diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fa1cee4af..b4a8ed187 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -527,6 +527,7 @@ Makefile.in
 /tests/guests/guest-aux/windows-system
 /tests/guests/stamp-fedora-md.img
 /tests/guests/ubuntu.img
+/tests/guests/archlinux.img
 /tests/guests/windows.img
 /tests/mount-local/test-parallel-mount-local
 /tests/mountable/test-internal-parse-mountable
diff --git a/inspector/Makefile.am b/inspector/Makefile.am
index e1f5acd9f..d3538adae 100644
--- a/inspector/Makefile.am
+++ b/inspector/Makefile.am
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	expected-debian.img.xml \
 	expected-fedora.img.xml \
 	expected-ubuntu.img.xml \
+	expected-archlinux.img.xml \
 	expected-windows.img.xml \
 	test-virt-inspector.sh \
 	test-xmllint.sh.in \
diff --git a/inspector/expected-archlinux.img.xml b/inspector/expected-archlinux.img.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..665ac30da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inspector/expected-archlinux.img.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<operatingsystems>
+  <operatingsystem>
+    <root>/dev/sda1</root>
+    <name>linux</name>
+    <arch>x86_64</arch>
+    <distro>archlinux</distro>
+    <major_version>0</major_version>
+    <minor_version>0</minor_version>
+    <package_format>pacman</package_format>
+    <package_management>pacman</package_management>
+    <hostname>archlinux.test</hostname>
+    <format>installed</format>
+    <mountpoints>
+      <mountpoint dev="/dev/sda1">/</mountpoint>
+    </mountpoints>
+    <filesystems>
+      <filesystem dev="/dev/sda1">
+        <type>ext4</type>
+        <uuid>01234567-0123-0123-0123-012345678902</uuid>
+      </filesystem>
+    </filesystems>
+    <applications>
+      <application>
+        <name>test-package</name>
+        <epoch>1</epoch>
+        <version>0.1</version>
+        <release>1</release>
+        <arch>x86_64</arch>
+        <url>http://libguestfs.org/</url>
+        <description>Test package for libguestfs</description>
+      </application>
+    </applications>
+  </operatingsystem>
+</operatingsystems>
diff --git a/tests/guests/Makefile.am b/tests/guests/Makefile.am
index e58d56301..2bb721dfa 100644
--- a/tests/guests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/guests/Makefile.am
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	guest-aux/fedora-packages.db.txt \
 	guest-aux/fedora-packages.db \
 	guest-aux/make-ubuntu-img.sh \
+	guest-aux/make-archlinux-img.sh \
+	guest-aux/archlinux-package \
 	guest-aux/make-windows-img.sh \
 	guest-aux/windows-software \
 	guest-aux/windows-software.reg \
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ disk_images = \
 	fedora-md2.img \
 	fedora-btrfs.img \
 	ubuntu.img \
+	archlinux.img \
 	windows.img
 
 # This is 'check_DATA' because we don't need it until 'make check'
@@ -102,6 +105,10 @@ debian.img: guest-aux/make-debian-img.sh
 ubuntu.img: guest-aux/make-ubuntu-img.sh
 	SRCDIR=$(srcdir) $(top_builddir)/run --test $<
 
+# Make a (dummy) Arch Linux image.
+archlinux.img: guest-aux/make-archlinux-img.sh
+	SRCDIR=$(srcdir) $(top_builddir)/run --test $<
+
 # Make a (dummy) Windows image.
 windows.img: guest-aux/make-windows-img.sh \
 	     guest-aux/windows-software guest-aux/windows-system
diff --git a/tests/guests/guest-aux/archlinux-package b/tests/guests/guest-aux/archlinux-package
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..96459a245
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/guests/guest-aux/archlinux-package
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+%NAME%
+test-package
+
+%VERSION%
+1:0.1-1
+
+%DESC%
+Test package for libguestfs
+
+%URL%
+http://libguestfs.org/
+
+%ARCH%
+x86_64
+
diff --git a/tests/guests/guest-aux/make-archlinux-img.sh b/tests/guests/guest-aux/make-archlinux-img.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..62babd177
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/guests/guest-aux/make-archlinux-img.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#!/bin/bash -
+# libguestfs
+# Copyright (C) 2014 Red Hat Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+
+# Make an Arch Linux image which is enough to fool the inspection heuristics.
+
+export LANG=C
+set -e
+
+# Create a disk image.
+guestfish <<EOF
+sparse archlinux.img.tmp.$$ 512M
+run
+
+# Format the disk.
+part-init /dev/sda mbr
+part-add /dev/sda p 64	    -64
+
+# Phony / filesystem.
+mkfs ext4 /dev/sda1 blocksize:4096
+set-e2uuid /dev/sda1 01234567-0123-0123-0123-012345678902
+
+# Enough to fool inspection API.
+mount /dev/sda1 /
+mkdir /boot
+mkdir /bin
+mkdir /etc
+mkdir /home
+mkdir /usr
+mkdir-p /var/lib/pacman/local/test-package-1:0.1-1
+
+write /etc/fstab "/dev/sda1 / ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered 0 1"
+touch /etc/arch-release
+write /etc/hostname "archlinux.test"
+
+upload $SRCDIR/guest-aux/archlinux-package /var/lib/pacman/local/test-package-1:0.1-1/desc
+
+upload $SRCDIR/../data/bin-x86_64-dynamic /bin/ls
+
+mkdir /boot/grub
+touch /boot/grub/grub.conf
+EOF
+
+mv archlinux.img.tmp.$$ archlinux.img
diff --git a/tests/guests/guests.xml.in b/tests/guests/guests.xml.in
index bac5d8e67..451d3fa2b 100644
--- a/tests/guests/guests.xml.in
+++ b/tests/guests/guests.xml.in
@@ -231,6 +231,22 @@
     </devices>
   </domain>
 
+  <domain type='test'>
+    <name>archlinux</name>
+    <memory>1048576</memory>
+    <os>
+      <type>hvm</type>
+      <boot dev='hd'/>
+    </os>
+    <devices>
+      <disk type='file' device='disk'>
+        <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
+        <source file='@abs_builddir@/archlinux.img'/>
+        <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
+      </disk>
+    </devices>
+  </domain>
+
   <domain type='test'>
     <name>windows</name>
     <memory>1048576</memory>