave_addr, uint8_t reg)
+{
+    return aspeed_i2c_read_n(baseaddr, slave_addr, reg, sizeof(uint32_t));
+}
+
+uint16_t aspeed_i2c_readw(uint32_t baseaddr, uint8_t slave_addr, uint8_t reg)
+{
+    return aspeed_i2c_read_n(baseaddr, slave_addr, reg, sizeof(uint16_t));
+}
+
+uint8_t aspeed_i2c_readb(uint32_t baseaddr, uint8_t slave_addr, uint8_t reg)
+{
+    return aspeed_i2c_read_n(baseaddr, slave_addr, reg, sizeof(uint8_t));
+}
+
+static void aspeed_i2c_write_n(uint32_t baseaddr, uint8_t slave_addr,
+                               uint8_t reg, uint32_t v, size_t nbytes)
+{
+    size_t i;
+
+    aspeed_i2c_startup(baseaddr, slave_addr, reg);
+
+    for (i = 0; i < nbytes; i++) {
+        writel(baseaddr + A_I2CD_BYTE_BUF, v & 0xff);
+        v >>= 8;
+        writel(baseaddr + A_I2CD_CMD, A_I2CD_M_TX_CMD);
+    }
+
+    writel(baseaddr + A_I2CD_CMD, A_I2CD_M_STOP_CMD);
+}
+
+void aspeed_i2c_writel(uint32_t baseaddr, uint8_t slave_addr,
+                       uint8_t reg, uint32_t v)
+{
+    aspeed_i2c_write_n(baseaddr, slave_addr, reg, v, sizeof(v));
+}
+
+void aspeed_i2c_writew(uint32_t baseaddr, uint8_t slave_addr,
+                       uint8_t reg, uint16_t v)
+{
+    aspeed_i2c_write_n(baseaddr, slave_addr, reg, v, sizeof(v));
+}
+
+void aspeed_i2c_writeb(uint32_t baseaddr, uint8_t slave_addr,
+                       uint8_t reg, uint8_t v)
+{
+    aspeed_i2c_write_n(baseaddr, slave_addr, reg, v, sizeof(v));
+}
diff --git a/tests/qtest/qtest_aspeed.h b/tests/qtest/qtest_aspeed.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..529061cf5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qtest/qtest_aspeed.h
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Aspeed i2c bus interface to reading and writing to i2c device registers
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2023 IBM Corporation
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *   Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.ibm.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+#ifndef QTEST_ASPEED_H
+#define QTEST_ASPEED_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#define AST2600_ASPEED_I2C_BASE_ADDR 0x1e78a000
+
+static inline uint32_t ast2600_aspeed_i2c_calc_dev_addr(uint8_t bus_num)
+{
+    return AST2600_ASPEED_I2C_BASE_ADDR + 0x80 + bus_num * 0x80;
+}
+
+uint8_t aspeed_i2c_readb(uint32_t baseaddr, uint8_t slave_addr, uint8_t reg);
+uint16_t aspeed_i2c_readw(uint32_t baseaddr, uint8_t slave_addr, uint8_t reg);
+uint32_t aspeed_i2c_readl(uint32_t baseaddr, uint8_t slave_addr, uint8_t reg);
+void aspeed_i2c_writeb(uint32_t baseaddr, uint8_t slave_addr,
+                       uint8_t reg, uint8_t v);
+void aspeed_i2c_writew(uint32_t baseaddr, uint8_t slave_addr,
+                       uint8_t reg, uint16_t v);
+void aspeed_i2c_writel(uint32_t baseaddr, uint8_t slave_addr,
+                       uint8_t reg, uint32_t v);
+
+#endif
